Istanbul Main Post Office
| Istanbul Main Post Office | |
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| Büyük Postane (Grand Post Office) | |
Istanbul Main Post Office
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 Location of Main Post Office in Istanbul, Turkey
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| Alternative names | Sirkeci PTT Merkezi (Sirkeci Post Office) |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | First Turkish National architecture |
| Location | Sirkeci |
| Address | Büyük Postane Cad. 25 |
| Town or city | Istanbul |
| Country | Turkey |
| Coordinates | 41°00′52″N 28°58′27″E / 41.014568°N 28.974140°ECoordinates: 41°00′52″N 28°58′27″E / 41.014568°N 28.974140°E |
| Construction started | 1905 |
| Completed | 1909 |
| Owner | Turkish Post |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Floor area | (3,200 m2 (34,000 sq ft)) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Vedat Tek |
| Main contractor | Ottoman Government |
The Istanbul Grand Post Office, aka Istanbul Main Post Office, (Turkish: Büyük Postane) is an office building for postal services located at Sirkeci quarter of Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey. It was designed by architect Vedat Tek in First Turkish National architectural style and was constructed between 1905 and 1909. The four-story building houses a post office, the Sirkeci Post Office (Turkish: Sirkeci PTT Merkezi), office space for regional administration and also since 2000 the Istanbul Postal Museum (Turkish: PTT İstanbul Müzesi). It is Turkey's largest post office building.
Initially planned for use as the building of Ministry of Post and Telegraph (Ottoman Turkish: Posta ve Telgraf Nezareti) in the Ottoman Empire, its construction began in 1905, and was completed in 1909. An inscription in Ottoman Turkish alphabet on the tiled panel above the main entrance denotes "Ministry of Post and Telegraph". The building was renamed "New Post Office" (Turkish: Yeni Postane) in the 1930s, some time after the establishment of the Turkish Republic, and then "Grand Post Office" (Turkish: Büyük Postane).
In the early years of the Republic, between 1927 and 1936, the building temporarily housed Istanbul Radio. From 1958 on, it was used solely for postal and telegraphy services. Today, the ground floor is the Sirkeci Post Office, the first floor is occupied by its directorate while the second and third floors are offices for the regional post directorate of Istanbul's European side.
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