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SAİT HALİM PAŞA Yalısı
/ SAIT HALIM PASHA Mansion
This mansion which has a
Neo Classical architectural style, burnt down in recent years. It
was later renovated by the Turkish State.
Its original owner Sait
Halim Pasa was a Grand Vizier in the Ottoman Palace for five years.
Despite his efforts to keep the Empire impartial during World War I,
he finally had to sign the treaty which obliged the Ottoman Empire
to enter the war on the side of Germans. Later he was exiled to
Malta, and was assassinated in in Rome in 1921.
Ref.
The Water Mansions of Istanbul,
Saffet Emre Tonguç
ICVB ISTANBUL Bulletin |
