The Historian · Zeynep · Istanbul
Topkapı Palace
The whole empire was governed from these courtyards. I read them as a diagram of Ottoman power.
The seat of the Ottoman sultans for four centuries, four courtyards descending toward the Golden Horn.
— Zeynep, The Historian
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