Career
She formed a close relationship to the architect Antoine Ignace Melling. At Hatice Sultan"s suggestion, Melling was employed as Imperial Architect by Selim III. In 1795 the princess commissioned Melling to design a labyrinth for her palace at Ortaköy in the style of the Danish ambassador Baron Hübsch"s garden. Delighted with the result, she asked Melling to redecorate the palace interior, and subsequently, a completely new neoclassical palace at Defterdarburnu.
He also designed clothes and jewellery for her.
She employed him to repair her Palace Neşetâbâd in 1804. She corresponded with him in Turkish written with Latin letters.
The palace became reputed in all Europe and also led to criticism against the sultan and talked about as a palace of pleasure.
