Hatice Sultan Mansion

{{Short description|Historical waterside mansion}} [[File:Hatice Sultan Yalı.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Hatice Sultan Mansion]] [[File:Hatice Sultan saray Melling.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Hatice Sultan Mansion]] The '''Hatice Sultan Mansion''' ({{langx|tr|Hatice Sultan Yalısı}}), a historical [[yalı]] ({{langx|en|waterside mansion}}) located on the [[Bosphorus]] in the [[Ortaköy]] neighborhood of [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]], and named after its original owner [[Hatice Sultan (daughter of Mustafa III)|Hatice Sultan]], is used today as the building of a water sports club.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/4798457.asp?gid=48 |title=Hatice Sultan Yalısı ayakta kalan tek yalı |author=Dağlar, Ali |author2=Faik Kaptan |date=July 23, 2006 |publisher=Hürriyet |language=tr |access-date=December 7, 2008 }}</ref>

The residence at Defterdarburnu (Defterdar Point) in Ortaköy<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.istanbul2010.org/en/side-menu/virtual-library/palaces-of-istanbul/dolmabahce-palace/ |publisher=Istanbul 2010 |title=Palaces of Istanbul |access-date=December 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204045010/http://www.istanbul2010.org/en/side-menu/virtual-library/palaces-of-istanbul/dolmabahce-palace/ |archive-date=December 4, 2008 }}</ref> was used as an [[orphanage]] and later as a primary school after the [[Ottoman dynasty]] was exiled following the foundation of the Turkish Republic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sanalistanbul.com/virtualistanbul/Ortakoy.htm |publisher=Sanal Istanbul |title=History of Ortaköy |access-date=December 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512195233/http://www.sanalistanbul.com/virtualistanbul/Ortakoy.htm |archive-date=May 12, 2008 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

== See also == * [[Ottoman architecture]]

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[[Category:Ottoman palaces in Istanbul]] [[Category:Bosphorus]]