Yesil
Ev Green House Sultanahmet Istanbul.The mansion belonging to the
Minister of Monopolies, Sukru Bey, managed to survive, in a
dilapidadet state, until the 1970's. The Turkish Touring and
Automobile Association began to implement his plan first for the
revitalisation of this mansion which, with is exceptional
location, would serve as a model of traditional housing and
accommodation. The old rooms (nineteen in all) and layout being
carefully preserved.
The
furnishings chosen by Mr. Celik Gulersoy, the General Manager of
the Association were in the style of a 19 th century winter
mansion. The building has an absolutely unrivaled location
between Ayasofya and the Blue Mosque, and at the same ofters the
visitor the warm, friendly atmosphere of an old Istanbul home.
It very quickly attained a world-wide reputation. the famous
newspapers such as the Washington Post, New york Times and
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, contributed articles expressing
their admiration and appreciation...
"Europa
Nostra", international organisation centered in London,
awarded Yesil Ev the medal for the year. The best analysis of the
role undertaken by Yesil Ev in Istanbul tourism comes from the pen
of the historian of Byzantine art, Lord John Julius Norwich:
" In
the early 1980's, something wonderfull happened: Mr. Celik
Gulersoy, director general of the Touring and Automobile
Association of Turkey, opened an enchanting little hotel on the
edge of the small park that separates the city's most venerable
Byzantine church, St. Sophia, from the one of its magnificent
Islamic monuments, the Sultan Ahmed (Blue) Mosque, The
hotel-called the Yesil Ev, for "Green House" was an old
woodeen house of the mid-nineteenth century and in most cities
would have been lovingly and sensitively restored by Mr. Gulersoy
and filled with furniture and fittings.
This judgement was confirmed by President Mitterand, who chose
Yesil Ev for his New Year visit in 1992/1993....Click
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