A sight Abdul Hamid may see no more: the Artificial Lake of Yildiz Kiosk, 1909. Yildiz Palace is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman pavilions and villas in Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in the 19th and early 20th centuries and was used as a residence by the sultan and his court. Abdul Hamid II, 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, was deposed in 1909. From "Illustrated London News", 1909.

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