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SADULLAH PAŞA Yalısı / SADULLAH PASHA Mansion

Located in Çengelköy this mansion was famous for its interior decorations and for its very high value. Its most recent tenant was Aysegül Nadir Tecimer, the wife of a wealthy businessman.

It derives its name from its original owner Sadullah Pasa. During the reign of Sultan Abdülhamit II, he was exiled for having been among the conspirers who were said to have plotted a coup bringing Sultan Murat V to the throne. He was not allowed to return to the Ottoman capital after completing his terms as Ottoman Ambassador to Berlin and Vienna. He later committed suicide.

Sadullah Pasa was one of the important figures of the literary school of Tanzimat.

Ref. The Water Mansions of Istanbul, Saffet Emre Tonguç

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