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Photos: Here's an unusual 150-year-old mansion up for sale for €90 million

Let’s have a gawk.

EVEN AS MANSIONS go, this one is pretty unusual.

The giant gaff in Istanbul was built in the second half of the 19th century for Zeki Pasha, a famous military leader in the Ottoman forces who also served as a minister after being appointed by Sultan Abdulhamit II, the final sultan to have control over the Ottoman Empire.

The baroque-style mansion spans 5 storeys, has its own pier and dock, and comes with a view not completely dissimilar to that of the San Francisco Bay – which may go some way to explaining why it has an asking price of €89.5 million.

Let’s have a look inside.

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(All images: Sothebys International Realty)

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    Mute Itiswhatitis
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    May 26th 2013, 6:38 PM

    Bridge over head is a big issue.

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    Mute Tom Keating
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    May 27th 2013, 12:47 AM

    Yeah, the bride makes the place worth 1m at the most….

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    Mute Tom Keating
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    May 27th 2013, 12:48 AM

    Bride? I meant bridge! :-)

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    Mute Niall B.
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    May 26th 2013, 6:41 PM

    Don’t like the water feature.

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    Mute Kitty Prendergast
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    May 26th 2013, 8:53 PM

    I actually laughed out loud. Good one!!

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    Mute RE 3
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    May 26th 2013, 10:13 PM

    What?

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    Mute Mary Dundee
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    May 26th 2013, 7:41 PM

    not worth 90 million come on…sure no garden and the bridge would be noisy….wouldnt pay even 900k for that!

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    Mute J.R HARTLEY
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    May 26th 2013, 6:40 PM

    With that size of a drive way, sur where would I park me tractor!!!!

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    Mute simonjblake
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    May 26th 2013, 6:36 PM

    That’s a lot of kebabs.

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    Mute Eileen Dover
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    May 26th 2013, 7:27 PM

    Not much room for a load of turf though.

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    Mute Finnster
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    May 26th 2013, 8:14 PM

    Hands up I was wrong . Doh ! Doh ! Doh !

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    Mute Kathrin Marx
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    May 26th 2013, 8:27 PM

    You couldn’t pay me to live in that pile – also bad feng shui with the bridge looming… give me a cabin by the ocean any day…

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    Mute Lyndon Johnston
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    May 26th 2013, 8:01 PM

    “The giant gaff in Istanbul”

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    Mute Niall Mulligan
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    May 26th 2013, 8:49 PM

    Has it got Sky+?

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    Mute Good News Caravan
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    May 26th 2013, 6:42 PM

    And to think that a more modern tower structure was knocked down in Ballymun. What a waste of a potential gold mine

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    Mute Finnster
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    May 26th 2013, 6:41 PM

    90 million dollars to be the first house flattened by the 895,000 ton Golden Gate Bridge when it falls
    during the next big earthquake.

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    Mute Catherine McTigue
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    May 26th 2013, 6:56 PM

    It would be worth seeing that since the house is in Turkey

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    Mute Suzie Hogan
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    May 26th 2013, 7:51 PM

    Hack of it for that price…

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    Mute murphy 11
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    May 26th 2013, 6:42 PM

    Would buy it but I’d need a generous donor. If I don’t dats a pitta

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    Mute Damien Byrne
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    May 26th 2013, 7:30 PM

    You can see yourself out, right??

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    Mute Kevin Denny
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    May 26th 2013, 7:46 PM

    No pool: Forget it. And the property tax would be a killer.

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    May 26th 2013, 8:40 PM

    Property tax mentioned again… There’s always one.

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    Mute Fox Trot
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    May 26th 2013, 6:48 PM

    Bit old worked for me was looking for some thing a bit more modern must keep searching !!!

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    Mute David Bagnall
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    May 27th 2013, 10:43 AM

    If living under a bridge is your thing you could do it for alot less then €90m!!!

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    Mute Kathrin Marx
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    May 28th 2013, 12:17 AM

    Lol – Love this, David :-)

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    May 26th 2013, 11:38 PM

    If its electric storage heating ya can keep it. Not interested.

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    May 26th 2013, 9:59 PM

    Hahaha! Golden Gate?? Doesn’t even resemble

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    May 26th 2013, 9:43 PM

    The white cat is a dead giveaway :)

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    Mute Finnster
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    May 26th 2013, 7:47 PM

    Catherine, please read the article before commenting, it is a Turkish mansion in San Francisco. Doh !

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    May 26th 2013, 7:59 PM

    Its a turkish mansion in instanbul. Turkey.

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    Mute Mark Wallace
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    May 26th 2013, 8:00 PM

    They first line of the first paragraph is “The giant gaff in Istanbul”. Maybe you should read the article properly before commenting, Doh !

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    Mute Sean O'Sullivan
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    May 26th 2013, 8:01 PM

    Read again Finnister!

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    Mute Catherine McTigue
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    May 29th 2013, 6:18 PM

    Lucky for me I can read and understand it too!

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    May 26th 2013, 10:36 PM

    Obscene!

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    Mute Roger Ramjett
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    May 27th 2013, 12:25 AM

    Scarlet for the dumbo who buys it :)

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    May 26th 2013, 9:46 PM

    The Bridge? ?

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    May 27th 2013, 2:24 PM

    Wouldn’t be too gone on the neighbourhood.

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    May 27th 2013, 1:12 AM

    Meh….

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