This restored mansion, also called ‘Konuk Evi’, is since May 1993 the Guest House of the Şanlıurfa Governorship. It lies in the southern part of the city, on Vali Fuat Street (near Balıklıgöl = ‘Holy fish pond’, and west of the Selahaddin Eyyubi Mosque).

On the picture: Looking down on the neighbourhood from the upper terrace.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Sources: ‘Şanlıurfa Valiliği: Konuk Evi’, 1999 & Personal visit (1999).