ETHEM PERTEV BEY MANSION in BOSPHORUS


One of the first things that come to mind when the Bosphorus is mentioned is the Mansions in the Bosphorus. Of the 600 mansions that represent different periods and different architectural understandings, 150 of them have survived to this day.


Located in the most beautiful parts of the Bosphorus, the mansions cover large areas both on the European side and on the Anatolian side. It is possible to see the most beautiful ones with a Bosphorus tour. Some mansions can even be rented for special events.


During the Ottoman period, mansions were divided into colors. Members of the state lived in red-colored mansions, Muslims in light-colored mansions, and non-Muslims in gray and similar mansions. During the Ottoman period, the Sultan and his relatives built many mansions and palaces in the Bosphorus. Among these structures, Dolmabahçe Palace, Çırağan Palace, Adile Sultan Pavilion, Beylerbeyi Palace and Küçüksu Pavilion are the best known.


In this article, there is a mansion that I will tell you specifically. Ertem Pertev Bey Mansion.


The first owner of the mansion was Fatma Hanım, who was thought to be one of the favorites of Sultan Abdülmecid. Pharmacist Ethem Pertev Bey first became the tenant of Fatma Hanım, who fell into financial difficulties in 1905.


According to a widely told story, Ethem Pertev Bey, while sitting in the mansion with his guest friends, bent a pin, attached an olive to it and turned it into a fishing hook. He put on a rope and fished from the mansion window. Ethem Bey thought that the mansion was auspicious on this occasion and bought the mansion in 1908. In 1910, he bought the neighboring mansion. He left a small garden in between, and built a Selamlık on the south side.


The big ships passing through the Bosphorus used to shake the seaside mansions in the waves they created. Fehmi, the younger son of Ethem Pertev Bey, was very curious about what these waves did to the boathouse under the building. One day the little boy disappeared. When Necati Bey, the owner of Cibali Pharmacy, remembered that the boy was talking about the waves, they ran to the boathouse. Ethem Pertev Bey encountered the corpse of his son, whom he loved very much, at the bottom of the boathouse.


Ethem Pertev Bey, who was depressed due to his son, never laughed again after the day of this tragic event. He left his beloved mansion and moved to Erenköy and died in 1927 at the age of 56. The mansion was sold to Hayri Bey, one of the captains of the Company-i Hayriye, in 1932. Ethem Pertev Bey Mansion was bought in 2000 by Murat Köprülü, a descendant of Grand Vizier Köprülü Mehmet Pasha.


Today, when a search is made about who owns the mansion, we come across the name Etel Baler. The mansion also suffered a major accident in 2015; The Sierra Leone-flagged dry cargo ship, 3,905 gross tons and 106 meters long, Majed & Randy, damaged the mansion.

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