[1][2] The caravanserai was commissioned by Öküz Mehmed Pasha, who served as Governor of Ottoman Egypt and Grand Vizier.

US$0.21 million), not including the cost for nationalization of shanties on three sides of the ruined structure.

Having the form of a small citadel, its exterior walls end up in battlement with merlons.

[4] There are two stairways in the northwestern and southeastern corners leading from the courtyard to the first floor, constructed one over a half and the other over a full arch.

Planks run the entire building to serve as lintel for the doors and windows.

A narrow stairway hidden in the wall inside the right side niche goes up to the terrace.

To the northwest and northeast corners of the caravanserai, great importance is attached in regard of an attack coming from the sea.

[7] US President Jimmy Carter was among the notable guests, who resided in the hotel during their visits to the nearby historic site Ephesus.

The site is remembered also as the place, where the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs George Papandreou and his Turkish counterpart Ismail Cem met to improve bilateral relations between the two countries.