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Location
: Besiktas
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Airport
:Ataturk/ Istanbul
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Location:
Atatürk Airport 25 km. In city center and on the Bosphorus(beach).
Capacity: 315 total rooms,
684 total beds, 3 king suites, 31 suites, 44 connected rooms, 1 handicapped
room, 124 non-smoking rooms, 56 executive rooms, 284 standard rooms.
Sea view is available.
Room Details: Direct dial telephone, music, balcony, minibar, safe
box, cable tv, satellite tv, digiturk, central air conditioning, split
air condition, shower, bathtub, wc, hair dryer, music in bathroom
and telephone in bathroom.
General Facilities: Central air
conditioning, split air condition, central heating, garden, tv room,
internet, business center, hair dresser, laundry, ironing, dry cleaning,
safety box at reception, gift shop, jewellery store, 24 hrs room service,
power generator, doctor on demand, baby sitter, health cabin, outdoor
parking space, closed parking space, shopping center and heliport
and helicopter.
Sports & Recreation: Outdoor
swimming pool, indoor swimming pool, children's swimming pool, heated
swimming pool, Turkish bath, sauna, massage, jacuzzi, health &
beauty center, fitness center and children's playground.
Wining & Dining: Lobby lounge.
5 a la carte restaurants. 210 pax open, 410 pax closed total capacity.
International Cuisine, Ottoman Cuisine, Turkish Cuisine, Japanese
Cuisine and Russian Cuisine.
Meeting & Congress: 14 meeting rooms (1200 max. capacity). Overhead
projector, projection screen, whiteboard, slide projector, flipchart,
barcovision, sound system, microphone, video player, DVD player, television,
fax, light system and simultaneous translation system. 2 Fair / Exhibiton
areas , 2 VIP Rooms , Ballroom with a capacity of 1025m2.
Price&Board:
Bed and Breakfast & Half Board on request |
Hotel
History and other Information's: The area where Ciragan
Palace Hotel Kempinski Istanbul now stands was known, in the 17th
century, as Kazancioglu Garden. In the second half of the 16th century,
High Admiral Kilic Ali Pasha had a waterfront house here, and in the
17th century (1648) Sultan Murat IV gave the imperial garden to his
daughter, Kaya Sultan, and her husband, Grand Vizier Melek Ahmet Pasha.
They had a small wooden mansion built here in which they would spend
the summer months. At the beginning of the 18th century, Ahmet III
presented the house and grounds to his son-in-law, Grand Vizier Ibrahim
Pasha of Nevsehir, who organized torchlight fetes known as Ciragan
Senlikleri (Ciragan Festivals) with his wife, Fatma Sultan. It was
then that the area became known as Ciragan.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of the English ambassador Edward Wortley
Montagu, who lived in Istanbul between 1717-1718, wrote of the original
Ciragan Palace in her letters, published after her death; "It
is situated on one of the most delightful parts of the canal, with
a fine wood on the side of a hill behind it. The extent of it is prodigious;
the guardian assured me there were eight hundred rooms in it, I will
not however, answer for that number since I did not count them; but
'tis certain the number is very large, and the whole adorned with
a profusion of marble, gilding and the most exquisite painting of
fruit and flowers. The windows are all sashed with the finest crystalline
glass brought from England, and here is all the expensive magnificence
that you can suppose in a palace founded by a young man, with the
wealth of a vast empire at his command."
This original palace was to be torn down and rebuilt many times over
the next two centuries. After the rebellion of 1730 which brought
the great Tulip era to an end, the palace was left empty and fell
into disrepair. It was finally taken over by Mahmut I and used as
a banqueting hall for foreign ambassadors. Selim III's Grand Vizier
Yusuf Ziya Pasha bought the Palace, demolished it, and commissioned
Kirkor Balian to build a new palace in marble which he presented to
the Sultan in 1805. Selim III then gave the Palace to his sister,
Beyhan Sultan, but she returned it.
This palace, used as a summer house during the reign of Mahmud II,
was again demolished and rebuilt on a large scale by Garabed Balian
in 1835-1843. Although great quantities of wood were used, the main
section was made from marble and stone and included forty classical
columns.
When Sultan Abdulmecid decided to move his official residence to Dolmabahce
Palace in 1855, the Ciragan Palace was torn down again, to be replaced
by an imposing stone edifice designed by Nigogos Balian, and the foundations
of the present palace were laid. However, due to financial problems
and the "Kuleli olayi" (an uncovered conspiracy to assassinate
the sultan) the construction of the palace was only half finished.
It was only completed in 1857, after Abdulaziz acceded to the throne.
Abdulaziz demanded his palace to be built in Arab style as a memorial
to his reign. Artists were sent to Spain and North Africa to make
drawings of the famous buildings there.
The story goes that the Sultan interfered with the design so much
that the plans were redrawn twenty times before he was satisfied.
The palace doors, each worth one thousand gold pieces, were so admired
by "Kaiser Wilhelm" that some were presented to him as a
gift and stand today in Berlin Museum.
The finest marble and mother-of-pearl were brought from all over the
world for the new Ciragan Palace; construction was completed at a
total cost of five million Ottoman gold liras. But Sultan Abdulaziz
only lived here for a few months before pronouncing it to be too damp
to stay in and moving out again.
This former residence of king was destined to share the fate of the
declining Ottoman Empire. Sultan Murat V, deposed during a military
takeover, was held prisoner here with his family until his death in
1904. After this the palace became the new location for parliament
and was opened on November 14, 1909. Parliament convened here for
just two months before a fire, which broke out in the central heating
vents, destroyed the entire palace in just under five hours, leaving
only a stone shell. Priceless antiques, paintings and books were lost,
along with many vital documents.
In 1946, Parliament gave the palace, its outbuildings and grounds,
to Istanbul Municipality where it was used as a dumping ground for
sand and other construction materials. It was also used as a swimming
pool and was a football ground for the local team. It seemed only
a matter of time before the last remnants of the former palace would
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Kesit
Travel Agency
Caglayan Mah. 2007 Sok. No: 7 TR-07230 Antalya / Turkey
Tel: + 90 - 242 - 323 90 09 - Fax: +90-242 - 323 96 66
E-mail : info@kesit.com
Licence Nr : 3528
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