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EDİP EFENDİ Yalısı / EDIP EFENDI Mansion

The Edip Efendi yali is situated in Kandilli at one of the narrowest points on the Bosphorus. This is where the currents are the strongest.

It was named after a much respected government officer of the Ottoman Empire.

This yali has become a popular news item during Prime Minister Özal's regime, because its most recent owner Ugur Mengenecioglu has been involved in a bribery scandal.

A former tenant in this yali, Dorina Lady Neave, described life on the Bosphorus during the previous century , in her book “Romance of the Bosphorus”. 

Ref. The Water Mansions of Istanbul, Saffet Emre Tonguç

         ICVB ISTANBUL Bulletin