Topkapı Explained

Topkapı ("cannonball gate"), sometimes spelled Topkapi outside of Turkey, is a Turkish word that may refer to:

Places

• Topkapı, Besni, a village in the district of Besni, Adıyaman Province, Turkey
• Topkapı, Fatih, a neighbourhood of Istanbul near the Roman city walls
• Topkapı, Kemaliye
• Topkapı Palace, a museum in Istanbul, Turkey

The Arts

• Topkapi (album), a 1965 album by jazz organist Jimmy McGriff
• Topkapi (film), a 1964 caper movie
• Topkapi (previous title The Light of Day (Eric Ambler novel)), a 1962 tragi-comic art heist spy novel

Other

• Topkapı Scroll, a Timurid dynasty pattern scroll at the Topkapı Palace museum's collection
• Nesrin Topkapı (born 1951), Turkish belly dancer