Guide
The Deveci Han is a two-storey building and one of the early examples of the Ottoman han. Cut stone and brick were used in it, and the upper floor holds thirty-one rooms. From the character of the building its construction is put in the first half of the fifteenth century.
In the time of the governor Rüstem Paşa, in 1846, it was repaired and turned into a prison, and it served as one until 1949. Under the governor Hacı İzzet Paşa, between 1891 and 1892, it was thoroughly restored and a sick bay and four further rooms were added to the prison; the multi-purpose hall is in that part.
On the south front is an inscription written by Mustafa Razi, known as Çıpanlı Razi.
The building has been restored. On the lower floor are the exhibition halls and studios named after the Edirne painter Hayri Çizel and the painter Hasan Rıza, who worked in the city; the upper floors hold administrative rooms.
