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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 79. Chapters: Mosques converted from churches by the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman fortifications, Ottoman palace, Ottoman railways, Topkap Palace, Baghdad Railway, Turkish State Railways, Orient Express, Hejaz Railway, Grand Serail, stanbul Haydarpa a Terminal, Dolmabahce Palace, McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Imaret, History of rail transport in Turkey, Rumelihisar, Istanbul Sirkeci Terminal, Heptapyrgion, Chemins de Fer Ottomans d'Anatolie, Kulliyye, Pera Palace Hotel, Hasseki Sultan Imaret, Istanbul observatory of Taqi al-Din, Sultanahmet Jail, Y ld z Palace, Yoros Castle, C ra an Palace, Ajyad Fortress, Hagios Demetrios, Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque, Church of the Holy Apostles, Church of the Acheiropoietos, Matthias Church, Muradiye Complex, Fort Julien, Austrian post offices in the Ottoman Empire, Adile Sultan Palace, Hagia Sophia Church, Ishak Pasha Palace, Selimiye Barracks, French post offices in the Ottoman Empire, Kucuksu Palace, Cathedral of Kars, Jezzar Pasha Mosque, Church of Panagia Chalkeon, Chemins de fer Orientaux, Yeni-Kale, Anadoluhisar, Russian post offices in the Ottoman Empire, Smyrne Cassaba & Prolongements, Iaal Fortress, Oriental Railway Company, List of Anatolian Railways, Chemin de Fer Moudania Brousse, Rio Castle, Adana-Mersin Railway Line, Tomb of Suleyman Shah, Selimiye Mosque, Ihlamur Palace, Aynal kavak Palace, Haydarpasha Mosque, Bedestan. Excerpt: The Topkap Palace (Turkish: ) or in Ottoman Turkish:, usually spelled "Topkapi" in English) is a palace in Istanbul, Turkey, which was the official and primary residence in the city of the Ottoman Sultans for approximately 400 years (1465-1856) of their 624-year reign. The palace was a setting for state occasions and royal entertainments and is a major tourist attraction today, containing the most holy relics of the Muslim w...