Sepetçiler Köşkü
The Sepetçiler Köşkü (German basket maker kiosk ), also Sepetçiler Kasrı (Sepetçiler Pavilion) is a former Ottoman summer palace on the south bank of the Golden Horn in Sirkeci in Istanbul .
location
The imperial building, formerly part of the Topkapı Palace, was built on the former sea wall of Constantinople at the “ Marble Gate ” ( Yalıköşkü Kapısı in Turkish ) below the hill with the Topkapı Palace . It was built next to the no longer existing Yalı Köşkü, a pavilion directly on the bank of the Golden Horn, which was built by Selim I for meetings of the Sultan with the Kapudan Pashas (commander-in-chief of the Ottoman fleet) and for farewells or greetings of the fleet when entering and exiting the Golden Horn. The imperial fleet was also anchored here until the pavilion was cut off from the palace grounds when the railway and the Sirkeci station were built.
history
The small palace was built in 1591 by Grand Vizier Koca Sinan Pasha under Sultan Murad III. started and completed by the Grand Vizier Serdar Ferhad Pascha . The plans came from the court architect Kasım Ağa. It is the only remaining building in a series of pavilions and palaces in the outermost courtyard of Topkapı Palace. According to an inscription on the doorway of the palace in 1643 was Sultan İbrahim rebuilt and in 1739 by Sultan Mahmut I built again.
The building became a warehouse after renovations in the 19th century. In the early days of the republic it was used as a military pharmacy and then stood empty for a long time. After extensive renovation in 1980, the building first served as the headquarters of the Turkish government's international press office for the foreign press. After renewed restoration work, the house was also a restaurant and conference venue under the management of Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts and the seat of the project office for Istanbul as European Capital of Culture (2010) until June 2011.
Since 2011, the building has been the seat of the Turkish Green Crescent , a non-governmental organization that campaigns against tobacco, alcohol and other drugs.
architecture
The four-storey palace was built from solid ashlar on the old city wall and has spacious halls with high wooden doors. The former city wall is broken through by mighty pointed arches. While the windows are otherwise rectangular, pointed arch windows were used on the top floor. The facade is divided into several risalits . In the center of the roof sits a dome on an octagonal drum . Next to it sits a minaret-like tower with a pointed hood. The building offers a panoramic view of the Golden Horn with the Galata Bridge , Galata Tower , Karakoy and the Bosphorus . Renovation work carried out on the basis of old pictures made it possible to restore the building to its original state.
The interior is lavishly decorated with red marble from Darıca and Rusçuk , the tiles come from İznik and the iron parts from Samakoy and Salonika .
Literature
- Fanny Davis: Palace of Topkapi in Istanbul . Charles Scribner's Sons , New York 1970
- Gülru Necipoğlu: Architecture, ceremonial, and power: The Topkapi Palace in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries . The MIT Press, Cambridge 1991, ISBN 0-262-14050-0
- Sedad H. Eldem, Feridun Akozan: Topkapı Sarayı: Bir Mimari Araştırma . Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Istanbul 1982, pp. 12, 99
- Reşat Ekrem Koçu: Topkapı Sarayı . Doğan Kitap, Istanbul 1975, p. 232
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Sepetçiler Pavillon , Türkiye Yeşilay Cemiyeti / Turkish Green Crescent, accessed on April 26, 2019
- ↑ Sepetçiler Kasrı , TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, accessed on April 27, 2019
- ↑ History , Türkiye Yeşilay Cemiyeti / Turkish Green Crescent, accessed on April 26, 2019
Coordinates: 41 ° 0 ′ 59 ″ N , 28 ° 58 ′ 52 ″ E