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Secrets of the sultan’s palace where concubines and eunuchs lived

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Some nations and empires declare their magnificence with monumental public displays: mighty castles and fortresses which ring across the skyline in loud exclamations of stone or brick. Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, seat of the Ottoman Empire for almost fou...

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