Selim III built the first pavilion here for his mother between 1798 and 1808, but the complex took its present form under Abdülhamid II, who moved from Dolmabahçe because he feared a seaside attack. The infobox gives completion in 1880. The article calls the style traditional Ottoman.
Sarkis Balyan was court architect for the Büyük Mabeyn Köşkü of 1866 and the first two parts of the Şale Pavilion, built in 1877 to 1879 and 1889. Raimondo D'Aronco designed its third part in 1898. The first part of the Şale was designed to resemble a Swiss chalet, and the Malta Kiosk in the park is built largely of Maltese limestone.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism took the site in 1977 and used it as a museum. It closed in 2018 for restoration and reopened in July 2024. The Büyük Mabeyn Köşkü is not open to the public. The article gives no site area.
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