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[[File:Topkapi Museum MIMDOS.png|thumb|right|Topkapi Museum in the DOS version.]]
|image=[[File:Topkapi Museum MIMDOS.png|200px]]<br>Screenshot from the MS-DOS version of ''Mario is Missing!''
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|latest_appearance=''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing! CD-ROM Deluxe]]'' (1994)
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{{quote|The Topkapi Palace, now a museum, was the residence of Ottoman sultans (kings) for centuries. Mehmet the Conqueror built the first palace in 1453, a few years after defeating Turkey. The palace was a busy place. The sultan was allowed four wives and any number of slave girls. The slaves lived in a locked portion of the palace called the Harem. Bathing was ceremonial in Turkey. The sultan's wives had their own bathtubs, but the harem shared large baths that resembled ornate swimming pools.|'''Pamphlet'''|Mario is Missing! (PC)}}
{{quote|The Topkapi Palace, now a museum, was the residence of Ottoman sultans (kings) for centuries. Mehmet the Conqueror built the first palace in 1453, a few years after defeating Turkey. The palace was a busy place. The sultan was allowed four wives and any number of slave girls. The slaves lived in a locked portion of the palace called the Harem. Bathing was ceremonial in Turkey. The sultan's wives had their own bathtubs, but the harem shared large baths that resembled ornate swimming pools.|'''Pamphlet'''|Mario is Missing! (PC)}}
The '''{{iw|wikipedia|Topkapi Palace|Topkapi Museum}}''' appears in PC versions of ''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]'' as a visitable [[List of locations|location]]. Built in {{iw|wikipedia|1453}}<ref>{{cite|quote=Mehmet the Conqueror built the first palace in 1453, a few years after defeating Turkey.|author=Pamphlet|title=''Mario is Missing!''|date=1993}}</ref> (between {{iw|wikipedia|1460}} and {{iw|wikipedia|1478}} in real life),<ref>{{cite|title=Topkapi Palace History|url=www.topkapipalace-tickets.com/topkapi-palace-history|quote=Topkapi Palace is one of the world’s largest surviving palaces and was built between 1460 and 1478 under the orders of Sultan Mehmed II a few years after he conquered Constantinople.|publisher=Topkapi Palace Tickets|language=en|archive=web.archive.org/web/20221027082352/https://www.topkapipalace-tickets.com/topkapi-palace-history|accessdate=September 5, 2024}}</ref> the place was the home for {{iw|wikipedia|List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman sultans}} for many centuries. Topkapi Museum closed briefly when a [[Koopa Troopa]] stole the [[Turkish towel from the Harem Baths]], but was reopened since [[Luigi]] returned the item.
 
The '''{{wp|Topkapi Palace}}''' (Turkish: '''''Topkapı Sarayı'''''; Ottoman Turkish: '''طوپقپو سرايى''', ''ṭopḳapu sarāyı''), known as the '''Topkapi Museum''' in the PC versions of ''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]'', is a palace built in 1460 and finished in 1478 under Sultan Mehmed II's orders. It served as the home for Ottoman sultans for four centuries.<ref>{{cite|title=
Topkapi Palace History|url=https://www.topkapipalace-tickets.com/topkapi-palace-history/|accessdate=September 5, 2024}}</ref> The Topkapi Museum is located in [[Istanbul]], Turkey.
 
In the PC versions of ''Mario is Missing!'', a [[Koopa Troopa]] stole the [[Turkish towel from the Harem Baths|Turkish towel]] from the museum, forcing the museum to close until [[Luigi]] returns it.


== Questions ==
== Questions ==
[[File:Topkapi Museum MIMCD.png|thumb|Stock photo used in ''Mario is Missing! CD-ROM Deluxe'']]
Luigi must prove the towel is authentic by answering two of the following questions from the [[curator]]:
Luigi must prove the towel is authentic by answering two of the following questions from the [[curator]]:
*''Who built the first Topkapi palace?''
*''Who built the first Topkapi palace?''
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== Trivia ==
* The game incorrectly states that the palace was built in 1453.


== References ==
== References ==

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