Sultan Abulmecit bought this summer house in 1856 for his adorable sister Sultan Adile.
However, the palace was commissioned by Sultan Abdülaziz and built by the architect Sarkis Balyan in 1861 existing and described this building as a 19ᵗʰ century palace inspired by a western architecture.
Adile Sultan is a female sultan who had made contemporary breakthroughs for women and especially interested in the education of orphan girls. After the death of her husband, she moved out and donated this palace to the state to be used as a high school for girls. The school became a respected educational institution until 1986, when it was severely damaged by fire.
The rebuilding left the exterior unchanged and large parts of the interior were redesigned in accordance with the prior palace’s features. In 2006, thanks to graduates of Kandilli High School and Sakıp Sabancı, the palace reopened its doors.