Jules Dassin’s 1964 “Topkapi” is one of two top-notch heist movies the American-French expatriate/blacklist victim made–and it’s a real departure from his other classic, 1955’s “Rififi,” with its gray ...

Topkapi Palace served as the home of the Ottoman Sultans from 1478 to 1856 and is one of Istanbul's most popular attractions. It officially became a museum in 1924, shortly after the end of the ...

A Chinese porcelain bowl is displayed at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, Türkiye, Oct. 23, 2024. The Topkapi Palace was the palace of the Ottoman Empire from the 15th to the 19th century. In ...

The historic corridor connecting the sultan's private chambers, known as the Mabeyn, to the Imperial Harem at Topkapi Palace has been transformed into the tile gallery following an extensive ...

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Located on top of a hill overlooking the Golden Horn and Sea of Marmara, Topkapi Palace is the biggest palace in Istanbul. Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople, commissioned the palace in ...

The Mabeyn Passage of Topkapi Palace is hosting an exhibition on Turkish tiles and porcelain. — Pixabay Hidden behind the palace walls, the Mabeyn Passage of Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, Turkiye once ...

Banijay Benelux has acquired a majority stake in Topkapi, the Amsterdam-based production banner behind Lukas Dont’s Cannes-prizewinning film “Close” and “Flying Dutchmen.” The two companies will forge ...

"This,” said the guide who was taking us around the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, “is the Courtyard of the Concubines.” We blinked at the sunlight and surveyed the row of windows closed off with ...