Evliya Çelebi writes that Yavuz Sultan Selim had a mansion built on the current location of Dolmabahçe Palace. During the reign of Ahmet I, the place was filled with stones and the mansion was enlarged. This is where the name of the palace and settlement comes from.

In the 19th century, II. Mahmut has a new palace built in the same place. The current structure was built by Karabet Balyan by Abdulmecit I in 1842. The palace, which was built until 1853, was not only the place where Abdülmecit lived, but also the place where he carried out official business. After Abdulmecit, his brother Abdulaziz also lived in this palace.

Dolmabahçe Palace, which became Atatürk's Presidential Residence in Istanbul after the proclamation of the Republic, has a special importance in the history of the Republic as it was the place where Atatürk died on November 10, 1938.

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