Yakupoğlu Memiş Ağa Konağı, Ottoman manor house in Sürmene, Turkey.
Yakupoğlu Memiş Ağa Konağı is a three-story stone manor house in Sürmene, in northeastern Turkey, with rounded arched entrances and wooden doors. The floor plan follows a regular layout with several entry points positioned along the outer walls.
The house was built in 1856 by Hacı Yakupoğlu Memiş Ağa as both a private home and a local administrative seat during Ottoman rule. It combined these two functions under one roof until the end of the Ottoman period.
The wooden ceilings inside are carved with geometric and floral patterns typical of 19th-century Ottoman domestic buildings. The formal receiving rooms show how strictly private and official life were kept separate in a house of this kind.
The building is located east of Sürmene town center along the main road and is easy to spot from the roadside. It has been restored in recent years and for a time operated as a restaurant, which allowed visitors to see the interior.
The ground floor contains small windowless rooms that once held military deserters during the 19th century. These hidden spaces are easy to overlook but show that the house once had a coercive side that went well beyond domestic life.
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