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"The Big House", Bornova, Turkey

In Bournabat (now Bornova), just NE of Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey.



The Big House, Bornova (now The Rektörlük).
See full size. Formerly here.




"The Big House" was originally an 18th century convent (or "monastery").
Gertrude Bell in 1902 said the garden was then "200 years old".
It was purchased by the European Whittall family in 1820.
Whittall family home for generations.

Charlton Whittall entertained King Otho of Greece there 1833.
He entertained the Ottoman Sultan there 1863.
It was later the residence of James Whittall.

Then the home of Herbert Whittall.
Gertrude Bell visited him there in 1902.
Herbert Whittall supported the Greeks. He entertained Prince Andrew of Greece there in 1921.
Herbert Whittall fled Turkey 1922.

The Big House was sold to the Giraud family.
Norman Giraud was living there in 1927 and 1932.
It seems the Giraud family had left by 1936.

The Big House is now the Rektörlük or Rektörlügü (the rectorate), the official headquarters of the Rektör, or Chancellor, of Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
See [Kalcas, 1983].





Location of "The Big House" (the Rektörlügü) S of the road.
And the Steinbüchel House N of the road. The gate of the Steinbüchel House is at the junction to the W of the house.
From Google Maps.



The Big House, c.1900.
From Levantine Heritage. Used with permission.



The Big House, c.1900.
From Levantine Heritage. Used with permission.



The Big House, Bornova.
From Levantine Heritage. Used with permission.



The Big House, Bornova (now The Rektörlük).
From here at wowturkey.com.



The Big House, Bornova (now The Rektörlük).
From here at wowturkey.com.



The Big House, Bornova.
From Levantine Heritage. Used with permission.



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