Mustafa Kemal kaufte das Gebäude 1921 von Bulgurluzâde Tevfik Efendi um 4.500 Türkische Lira. ###>When Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who would later become the first president of the Republic of Turkey, saw the building in 1921, he took a strong liking to the property and bought it from Bulgurluzâde Tevfik Efendi for 4,500 Turkish lira.