[3] It is only a few minutes walk on İstiklal Avenue towards Taksim Square from the Şişhane Metro station.
He bought a piece of land off the Grand Rue de Pera (now İstiklal Avenue), and there built a wooden palace.
A Dutch Protestant congregation also met there, and, as it was built as a magazine rather than as a chapel, the gathering was tolerated by the Ottoman authorities.
[3] In 1866, a Covenant and Creed was written and signed by 17 members, the name was also decided to be The Evangelical Union Church of Pera.
Today the church prays for King Willem-Alexander every week, in gratitude for the use of the chapel.