This registered structure, which is one of beautiful example
of traditional Alanya houses and restorated by Alanya Municipality after
expropriation on north of Red Tower at Iskele Street, was built with another
house (today’s the Port Authority), adjacent to it, by Mülazım Mehmet Bey in
1860s. It is a sample for traditional Alanya houses representing city of Alanya
which began to develop from outside of fortified area of Alanya Castle in years
of 1800s.
Two storey with central hall plan, while walls of downstairs
is quarry with bond timber, upstairs is wooden lathwork and interior walls are
plastered with straw – haired mortar. Details of wooden window, door and
ceiling, unique to traditional Alanya houses, can be followed at ground and
upstairs.
Ground floor, which was originally used as depot, barn and
service space as being characteristics of Alanya houses, provides service as
herbarium. This center, the first characteristics of herbarium established under
the Municipality in Turkey, exhibits 322 plant species, including 20 endemic,
and 38 butterfly species, which are identified at Alanya Castle and its
environment within the scope of “observation of flora and fauna species in
Alanya Castle” until today. Upstairs and garden of the registered structure
hosts temporary exhibitions for all years.
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