Karslıoğlu Mansion
The mansion, known to have been built in 1883, was purchased by Yusuf KARSLIOĞLU, who was the Mayor of Yozgat between 1929 and 1936, and was named "Karslıoğlu Mansion" because it was used for a long time. The first restoration works were completed in 1990 in the mansion, which was expropriated by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 1977 to be used as an Archeology Museum. It is known that Atatürk stayed here when he first came to Yozgat (February 3, 1934) and was later used as the Governor's Mansion for a long time. The mansion is currently allocated to the Special Provincial Administration.
The mansion, which has two floors excluding the basement, is one of the most beautiful examples of the period and today with its fine woodwork ceiling decoration and ornaments rising on easy-to-process yellow cut stones resembling meatballs on the lower floor. Located near the C. Ali Efendi Mosque on the old Yozgat-Sungurlu road (now Hattusa road), this mansion, whose first floor is made of yellow cut stone (Nevşehir Stone) and second floor is masonry, has a hipped roof. The second floor protrudes in the south-north direction. The bottom of this part is supported by “S” consoles. The balcony floor was concreted later. Second floor balcony windows are round arched and wooden framed. The entrance to the building is through a stone-framed round-arched porch to the south. Today, the upper floor (first floor) is accessed by a five-step stone staircase, through the small rectangular door in the east. The first floor entrance has a round arch and four colonnades. There are columns with ionic caps made of yellow stone between the arches. The portico was later concreted with carved vaults. There is a room in each corner of the octagonal sofa.
In the south-west corner is a special room reserved for the residence of important guests. The ceiling of this room is more beautifully carved than those of the other rooms. The southern part of the hall reminds of the iwan. There is a balcony in front of this iwan. It is understood from the later engraved cross shapes seen on the room doors and the Greek inscriptions on the triangular pediment of the balcony on the south porch that this building belonged to the Greeks in the past. The Greek three-line inscription and the number 1883 in the middle of this triangular pediment give the date of this building.
