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SADRAZAM KADRİ PAŞA Yalısı / SADRAZAM KADRI PASHA Mansion

Kadri Pasa bought this mansion when he married the daughter of the famous palace physician  of Sultan Abdülmecit, Ismail Pasa. Kadri Pasa had been a Grand Vizier and later he became the Governor of Edirne. He died in 1883.

The heirs of the Pasa restored the present building after a ship had crashed into the mansion, causing serious damage.

Next to the yali is the house of a prominent Turkish singer Sezen Aksu, and on the other side is the mansion of Cem Boyner.

The period of architecture of this Kanlica mansion dates mainly to the 1850's.

Ref. The Water Mansions of Istanbul, Saffet Emre Tonguç

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