The Koguk Su Palace, located in the Asian section of Istanbul, south of the Anadolu Mahasari area, was built in 1856 by architect Sarkis Balian by order of Sultan Abdul Majeed I, the place of the gardeners' building. Where the gardeners were doing the job of protecting the orchards of the Sultan in addition to protecting the coast of the Gulf.
In 1752, the Grand Mufti Duetter Amin Muhammad Pasha built a wooden cabin in this place for Sultan Mahmud I. When he began to build the Koguk Su Palace, it was demolished and the current stone building was built.
The palace consists of 3 floors with basement used as a kitchen and storage of food and service. The other floors were built in the form of four rooms open to a lounge in the middle. The interior of the palace is decorated with Rococo inscriptions and from the outside by engraved stone inscriptions. The path in the garden as well as the stairs inside the palace were built in 1803 by Sultan Selim III for his mother Sultan Muhr Shah according to the Baroque style. In our view, the path and the pond in the park are a wonderful structural complement.
In 1992, a restoration project was carried out for the palace and it was reopened as a museum in 1996. The palace has the specifications of the art museum because it contains carved ceilings, manuscripts and stoves made of Italian marble in exquisite colors, crystal vessels and carpets.
I used the Koguk Su Palace as a guesthouse in the Republic era and for a certain period. It is now dedicated to national and international celebrations in Turkey.
