Khedive Pavilion (Hidiv Kasrı) was built in 1907 by the Egyptian Khedive Abbas Hilmi Pasha, on the ridges of Beykoz District of Çubuklu, to the Italian architect Delfo Seminati. Pavilion, built on a 270 acre land, was designed in “Art Nouveau” style and with a tower overlooking the Bosphorus. There is a dominant view in the tower where half of the Bosphorus is watched.
Another important feature of the Khedive Pavilion (Hidiv Kasrı) is that it has the first steam-powered elevator. In the middle of the main entrance of the pavilion there is a fountain made of marble and the fountains and pools that follow. The hall, which has ceilings covered with stained glass and a fireplace on the ground floor, has two large bedrooms in the upper floor of this hall, and there are internal toilets and bathrooms on this floor.
Khedive title; It is a title given to the governors appointed by the Ottoman Empire to Egypt. After the occupation of Egypt by the British, the kingdom system was brought to the country, and the duty of the Egyptian Khedive Abbas Hilmi Pasha ended.
Khedive Abbas Hilmi Pasha went to Switzerland and settled there, but his family stayed in this pavilion until 1937, and after this date, the pavilions and lands were bought and expropriated by Istanbul Municipality. The Khedive Pavilion, which was restored in 1984, was used as a hotel for a while, and after a second restoration in 1994-1996, it was transferred to Beltur A.Ş., a subsidiary of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
