Topkapı Palace

Topkapı Palace is a palace located in Constantinople, which used to be the official and primary residence in the city for the . Approximately, the Sultans resided in the palace for around four centuries, from 1465 up until 1856, of their 624-year reign of the Ottoman Empire.
==History==
In the dwindling years of the Byzantine Empire, many of the Imperial palaces laid in ruins, shattered by centuries of fighting and economic collapse. Following the Ottoman conquest, Sultan Mehmed II envisioned a palace at a strategically secure spot atop First Hill, the very tip of the peninsula.Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Database: Topkapi Palace
Construction on the Sultan's new palace, then called Yeni Saray (New Palace), initially began in 1459, and concluded nearly a decade later, although every subsequent Sultan would continue to add to the overall complex. However, towards the end of his reign, Bayezid II relocated his throne to the original Ottoman capital of Adrianople following an earthquake. Prince Ahmet ordered his confidante Hasan Pasha to recover a Memory Seal from the tunnels beneath the palace exposed by the tremor.Assassin's Creed: Recollection
For many centuries thereafter, Topkapı Palace served as the centerpiece of the Sultan's power, and contained everything the Sultan needed to comfortably oversee the Empire. This included the for raising and educating wives of future royalty, the for the Sultan's meetings with the Sublime Porte, barracks for the Janissaries, and the Sultan's personal residence. During the 18th century, Jennifer Scott was sold to the Harem.Assassin's Creed: Forsaken
==Trivia==
*As noted in the Database, Bayezid's absence was the reason why the Topkapı Palace was mostly empty of guards during Ezio's stay in Constantinople, despite being a restricted area.
*The use of the name "Topkapı" in the course of Assassin's Creed: Revelations is anachronistic; it did not earn this name until the 19th century. In 1511, it would have been called "New Palace" (or "Yeni Sarayı" in Turkish).
==Gallery==
Sultans Party at Topkapi Palace.jpg|Concept art of a party at the palace
ACR Topkapi Palace.png|Topkapı and the surrounding area
Palace Courtyard 2.jpg|Topkapı's main courtyard during the day
Topkapi Courtyard.jpg|The main courtyard at night
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Revelations 
*Assassin's Creed: Recollection
*Assassin's Creed: Forsaken
==References==
Category:Palaces
Category:Landmarks in Constantinople