page_title: Perili Köşk
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Perili Köşk / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
context_page_description: Perili Köşk is a historical monument at the Rumelihisarı neighbourhood of the Sarıyer district in Istanbul, Turkey.
  Built in 1911, the castle-like red brick mansion with stained glass windows is located close to the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. The building has 9 floors above ground level and has a gross floor area of around 5,000 m².
  The popular nickname of the mansion, Perili Köşk refers to its construction remaining partially unfinished for a long period The building's exterior appearance was carefully restored and completed in line with the original design between 1995 and 2000 by architect Hakan Kıran, who also renovated its interior.
  Perili Köşk is also the title of a story by the Turkish author Ömer Seyfettin.
context_section_description: The mansion was built by Ottoman ambassador to the United States Yusuf Ziya Pasha, a member of the Ottoman government, for his family's accommodation.
  The construction of the building started in the early 1910s but stopped when the Ottoman Empire entered the First World War as craftsmen joined the armed forces. Yusuf Ziya Pasha's second wife Nebiye Hanım and her three daughters from her first husband lived in the mansion until 1926. After the death of Yusuf Ziya Pasha, the family continued to own the mansion until the early 1990s.
caption: Perili Köşk (the castle-like red brick building in front of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge's European tower) currently houses the headquarters of Borusan Holding and the Borusan Contemporary fine arts museum.
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