Upon seeing the word "Topkapi Palace," Leonard Ethan's interest in this book suddenly increased. For this palace is the famous old palace mentioned in travel guides.
For the ancient Ottoman Empire, its history can be roughly divided into three places: Edirne, Topkapi Palace, and Dolmabahce Palace.
Edirne, also known as Adria Castle, was the capital before the Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople and represents the rise of the empire.
Topkapi Palace, on the other hand, was built after the conquest of Constantinople and witnessed the rapid expansion of the empire, becoming a powerful nation spanning Eurasia and Africa.
The last Dolmabahce Palace is a 19th-century European-style building, representing the decline of the Ottoman Empire, known as the "Sick Man of West Asia."
The reason Topkapi Palace is called the old palace is because of the construction of the new Dolmabahce Palace. But a modern palace could not make the whole empire as great again as the rulers had imagined.
