Caddebostan Tevhide Hanım Mansion

 



Tevhide Sarıca Mansion was built in 1906 by Ragip Sarıca, the Chief Chamberlain of the Palace, facing Caddebostan Cemil Topuzlu Avenue on the Anatolian side of the Bosphorus. The architect of the building was Prussian August Carl Friedrich Jasmund, one of the teachers of the Istanbul Engineering School of that period. The architect built two mansions and a selamlık building. The relatively simple of the two mansions on the Caddebostan coast was built for Tevhide Hanım, the daughter of the Pasha. The other, more sumptuous mansion was built for Ragip Sarıca. Ragip Pasha himself was an imposing person. Apart from these two mansions, there is also a selamlık building. The selamlik building has one storey and is on the land side. 


Ragip Sarica Pasha served as the chief chamberlain at Yıldız Palace during the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid II. Ragip Sarica Pasha was born in 1857 in Eğriboz, which is still within the Greek borders, and entered the state service after graduating from the Mülkiye School. Ragip Pasha, who was a trusted member of Yıldız Palace until 1908, was engaged in trade as well as civil service. His brother worked as a doctor for the Sultan. He built the Anatolian, Rumeli and African inns close to each other in Beyoğlu. He had established the Umurca Raki Factory in Tekirdağ. He had an extravagant life and a great fortune. He had acquired a significant number of properties. Pasha, who was extremely tasteful and knowledgeable, symbolised his taste and culture in the large buildings he built. After the Constitutional Monarchy of 1908, this wealthy and tasteful pasha of the reign of Sultan Abdülhamit II was exiled to Rhodes after the Sultan was sent to the Alatini Mansion in Thessaloniki. He contracted stomach cancer during his exile. He travelled to Switzerland for treatment. He did not live long after his return and died in his mansion in Çiftehavuzlar in 1920. The mansion in Caddebostan cost 40.000 gold. 


Both mansions consist of a basement and three floors. During the construction of the coastal road, the outbuildings and pool buildings on the roadside were demolished. Tevhide Hanım mansion is located in a grove within its large land extending to the sea. Later, apartment buildings were erected in this grove. The grove has been destroyed. The mansions are completely masonry and wooden claddings were made on the facades other than the basement. Especially beautiful woodwork is seen on the balconies and window shutters. It reflects the atmosphere of a wooden mansion in terms of exterior appearance. In the interior decoration, although the walls are plain, there are intense decorations on the wooden ceilings. In particular, there are gold leaf embroideries made by Greek masters of that period. All the marbles of the mansion were brought from Italy and the interior parquet flooring was brought from Vienna. When Ragıp Pasha died in 1920, his three daughters Tevhide, Nahide and Ayşe lived in this mansion. They lived in this house until 1936. In 1936, the mansion was sold. Yusuf Ziya Demiriz bought the mansion. 


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