Love for cars is one of the most important works of Turkish literature. It is considered the first realist novel in Turkish literature and even the first literal novel. The author of this novel is Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem.
Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem was born in Istanbul in 1847 and is the son of Recaizade Mehmet Şakir Efendi, the Calendar House Minister, poet, calligrapher and chronicler. In addition to being a poet and a writer, he worked as a literature teacher in Galatasaray Sultanisi and Mülkiye Mektebi. He’s mansion like a poet is one of the rare mansions that have survived until today without any damage..
Pigeon built the mansion, one of the foremen of the Bottle Glass Factory, and Recaizade bought the mansion from Pigeon for 600 gold coins. The mansion, which consists of three brown buildings, is near the Istinye pier.
Recaizade Mahmut Ekrem transformed the mansion into one of the most beautiful buildings on the Bosphorus with aesthetic additions after buying it. The mansion, where music and literature talks were held, witnessed the birth of Servet-i Fünun literature and became the only meeting point of famous writers, poets and musicians of the period. Thanks to this house known as Writers' Mansion, the way was opened for young poets and writers who would later become famous such as Tevfik Fikret, Cenap Şahabettin and Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil..
The mansion, which was sold due to unfounded denunciations during the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II, later passed to the families of Hacı Mahmut Efendi, Cemil Pasha, Trade Minister Kabuli Pasha, Süleymangil family and Hancıoğlu families.