The mansion, which is thought to have been built for the Balyan family on Halide Edip Adıvar Street, was built by the Governor of Tripoli, Rasim Pasha, in its current state after a fire in 1897, when it was initially a three-story wooden mansion. The style, which was one of the building symbols of the Bosphorus for a long time but was alien to the Bosphorus mansion architecture, is a reflection of the Empire style.1 It is an imitation of Turkish architecture. The street facade is simple, the sea facade is based, and it has a portico.2 It has a protruding, proton roof gables, vertical twin windows with cornices, and the ceiling decorations are Greco-Roman.3 tends to.

The wooden coastal house with a stone service floor on the basement, three floors on the sea front and two floors on the street front, with a bathhouse and kitchen that no longer exist, at the foot of the grove and separately, some parts of which were demolished and altered in later times, built with the Baghdad technique, restored after 1988, was registered with protection number 1971 by the Real Estate Antiquities and Monuments Board in 49.4

1 Empire Style: The style called Empire, meaning imperial, was widespread in Europe during the time of Napoleone Bonaparte and was reflected in the style of building, furniture and clothing. It was especially popular in France between 1800 and 1830 and came to the Ottoman Empire. Detailed embroidery, elegance and grandeur were at the forefront, used together with Baroque and Rococo in Ottoman architecture and was mainly influential in the late 19th century. It was mostly seen in works such as the Nusretiye and Büyük Mecidiye Mosques built by the Balyan Family.

2 Portico: A covered, open gallery with columns in front.

3 Greco-Roman: Roman art developed from Greek art.

4 Orhan Erdenen, Bosphorus Coastal Houses, v.1, IBB Culture Inc., 2006.

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