Dolmabahçe Palace

Dolmabahçe Palace
Dolmabahçe Sarayı
A view of Dolmabahçe Palace from the Bosporus
General information
TypePalace (1856–1984)
Architectural styleBaroque Revival and Rococo Revival
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Coordinates41°02′22″N 29°00′06″E / 41.03944°N 29.00167°E / 41.03944; 29.00167
Construction started1843
Completed1856
ClientOttoman sultans
OwnerGovernment of Turkey
Design and construction
Architect(s)Garabet Balyan
Website
www.millisaraylar.gov.tr

Dolmabahçe Palace (Turkish: Dolmabahçe Sarayı [doɫmabahˈtʃe saɾaˈjɯ]) is a 19th-century imperial palace located in Istanbul, Turkey, along the European shore of the Bosporus, which served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and from 1909 to 1922.