Gates

A gate serves to admit and to exclude. It is also a symbol – of strength, of security of wealth.

The citadel

Almost every ancient Islamic urban centre was dominated by its citadel, a city within a city, contains palaces, mosques, barracks and offices cut off from the rest of the rest of the city by strong walls.

The harem

or women’s quarters, consists of a warren of small rooms, halls and passages tightly segregated from the rest of the Topkapi – a palace within a palace. The range on the left housed the black eunuchs.

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