The Haunted Mansion

Built in 1911, this castle-like red brick mansion with stained glass windows is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus Strait. The popular nickname of the mansion, Perili Köşk (meaning the “Haunted Mansion” in Turkish) comes from the fact that its construction remained partially unfinished for a long period. Its original name is the Yusuf Ziya Pasha Mansion and it currently houses the headquarters of Borusan Holding. According to rumors, workers who were building the mansion claimed to have seen the late wife of the Ottoman pasha Yusuf Ziya, while also hearing faint piano sounds.