This area was also known as the Court of the Janissaries, after the crack military corps that served as the sultan's bodyguard and used it as an assembly ground while on duty at the palace (the name derives from the Turkish yeni ceri, meaning new army ).
The sultan had 1000 body guards at the Court of the Janissaries.  
mnli hypothesis: The sultan had 1000 body guards at the Court of the Janissaries.   premise: This area was also known as the Court of the Janissaries, after the crack military corps that served as the sultan's bodyguard and used it as an assembly ground while on duty at the palace (the name derives from the Turkish yeni ceri, meaning new army ).