The Council Chamber or Divan is located on the Second Court. , to the left after entering. It has been redecorated repeatedly, part under Ahmet III in rococo style, the room where the council congregated in 1945 to its appearance under Murat III, who had it brought into that condition after a great fire in 1574.

On plans one can see the building of the complex called “Divan-ı Hümâyûn” consists of two connected (by an arch) rooms, with to their east (right) side a door and then a third room. The western two were redecorated under Ahmet III in rococo style. However, in 1945 the westernmost one was restored to how in 1945 it looked in 1574 when Murat III had it restored after a great fire. That one has Iznik tiles and was the Council Chamber, where the Grand Vezir and Lords of Council would gather. Above the Grand Vezir’s seat a grilled window (in a room in the tower behind) might serve the Sultan to listen in. The third room was that of the Grand Vezir, the remaining rococo-styled one held the Public Records Office.