The Yildiz Palace is a vast complex of mansions and pavillions extending from Yildiz Hill to the district of Besiktas and from there on to Ortakoy. During the reign of Abdulhamid II, the complex was covering an area of over 500.000 square meters including pavillions such as the Queen Mother's Mansion, the Pavillion Mansion, the Island Mansion, the Lesser Ceremonial Mansion and the Princes Mansion.

The Yildiz Palace complex displays a variety of styles, forms and techniques since its prominent architects include Sarkis Balyan, Agop Balyan and Raimondo d'Aronco.

The Palace contains several artifacts from the Yildiz Porcelain factory that consists of cups, vases, dishes, bowls, bottles, basins, pen-holders and many more wonders still on display at the Palace.