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KALKAVAN Yalısı
/ KALKAVAN Mansion
This beautiful mansion
which adorns Beylerbeyi, originally belonged to the Kalkavan family
and was later sold to Ömer Sabanci. Besides being one of the 15
water mansions on the Bosphorus which belong to the Sabanci family,
it has been used as a set for “Topkapi”, the cult film of 1960's, in
which Melina Mercuri and Peter Ustinov played the major roles. The
film was about an attempt to steal the famous Topkapi dagger from
the Topkapi Palace.
Ref.
The Water Mansions of Istanbul,
Saffet Emre Tonguç
ICVB ISTANBUL Bulletin |
