Ramazanoğlu Hall

Ramazanoğlu Hall is the former government residence of the Ramadanid dynasty in the city of Adana, Turkey, standing southeast of the Ulu Camii. It served as the harem of the Ramadanid family and is regarded as one of the oldest surviving mansions in Turkey, a restrained work that resembles the Mamluk mansions of Egypt. An inscription on the south gate records that the harem section was finished by Halil Bey in 1495, though it was attached to an earlier building on the north side, and the neighbouring selamlik, which held the government offices, survives only as a domed section and a probable bath. The three-storey rectangular building, about 16 by 10.5 metres, is built of hewn stone below and brick above and has almost no ornament. After renovation in 1983 and repairs following the 1998 Adana-Ceyhan earthquake, Çukurova University converted it into a cultural center that opened to the public in 2009.