 It is not uncommon for the most recently restored mansions to employ wood principally for external decoration purposes.The oldest surviving yalı is the one built by the grand vizier Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha (of the highly influent Köprülü family) in 1699 at the Kanlıca neighbourhood (within Beykoz district), on the Asiatic shores of the Bosphorus.From this yalı, the hall of audience ("divanhane") and its immediate annexes have survived.