Today we have very few examples of the historical Turkish palaces still surviving. One of these is the İshaq Pasha Palace and complex.

The palace on the Silk Route near the Iranian frontier, is situated on a high and vast platform of strategic importance on an area of 7600 meter square

The Ishaq Pasha palace, which is a prominent Ottoman-period palace, is attracting the visitor all year round, including winter season, from all over the world.

236-year-old palace was accepted into UNESCO Tentative List of World Heritage in 2000.

Ishaq Pasha Palace is more of a complex than a mere palace. It is our second administrative campus after the Topkapı Palace in İstanbul and the most famous of the palaces built at recent decades.

The palace, which was built on a hill at the side of a mountain 5 kilometer away from Doğubeyazıt district, is the last large monumental structure of the Ottoman Empire in the "Lale Devri" Period.

It is one of the most distinguished and magnificent examples of the 18th century Ottoman architecture and is very valuable in terms of art history.

Çolak Abdi Pasha of the Çıldıroğulları, the bey of Beyazit province, started its construction in 1685. Construction was continued by his son İshaq Pasha and completed by his grandson Mehmet Pasha. According to the inscription on its door, his grandson Ishaq Pasha completed the Harem Section of the palace in 1784. (1199 H, according to the Islamic calendar)

It is not at all in the Ottoman tradition but is rather a mixture of Anatolian, Iranian and North Mesopotamian architectural tradition. The traditional model used in the construction of the Royal Palaces in the capital cities like Bursa, Edirne and Istanbul was taken as an example in the design of Ishak Pasha Palace. The western influence in Ottoman architecture during the post-classical period can be observed is Ishak Pasha Palace. The building occupies an area of approximately 115m x 50m. The portal on the eastern façade of the palace, which is built with cut stones, reflects the characteristics of Seljuk art with its relief and decorations.

As the ground building sits on is a valley slope, it is rocky and hard. Despite the fact that it is at the center of the Old Beyazıt city its three sides (north, west and south) are steep and sloped. There is a suitable flat area only to the east. The entrance of the palace is on that side. It is also its narrowest façade.

The palace is actually the tomb that resembles an eagle nest, mosques, walls, interior and exterior courtyards, the sofa, and the harem rooms, wards and stronghold of a gentleman.

The palace is composed of two courts and the collection of structures positioned around them. Some of the buildings of the first court are destroyed. The second court, which is surrounded on four sides with buildings, has a rectangular ground plan. To the right, with reference to the entrance, there is the men's quarter and behind it the harem section. At the end of these, there is the mosque and the mausoleum. The mausoleum is built in the style of the Seljuk "kümbet" (cupola) architecture. The palace section has two storeys. All of its 366 rooms are arranged on these two floors. Each room has a stone fireplace. The cavities within the stonewalls indicate that the building as a whole possessed a central heating system. (ILKHA)