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Bolulu Habib Bey Mansion, or as it is known, Bulgur Palas, is an example of early 20th-century civil architecture located on Kocamustafapaşa Hill, one of the seven hills of the city, in İstanbul’s Fatih district. The building is one of the structures that narrates İstanbul's urban history through its construction process, which is related to the political and economic developments of the period, and its different phases of use.Architectural FeaturesBulgur Palas is located within a courtyard surr

The Ottoman Bank, established in 1856 with British capital, assumed the role of the official state bank and de facto central bank of the Ottoman Empire after forming a partnership with French capital in 1863 and adopting the name Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane. With its multinational structure, it occupied a central position in financial administration while also functioning as a quasi-public financial institution engaged in commercial activities. Until 1933, the bank retained the exclusive right to iss