The First-Timer · Ece · Istanbul
Dolmabahçe Palace
If Topkapı is the old empire, this is the empire trying to look like Versailles. See one or the other — I'll help you pick.
The gilded, European-style palace on the Bosphorus where the late Ottomans traded domes for chandeliers.
— Ece, The First-Timer
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