Name of Monument:

Çakırağa Mansion

Location:

Birgi-Ödemiş, İzmir, Türkiye

Date of Monument:

Hegira 13th century / AD 19th century

Description:

This private mansion is one of the most authentic surviving examples of an Anatolian Turkish house with its layout and painted and woodwork decoration. This monumental mansion is three-storeyed and has a courtyard-garden. The ground floor, which is paved with stone plaques, is given over to service rooms. The living quarters on the upper two floors have an outer sofa. Among the wall paintings on the exterior and interior walls of the structure are noteworthy panoramas of Istanbul and Izmir. The wooden ceilings and cupboards have remarkable decoration. The structure has been open to public as a museum since 1995.

Citation of this web page:

"Çakırağa Mansion" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monuments;AWE;tr;2;en

MWNF Working Number: TR1 002