The Feriye Palace ( tr, Feriye Sarayı) is a complex of Ottoman imperial palace buildings along the European shoreline of the Bosphorus strait in

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. Currently, the buildings host educational institutions such as a high school and a university.

History

The palace complex was commissioned by Sultan Abdülaziz (reigned 1861–76) in 1871, and designed by architect

Sarkis Balyan The Balyan family ( hy, Պալեաններ; tr, Balyan ailesi or ''Palyan ailesi'') was a prominent Armenian family in the Ottoman Empire consisting of court architects in the service of Ottoman sultans and other members of the Ottoman dyna ...

. The buildings were built to meet the need of the extended family members of the imperial court for residence. The palace, which was constructed in addition to

Dolmabahçe Palace Dolmabahçe Palace ( tr, Dolmabahçe Sarayı, ) located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosporus strait, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and from 1909 t ...

and

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, took the name "Feriye" meaning "secondary" or "auxiliary" in

Ottoman Turkish language Ottoman Turkish ( ota, لِسانِ عُثمانى, Lisân-ı Osmânî, ; tr, Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language used by the citizens of the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed exten ...

. It consists of three main buildings on the waterfront, a ward for concubines, a small two-story building and outbuildings on the backside. On May 30, 1876, Sultan Abdülaziz was deposed by his ministers. He moved to Feriye Palace at his own request after a four-day stay in

Topkapı Palace The Topkapı Palace ( tr, Topkapı Sarayı; ota, طوپقپو سرايى, ṭopḳapu sarāyı, lit=cannon gate palace), or the Seraglio, is a large museum in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. From the 1460s to the complet ...

. Shortly after, he was found wrists cut at Feriye Palace. This was documented as a suicide at the time. Various members of the Ottoman imperial court resided in Feriye Palace until March 3, 1924, the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate by the

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of the newly founded Republic of Turkey. The buildings remained vacant for a period of time following the external deportation of the last

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Abdülmecid II Abdulmejid II ( ota, عبد المجید ثانی, ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i sânî, tr, II. Abdülmecid, 29 May 1868 – 23 August 1944) was the last Caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty, the only Caliph of the Republic of Turkey, and nominally the 37 ...

together with the court members.

Current use

In 1927, the Maritime College ( tr, Denizcilik Yüksek Okulu) settled in some buildings of Feriye Palace. In the 1928-29 academic term, Kabataş High School also moved into some buildings of the palace complex. Part of the palace hosted the girls' section of

Galatasaray High School Galatasaray High School ( tr, Galatasaray Lisesi, french: Lycée de Galatasaray), established in what was then Constantinople and is now Istanbul, in 1481, is the oldest high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational in ...

when in 1967 the institution started

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. Part of the complex in northeastern remained years long neglected. The Maritime College was transformed into Istanbul Technical University's School of Maritime in 1981, and moved to

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. The buildings became temporarily vacant, were then assigned to Ziya Kalkavan Maritime Vocational High School in 1982. The buildings, which girls' section of Galatasaray High School used, were turned over to

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in 1992. The main building is used by a number of the university's faculties, such as the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Communications and various administrative offices. The main building, which is currently used by the university was originally known as ''İbrahim Tevfik Efendi Sahil Sarayı'' In 1995, the section of the palace complex in state of neglect was restored by Kabataş Education Foundation, and turned into an upper-class restaurant, Feriye Lokantası. The main building, which is used by Galatasaray University, was severely damaged by fire on January 22, 2013. The

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has stated that the building would be restored to its previous state, and would continue to be utilized furthermore for educational purposes.

References

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History

Current use

See also

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