JOHN PASHA MANSION

Built in 1880 by ACHILLES, bearing the typical aspects on its contemporary architecture, John Pasha Mansion is overlooking Çankaya (pronounced 'chankaya') Street for over 120 years. The wooden mansion, built on a ground of 2,910 sqm, consists of 15 bedrooms, a kitchen, 2 bathrooms, three water closets, a kitchen office and a large garden.
The railings of the balcony and the garden have a special importance, resulting from being a typical 19th century building. The building has a square shape with an entrance from the center and balconies with wooden pillars on all four sides. With a façade full of different styles, roof towers, and wooden ornaments John Pasha Mansion is a very rare example of eclectic architecture.

One of the most interesting historical buildings in BÜYÜKADA ( the prinkipos island), still in good condition, the mansion was planned to be used as a museum preceding a thorough restoration. The ceilings and the walls of the mansion are full of colored paintings and delicate designs. There is a special fountain(buffet d`eau), many statues made of marble and a working large well in the garden.

The owners of John Pasha Mansion throughout the time:

The mansion built by ACHILLES in 1880 with the request by John Pasha, was inherited after his death by his Austrian wife and son John, and daughters Alis and Nino. During the WW1, since the daughters moved to Vienna and the son was in Carlsbad for cure and they were not found, the Treasury ( National real-estate ) connfiscated the building. The Mansion was then sold to Emanuel Karasu, of Italian origin in 1918, to Christos Dragonis in 1936, to Dr. Michalis Kuremenos in spring 1936, to Ahmet Borovali in fall 1938 respectively and it was inherited by Borovali's wife Muzehher and their children in 1978, preceding his death.

Who is John Pasha?

The father of John Pasha, the Count of Sala, was of Venetian origin. He moved to the isles of Lesvos in his childhood and married a rich lady, they had two sons : Thrasivolos Yannaros and Panagiostis Yannaros and three daughters. Thrasivolos then changed his name to John Pasha. The grandson of the count died in Athens in 1983.The first Kadikoy – Princes' Islands ferry service was established by the Special Department, during John Pasha's management. The first ships in service were “Baghdad, “Basra” and “ Ihsan”, built in Germany, with very thin funnels. John Pasha died in Bursa, when he was visiting for treatment and is buried in the Greek Cemetery in Sisli, Istanbul.The Greek painter from the Island, Yannis Yannaros is his nephew and his daughter Alis, married the Ambassador of the Ottoman Empire to Berlin, Osman Nizami Pasha.