Eastern Turkey, former Armenian lands
İshak Paşa Sarayı (Ishak Pasha Palace), about 8 kilometres southeast of Doğubayazıt. Combining Ottoman, Seljuk, Georgian, Persian and Armenian design, the palace was begun in 1685 by Colak Abdi Pasha, the bey of Beyazıt province, continued by his son İshak Pasha and completed by his grandson Mehmet Pasha. According to the inscription on its door, the Harem Section of the palace was completed by his grandson İshak (Isaac) Pasha in 1784.
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sat Oct 13, 1973