Marble-fronted Küçüksu Palace has one of the prettiest facades on the shores of the Bosphorus. Particularly attractive is the curving double staircase which leads up to its-main waterside entrance.
Sultan Abdül Mecit I  employed court architect Nikogos Balyan to build this palace to accommodate his entourage on their visits to the Sweet Waters of Asia. This was the romantic name European visitors gave to the Küçüksu and Göksu rivers. For centuries the Ottoman nobility liked to indulge in picnics in the meadows between the streams.
On the completion of Küçüksu Palace in 1856, the sultan complained that it was too plain and demanded more ornamentation, including his monogram engraved on the facade. Later, in the reign of Abdül Aziz , the facade was further embellished, with the result that it is hard to follow the lines of the original architecture.
The room arrangement is typically Ottoman, with a large central salon opening on to four corner rooms on each floor. The interior decor was carried out by Sechan, the decorator of the Paris Opera, soon after the palace was finished. The carpets are line examples from Hereke and the chandeliers Bohemian crystal. On the shore near Küçüksu
Palace is the picturesque, turreted Fountain of the Valide Sultan Mihrişah. Dating from 1796, it is in the Baroque style.
Kıbrıslı Yali, just south of the palace, was built in 1760. At over 60 m (200 ft), its brilliant white facade is the longest of any yah  along the Bosphorus. A little further south again is Kırmızı Yah, the Red Yah, which is so called for its distinctive crimson colour. This yalı was constructed for one of Sultan Mahmut II's gardens in the 1830s. (s1)

It was constructed by architect Niko-gos Balyan for Sultan Abdulmecid between 1836 and 1857. It is near the Küçük Göksu River and has 2 floors. Atatürk also used it as a working office. It was restored between 1980 - 1983 and converted into a museum.
The area between the two branches of the Küçük Göksu River was a popular picnic place for the members of the palace and the people. The river, on which imperial caiques used to sail is far from its previous beauty due to pollution.  (s4)