Yozgat Askerlik Subesi

A beautiful historical building

The place looks ridiculous on Google maps, after wandering around for an hour, we could only find the right place.

In the years 1895-1896 Sultan II. During the reign of Abdulhamid "Military Branch" was made. The basement + 2-storey stone building was evacuated in 2010 as a new military branch was built. The entrance to the building is provided by an original wooden fork door from the portico under the 4-pillar exit on the north side. Kapı Military Service Office ”is written on the door. Hijri 1311 is read in the historical inscription. In the triangular pediment of the exit is the coat of arms of the Ottoman state and in the middle is the monogram of Sultan Abdülhamit. The building was allocated to the Yozgat Municipality for construction of a city museum. However, no study has been performed yet. Although it cannot be visited inside, it is a beautiful work with a high visual appearance.

One of the historical monuments to be seen in Yozgat, Yozgat Military Service Branch, according to the inscription of the building, was built by Sultan II. It was built during the reign of Abdülhamit. It was built as two floors. Yellow cut stone was used as building material in the building. The entrance of the building was provided by a portico on the north side. The arch arches are placed on four cylindrical stone columns. There are leaf motifs on the parts where the arches are put on the walls. Entrance to the building from the portico is provided by a round-arched wooden winged door with a stone frame surrounded by columns. The keystone on the arch is in the form of a volute stone piece similar to the snapdragon relief. There is a floral motif in the vase on the stone frame and an old Turkish script in the wreath. There are two windows with round arches and stone frames on both sides of the door. The building has a lowered bay on the porches on the north facade. In the bay window, there are three windows with stone frames, round arches and two windows on the sides. Under the windows on the facade, the building has an inscription on marble. The inscription consists of three lines of text, divided by a ruler. The date of 1311 is read in the inscription. On the triangular pediment of the dating, there is the Ottoman state coat of arms and Sultan Abdülhamit's monogram in the middle. There are eight windows on the 1st floor, eight on the 1st floor and eight round-framed stone frames on the second floor. The windows on the bay window have a rectangular shaped stone, and there are starboard motifs around it.