Topkapı Palace Museum - Second Courtyard, Turkey's tourist paradise, Istanbul. (4k-60fps)

03:14 Palace kitchens and porcelain collection
04:37 Tower of Justice
04:57 Roof of the Imperial Council
05:02 Harem section to ticket here.
06:27 Interior of the Imperial Council
07:33 inkwell chamber - Clock collection
10:03 Imperial Treasury
12:33 Arms collection
19:35 Gate of Felicity
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Through the middle gate is the Second Courtyard, or Divan Square. The courtyard was probably completed around 1465, during the reign of Mehmed II. It received its final appearance around 1525-1529 during the reign of Suleyman I.
It is surrounded by the former palace hospital, bakery, Janissary quarters, stables, the imperial harem and Divan to the north and the kitchens to the south. At the end of the courtyard, the Gate of Felicity marks the entrance to the Third Courtyard. Numerous artifacts from the Roman and Byzantine periods that have been found on the palace site during recent excavations, including sarcophagi, are on display in the Second Courtyard in front of the imperial kitchens. Located underneath the Second Courtyard is a cistern that dates to Byzantine times. During Ottoman times this courtyard would have been full of peacocks and gazelles. It was used as a gathering place for courtiers. The Sultan, seated on the gold-plated Bayram throne, used to hold audiences in the second courtyard. Some foreign dignitaries, including the French ambassador Philippe du Fresne-Canaye, have written accounts about these audiences.
The palace kitchens (Saray Mutfakları) were built when the palace was first constructed in the 15th century and expanded during the reign of Suleyman the Magnificent. They were modeled on the kitchens of Edirne Palace. After the fire of 1574, which damaged the kitchens, they were remodeled by the court architect Mimar Sinan.
The Imperial Council (Dîvân-ı Hümâyûn) building is the chamber where the Imperial Council-consisting of the Grand Vizier and other council ministers -held meetings. The domed chamber of the building is called Kubbealtı, which means "under the dome". The council building situated in the northwestern corner of the courtyard next to the Gate of Felicity.
The building where the arms and armor are exhibited was originally one of the palace treasuries. Since there was another ("inner") treasury in the Third Courtyard, this one was also called "outer treasury". Although it contains no dated inscriptions, its construction technique and plan suggest that it was built at the end of the 15th century during the reign of Süleiman I.
During excavations in 1937 in front of this building, remains of a religious Byzantine building dating from the 5th century were found. Since it could not be identified with any of the churches known to have been built on the palace site, it is now known as "the Basilica of the Topkapı Palace" or simply Palace Basilica.
The arms collection, which consists primarily of weapons that remained in the palace at the time of its conversion, is one of the richest assemblages of Islamic arms in the world, with examples spanning 1,300 years from the 7th to the 20th centuries.
The Gate of Felicity is the entrance into the Inner Court (Enderûn meaning "inside" in Persian), also known as the Third Courtyard, marking the border to the Outer Court or Birûn (meaning "outside" in Persian).