"A Man's Home is His Castle" Gets Real in Trabzon

türkçe link to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 11 February 2021) 

castle background info click here for more details.

                             Until the Queen gets there.

In Trabzon, a 350-acre plot of land that includes the 700-year old 

Genovese "Güzelhisar Castle " became the subject of a lawsuit because 

the descendants of Gümüşhaneli Üçüncü Ömer Paşa, who was the 

Ottoman governor of Trabzon from 1737 to 1745, claimed that the land 

belongs to them as an inheritance.  

The court case dragged on for four years with the court finally deciding

that the land and the castle does indeed belong to Üçüncüoğlu family 

members Adnan Güngör Üçüncüoğlu, Edhem Üçüncü, Güreses Üçüncü, 

Nabi Üçüncü and Hayrettin Üçüncü.  

Adnan Güngör Üçüncüoğlu, who is a researcher and writer, explained

that the family will put an "Üçüncüoğlu Castle" plaque at the entrance 

to the fortress, adding that "Right now, there is a tunnel beneath the

castle and a park within it.  We will use the income from these for 

orphaned children. I might even live in the castle.  I love history and

we ought to know about the past."