Aynalikavak Kasri is also known as Aynalikavak Palace, as it used to be a part of the shipyard palace (also known as the Shipyard Palace). Aynalıkavak Kasri is located in the Haskoy district of the Golden Horn. Although the region was initially filled with agricultural lands during the Byzantine period and forests where the sultans built wooden lodges to rest during the Ottoman period, the area gained importance after the construction of the shipyards and in the 18th-19th century. Aynalikavak Kasri and several mansions were built over the centuries, and the total complex was called the Shipyard Palaces by the people.
When we look around the Palace, the land front has two floors, and the seafront has three feet. The mansion has a divan room and a lounge (in Turkish, Supply Room) decorated with Sultan's tugras, many calligraphy, and beautiful windows and mirrors. You may be surprised to see Turkish musical instruments arranged according to Selim's musical interests on display. Poems are engraved on the windows in the private room.
Aynalıkavak opened visitors as a museum in 1985; after the restoration, it was reopened at the end of 2010.