İshak Pasha Palace is more of a complex than a mere palace. It is second administrative campus after the Topkapı Palace in İstanbul and the most famous of the palaces built at recent decades.
The palace which was built on a hill at the side of a mountain 5 km. east of Doğubeyazıt District is the last large monumental structure of the Ottoman Empire in the "Lale Devri" Period. It is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture and is very valuable in terms of art history. According to the top of the door inscription at the Harem Section it was constructed in 1784 (1199 H.) according to the Islamic calendar. (
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As the ground building sits on is a valley slope, it is rocky and hard. Despite the fact that it is at the center of the Old Beyazıt city its three sides (north, west, south) are steep and sloped. There is a suitable flat area only to the east. The entrance of the palace is on that side. It's also its narrowest façade.
Today we have very few examples of the historical Turkish palaces still surviving and one of these is the İshak Pasha Palace and complex. This old Palace has many well preserved areas and has excellent information boards in Turkish and English. Lots of interest and spectacular scenery, so if you get there, my big recommendation is to see this complex.
📷: Ana Esakia