SUMMER PALACE OF THE REIGN: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEYLERBEYI PALACE IN TERMS OF SPACE DESIGN

Abstract

Beylerbeyi Village, which in the history of the Ottoman Empire attracted the interest of sultans, acquired a reputation and was
used as a summer house with its mansions, pavilions and palaces constructed. During the reign of Sultan Mahmud II, a wooden
palace was constructed by architect Kirkor Amira Balyan in the place of the palace known as the "Istavroz Palace," in a wide
park area called "The Istavroz Garden," situated on the seashore in the south of Beylerbeyi Village. Sultan Abdülaziz destroyed
the remains of this building, which had been burnt in a fire during Sultan Abdülmecid 's reign (1851), and today Beylerbeyi
Building was built for the architect Sarkis Balyan (1864). Palace architecture, where complex Western designs are combined
with Eastern designs, reveals parallels in terms of useful features to the typical Turkish house plan. In the summer months,
Beylerbeyi Palace was generally used, especially in hosting foreign heads of state. Some of them were Prince of Serbia, King
of Montenegro, Shah of Iran, Empress of France Eugenie. Since Western-style furniture and appliances have been used in the
palace's westernization process, becoming the front of Westernization in Turkish housing and palace architecture is of
significance. Beylerbeyi Palace, which also has a splendid richness in terms of interior architecture, draws attention with its
embankment gardens, mansions in those gardens and the wide pool that survives from the old palaces and the ancient tunnel
that passes under the embankment garden. With the repairs made, Beylerbeyi Palace has taken its place as the original summer
palace of its time in the "Bosphorus Culture." In this analysis, the position architecture of the Beylerbeyi Palace was analyzed
based on the characteristics of the time in which it was constructed, and emphasized its significance.