LEGEND

• First Courtyard - (A.)
• Second Courtyard - (3.)
• Third Courtyard - (38.)
• Fourth Courtyard - (66.)
• Outer Palace and Fifth Courtyard areas:
• Former gardens, extending eastward to the wall along the Sea of Marmara - (B.)

• Gülhane Park
• C. Fifth Courtyard or Fifth Place, of the former walled-private royal Outer Palace grounds, is now part of Gülhane Park, extending north to the Golden Horn at Seraglio Point.
• D. Former western gardens between 'C' and 'E' now part of Gülhane Park (parts extend west to the railroad yards).
• E. Garden level southwest of and below First and Second Courtyards, on which the 'Tiled Kiosk' (Sırça Köşk)—present day Museum of Islamic Art, the Basketmakers' Kiosk, and other structures-museums are located within Gülhane Park.

DETAILED LEGEND

• First Courtyard

1) Fountain of the Executioner - in First Courtyard)
2) Gate of Salutation—Middle Gate, entrance from First Courtyard to Second Courtyard
— present day entrance to Topkapı Palace Museum complex - (structures, displays, and gardens).

• Second Courtyard

3) Second Courtyard 4) Selâm or Greeting Stone 5) Top of Byzantine cistern 6) Old well 7) Fountain 8) Death Gate
9) Mosque of Hacı Beşir Ağa 10) Mosque Gate
11) Outer Death Gate 12) Privy Stables 13) Quarters of the Halberdiers with Tresses
14) Terrace 15) Arcade with old stone inscriptions
16) Carriage Gate to the Harem — see Harem plan - Topkapi Palace image.
17) Imperial Council Hall
18) Scribes' Room 19) Room of the Grand Vizier
20) Inner Treasury of the Imperial Council
21) Target stone 22) Monument to Sukhum 23) Gate to the palace waterworks 23a.) Waterworks

Palace kitchens

24) Kitchens for the sultan, the princes; 25) kitchens for the valide sultan; 26) Kitchens for the harem women; 27) Kitchens for the gatekeepers; 28) Kitchen for the divan; 29) Kitchen for the pages; 30) Kitchen for the lowest palace servants; 31) Kitchen for the harem serving women; 32) Kitchen for the lower civil servants of the Divan, the room of the coffee-makers, and the confectionery.

33) Confectioners' Mosque
34) Dormitory of the apprentice cooks and dishwashers 35) Tinsmithing shop 36) Area used by members of the kitchen service
37) Gate of Felicity - entrance to Third Courtyard

• Third Courtyard

38) Third Courtyard
39) Throne Room - (Audience Chamber)
40) Library of Ahmed III
41) Quarters of the Chief White Eunuch
42) Gate of Carts 43) Sultan's private kitchen 44) Marble Way from the Throne Room to the Pavilion of the Blessed Mantle
45) Ağas's Mosque
46) Harem Mosque
47) Chapel 48) Dormitory of the Pages of the Privy Chamber
49) Palace Privy Chamber
50) Kerchief room
51) Pavilion of the Blessed Mantle

51a.) Reception Room of the Privy Chamber; 51b.) Room of the Blessed Mantle

52) Stepping stone for the sultan; 53) Fountain
54) Conqueror's Kiosk - present day Treasury of the Sacred Trusts, and previously the Armour Treasury.
55) Dormitory of the Pages of the Treasury; 56) Dormitory of the Pages of the Commissariat; 57) Underground passage from the Third to the Fourth Courtyard
58) Privy or Imperial Treasury——present day Treasury of the Sacred Trusts.
59) Dormitory of the Campaign Pages; 60) Conservatory; 61) Quarters of the White Eunuchs
62) Corridor with Pillars
63) Door to the Mabeyn and the Golden Way

• Fourth Courtyard

64) Circumcision Room
65) Yerevan Kiosk
66) Fourth Courtyard—(tulip garden)

67) Tiered fountain

68) Pool with jets on the marble terrace.

69) Marble Terrace

70) Iftariye Garden
71) Elephant or Garden Gate
72) Baghdad Kiosk on the marble terrace.
73) Iftar Bower (gilded Kiosk of Mustafa Pasha) on the marble terrace.
74) Tower of the chief physician
75) Garden of the Fourth Courtyard—(below-northwest of the Marble Terrace)
76) Third Gate—connecting the Fourth Courtyard with the Fifth Courtyard-Fifth Place (of the Outer Palace to north, now part of Gülhane Park.); 77) Guard houses—(in Fifth Courtyard)
78) Grand Kiosk—(Fourth Courtyard)
79) Imperial Sofa Mosque - Mosque on the Terrace—(Fourth Courtyard)
80) Wardrobe Room—(Fourth Courtyard)
81) Pool carved with sea life—(Fourth Courtyard)