Skip to content
Language
Latifoğlu Mansion

Latifoğlu Mansion

An eighteenth-century Ottoman baroque mansion in Tokat, now a museum-house, with richly painted wooden ceilings, plasterwork and rooms furnished as in traditional local life.

About the museum

On Gaziosmanpaşa Boulevard in the centre of Tokat stands the Latifoğlu Mansion, built in 1746 in the Ottoman baroque style. The house follows an L-shaped plan, with a timber frame filled in with mudbrick, and its interior is famous for its woodwork, plaster and painted decoration.

The bath room has ceiling, doors and cupboards covered in plant motifs, while the Pasha Room shows baroque-style carving in its ceiling centre, cupboards and door. On the upper floor, the Pool-Side Room draws the eye with a gilded ceiling medallion and wall panels painted with flowers and views of Istanbul. Plaster craft appears in the painted fireplaces of the Pasha Room and the Pool-Side Room, and in the plaster-and-glass upper windows, where a Seal of Solomon motif is used.

Since 1988 the mansion has operated under the Tokat Museum as a museum-house. Rooms are furnished with local objects and clothing, and mannequins bring the scenes to life, giving a picture of traditional Tokat home culture.

Tips

  • The museum has a midday break, so avoid arriving between noon and one o'clock.
  • Look up: the ceilings are the star of the house.
  • It is run by Tokat Museum, so the two make a natural pair for one day.

Questions

When is Latifoğlu Mansion open?

According to the Ministry’s listing it opens at 08:00 and closes at 16:45 (last entry 16:15). Closed: Monday.

Can I buy tickets for Latifoğlu Mansion on this site?

No. This site sells no tickets. Topkapı Palace, the Basilica Cistern, Hagia Sophia and Dolmabahçe Palace are sold on our sister sites; for Latifoğlu Mansion, buy at the ticket office or on the Ministry’s official e-ticket system.

Where is Latifoğlu Mansion?

Latifoğlu Mansion is in Tokat, Türkiye — Alipaşa Mahallesi, 60200.

Nearby

Tokat

Tokat Atatürk House and Ethnography Museum

A house in Tokat where Atatürk stayed on three of his six visits, as the guest of his comrade-in-arms Mustafa Vasfi Süsoy, now a house museum.

Tokat

Tokat Museum

Tokat's museum is housed in the Ottoman Arastalı Bedesten covered market, with Hittite tablets, Roman bronzes, a rich coin collection and Tokat crafts.

Istanbul tickets online

Four Istanbul landmarks, each sold on its own site by the agency behind this guide — dated entry and free cancellation up to 24 hours.