A growing number of 18th and 19th-century Ottoman houses are open to the public all over the country. Most follow a fairly standard pattern, with two of three storeys of wood and plaster jutting out above a stone ground floor, although those in Diyarbakır are one-storey buildings built from granite and set around a courtyard. Unfortunately many of these houses get little publicity and so receive fewer visitors than they deserve. Pushed to pick a favourite I’d have to go for the Çakıroğlu Konağıı in Birgi, although the Sipahioğlu Konağı in Yörükköy and the Latifoğlu Konağı in Tokat are also very fine.
Hazeranlar Konağı, Amasya
Hadımoğlu Konağı, Bayramiç
Çakıroğlu Konağı, Birgi
Bakı Bey Konağı, Burdur
Taşoda Konağı, Burdur
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Evi, Diyarbakır
Esma Ocak Evi, Diyarbakır
Ziya Gökalp Evi, Diyarbakır
Güpgüpoğlu Konağı, Kayseri
Koyunoğlu Konya Evi, Konya (probably closed – check before visiting)
Kaymakamlar Müze Evi, Safranbolu
Hacı Abdullah Bey Konağı, Savur
Memişağa Konağı, Sürmene
Latifoğlu Konağı, Tokat
Şemaki Evi, Yenişehir
Sipahioğlu Konağı, Yörükköy
