Selim Sırrı Paşa Konağı

Selim Sırrı Pasha, the first Traveling Inspector of General Road Works of the Ottoman Empire, was appointed as the governor of Izmit in 1888. Since he was raised from Public Works, he accelerated the road construction works during his Izmit governorship. The road that continues for 18 hours from Izmit Train Station to Taraklı is his work. During this time, he had plane trees lined up along the railway, a characteristic of Izmit, planted. He spent his last years in the mansion he had built in Izmit Yukarı Pazar and died in 1924.

Sırrı Pasha Mansion, an example of civil architecture from the 19th century, was built by Izmit Governor Selim Sırrı Pasha in Yeni Çeşme Street in the Hacı Hasan District of İzmit. The interior walls of the mansion, whose plan was drawn by Sırrı Pasha himself, with a view towards the Gulf; It is decorated with various landscape paintings and rich pencil works. The mansion was built with a wooden frame construction technique, with a total of 4 floors, including the ground floor, 1 normal floor, 1 intermediate floor and a cihannüma.