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The reforms of the Tanzimat Era also found their reflection in the architecture of the period and several new types of buildings joined the architectural repertory. One of these was the administrative building for governorships, which were constructed to form a symbol of the power of the state in cities and towns (vilayet, sancak and kaza). Since the Katipoğlu Mansion, where state affairs were carried out, was destroyed, a new government mansion was wanted to be built in its place. In 1863, the first plan and construction notebook of the mansion was made, but the construction did not start. Since İzmir became the center of Aydın Province in 1864, a larger government office building had to be built. For this reason, in 1867, Governor Sabri Pasha had the Italian architect-engineer Roch Vitali, who was residing in Izmir, make a new plan and architectural exploration. The governer’s building and the prison were designed together as separate buildings. R. Vitali handled the government office as the first part and the prison as the second part in the contruction notebook. According to the construction notebook, 1.192.270 kuruş will be spent on the governer’s building and 615.605 kuruş will be spent on the prison building. The wreckage of Katipoğlu Mansion was calculated as 82.000 kuruş. The cost of this wreck was subtracted from the total amount, and the amount to be spent was estimated as 1.725.875 kuruş. The price estimated in the construction notebook was not sufficient for the government office built between 1869-75/76. Because 1.300.000 kuruş was spent on the foundation of the building alone. The government office and prison building were constructed for a total of 4.701.575 kuruş. Reconstruction of Ayşe Hanım Mosque and Madrasah, which is wooden and octagonal plan, used as the mansion’s masjid, is also included in this amount. According to contruction notebook, Ottoman Empire and materials from different countries were used in the construction of the government office and prison. Materials used from the borders of the empire: Foça stone in the window frames, Karaburun porphyry stone in the columns and corridors, which are the local stones of İzmir, and Thessaloniki wood was used in the floor and some ceiling tiles. Materials used from different countries: Trieste cap, Livorno marble on the four-column entrance staircase, Venetian wood in the governor’s room and Izmir Sanjak room which is Italian construction materials, tiles from France in the roof covering, English locks on the doors. The governer’s building and prison built between 1869-1875/76 were built according to the plan drawn by Roch Vitali. When viewed from the south, the government office of İzmir is a two-storey building with a “U” plan, an open courtyard in the middle, and 81 rooms. It has three entrances in total, with the main entrance in the west and two doors opening to the open courtyard in the south. The main entrance protruding forward from the front, which has four columns with an ion cap, shows a neo-classical style with a balcony above it and a triangular pediment above the balcony. The prison building, on the other hand, is a three-storey building with five corridors separated from each other starting from the entrance, on the side facing the courtyard of the government office. The building, which is one of the structures of that period, is used with the same function today.

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