# Imperial Gate

> This file is a plain-text rendition of a page on mytuur.com, generated from the same data as the HTML version.

Canonical page: https://mytuur.com/en/city/istanbul/spot/bab-huemayun/

Content updated: 2026-06-22

This page is about one place: Imperial Gate, a spot in Istanbul with a story of its own. The story itself lives in the myTuur app, and it begins when you arrive and the app knows you are standing there.

- City: [Istanbul](https://mytuur.com/en/city/istanbul/)

## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_ImperialGate_66fffdb52ff49a4d0eebf1d7_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Istanbul-topkapı_palace_gate_-_panoramio_-_HALUK_COMERTEL.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_ImperialGate_66fffdb52ff49a4d0eebf1d7_1.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imperial_Gate_(Topkapı_Palace)_Istanbul.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_ImperialGate_66fffdb52ff49a4d0eebf1d7_2.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Istanbul_Topkapı_Palace_Imperial_Gate_IMG_7367_1775.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_ImperialGate_66fffdb52ff49a4d0eebf1d7_3.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Istanbul-topkapı_palace_gate_-_panoramio.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_ImperialGate_66fffdb52ff49a4d0eebf1d7_4.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gate_to_the_imaret_of_Hagia_Sophia.jpg)

Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Istanbul. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.

## What is myTuur?

myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.