Çankaya Köşkü

Çankaya Mansion
Çankaya Köşkü
Çankaya Presidential Mansion in Ankara, 1935.
Etymology	Located in the Çankaya district of Ankara
General information
Status	Residence used by the Prime Ministry of Turkey
Type	Mansion
Town or city	Ankara
Country	Turkey
Cost	4,500 Turkish lira
Technical details
Size	438 acres

The Çankaya Mansion (Çankaya Köşkü) is the residence used by the Prime Ministry of Turkey and until 2014 was the official residence of the President of the Republic of Turkey. It is located in the Çankaya district of Ankara, which lends its name to the palace. The Çankaya Compound stretches over 438 acres (1.77 km²) of land with its unique place in the history of the Turkish Republic. The Çankaya compound houses Atatürk's Museum Mansion, the Pink Mansion, the office of the Chief Aide-de-Camp, the Glass Mansion and new office buildings including the State Supervision Council, reception halls and a press conference hall. There are also sports facilities, a fire brigade station, a greenhouse as well as the former barracks of the now dissolved Presidential Guard.

In accordance with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's "New Turkey" concept it was envisaged that the Çankaya Presidential Compound would become the Turkish Prime Ministerial compound. The Turkish President would then move into a new 300,000 sq m Presidential Complex which was built inside the Atatürk Forest Farm in Ankara.

The land upon which the Çankaya Mansion now stands was a vineyard that belonged to Ohannes Kasabian, an Armenian jeweller and merchant. The vineyard and house were confiscated by the Bulgurluzâde family after the Kasabian family fled Ankara to escape the Armenian Genocide and settled in the relative safety of Constantinople. When Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who would later become the first president of the Republic of Turkey, saw the building in 1921, he took a strong liking to the property and bought it from Bulgurluzâde Tevfik Efendi for 4,500 Turkish lira.