Series

Topkapi Palace

1991 · 1 season · Documentary

The Ottoman Dynasty extended over three continents, surviving 600 years from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 20th century. 24 of its 36 Sultans ruled the Empire from Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, for a period of 400 years. The royal residence, which has witnessed moments of great joy and sorrow, became a museum after the founding of the Turkish Republic in 1923 by Kemal Ataturk. Until it opened its doors to visitors from all over the world, the Topkapi Palace had always been a mysterious, shuttered world. The "Topkapi Palace" series represents the widest-ranging project of its kind ever to be taken. It was in 1990 that all the doors of the Topkapi Palace were opened to a film crew for the first time. Their lights probed parts of the palace still closed to visitors and, indeed, into places that had never seen the daylight.

Sehnaz Arin

Narrator

Granville Van Dusen

Narrator

• Suha ArınDirector
• İlhan ArakonDirector of Photography
• Sadullah ÇelenEditor

First aired

June 1, 1991

Last aired

July 13, 1991

Status

Returning Series

Original language

English

Episodes

7

Genres

Documentary

• Season 17 episodes · 1991