Thousands and thousands of tourists descended upon the Topkapi Palace yesterday, May 17th, 2007. A giant wall with a massive gate surrounds various courtyards and soldiers barracks, concubine quarters, eunuch quarters, and of course, the sultan’s private palace for he and his family. The views of the city are unparalleled. The ornate buildings with beautiful domes supported by magnificent columns are everywhere you look. This palace is worthy of the most prolific sultans of the Ottoman Empire. The palace was constructed when the Ottoman Empire was at its peak of power and possession of land. The 15th & 16th centuries saw the lands in modern day Italy, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Syria, Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia fall under the power of the great Ottoman sultans. A sprawling empire that included a good portion of Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the middle east, and Africa. But it all came to an end after World War I when the Ottoman Empire was dissolved and the modern nation of Turkey was established under the great Ataturk. I suppose this palace was converted into this museum shortly after that. Which is tragic in my opinion. This palace should be the home of a great and powerful leader. I believe it is time to declare this palace for myself. I will take over the sultan’s quarters and fill the baths and pools with fresh water again. I will invite my 12 female classmates to stay in the concubines’ quarters. Our professor can function as eunuch. My family can all come and stay with me in the palace. And I shall rule this land with great wisdom and benevolence. And they shall call me Sultan!
Sultan Josepherus the Fantastical!
I will drink red wine and be fed grapes by my concubines while they carry me from room to room in my great palace.
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