fulfordfoto (fff) monday 21march2016 11:11am eest along the bosphorus at besiktas tk

dolmabahce castle
which served as the
main administrative centre
of the ottoman empire
in the 19th centruy
it took 13 years to build
and is the largest palace
in all of turkey
at 4500 sq meters
which comes to
just over 11 acres
and has 285 rooms

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