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HEKİMBAŞI SALİH EFENDİ Yalısı / HEKIMBASI SALIH EFENDI Mansion

Salih Efendi, a graduate of the first medical school in the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Sultan Mahmut II, was the head physician for three sultans. He was interested in botany. He developed a special kind of rose named after him, which he personally grafted, and this rose was called “Hekimbasi”.

During the spring, the mansion's garden became a paradise of colours. It is one of the rarest mansions on the Bosphorus which still keeps its original architectural style and its original furniture.

The present occupants of the mansion are the family members of Salih Efendi, who died in 1905.

Ref. The Water Mansions of Istanbul, Saffet Emre Tonguç

         ICVB ISTANBUL Bulletin