Abstract

Palaces are immovable cultural assets reflecting not only the cultural characteristics of the periods they belong to but also the lifestyles of the people who use them and the artistic understanding and techniques of the period. Beylerbeyi Palace, our research subject, is a field where western influences are clearly observed from the design of the gardens, the design features and ornaments of the buildings and spaces that form the palace. The gardens within the perimeter walls of Beylerbeyi Palace and the structures with different functions were not able to protect the original character of their design era. The purpose of this research was to scrutinize the changes that Beylerbeyi Palace gardens went through during the historical process, and to determine the changes that the location of the New Beylerbeyi Palace, the mansions in the palace complex, and the palace gardens went through during different periods in terms of their plant design characteristics, to carry out the restitution work to determine the original status by putting forward the change in the design principles, location organization, structural components and the used plant material. In conclusion, the usage characteristics of the plant and structural components of Beylerbeyi Palace gardens and the changes that they sustained during the process were determined; and the restitution work was carried out by evaluating the structural and plant components of the gardens during the period when the gardens were designed.

Highlights

  • The district known as Beylerbeyi today in the Anatolian side of the Bosporus was known as Istavroz in the Byzantine Period

  • Based on the findings obtained during the assessment phase of the area, a confidence assessment table that will form the basis for the restitution work of the area was prepared to determine the original design of the structural and plant components situated within the borders of Beylerbeyi Palace Gardens and to reveal the changes that occurred over time

  • In the assessment of the present state map sheets of Beylerbeyi Palace Gardens, the interim period sheets (1960), and the restitution sheet of its construction period, it was determined that the area undergone significant changes in general sense in terms of its size and green area ratio (Table 9)

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Introduction

It is said that the area was started to be called Beylerbeyi after the mansion constructed by Mehmed Pasha, a Rumeli Beylerbeyi, at the edge of the Bosphorus during the time of Murad III (1574-1595). This zone was one of the popular recreational areas especially at the beginning of the 17th century. The old Beylerbeyi Palace, built as two stories with the order of Mahmud was completed during 1826-1832 in six years. After this date, this building was named Beylerbeyi Palace; and the whole district was called with this name. The official opening ceremony of the palace was held after Sultan Abdulaziz moved to the new palace following Friday prayer on 25 Zirkade, 1281 (April 25, 1865) (Dündar 2008)

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