Changes After Construction
The building was constructed not as a school, but as a historic mansion known as “Ekrem Bey Mansion”; it was purchased by the foundation from Emine Tevfika Ayaşlı in 1958.
The foundation began to use the building as “Private Bomonti Armenian Catholic Primary School” from the 1964-1965 academic year onward.
After the lawsuit process opened in 1979, because of the loss of rights over the property, the building turned into a school building that the foundation used for a long time as a tenant on its own property; in 1985, the ownership was transferred to Ayaş Municipality.
Education continued through a lease agreement in 1998, and the eviction process in 1999 was stopped through social initiatives.
In 2022, the Constitutional Court ruled that there had been a violation of property rights; as of 2025, with the return of the title deed of the building to the foundation, the restoration and strengthening process gained speed.
In 2025, a process of earthquake strengthening, restoration, and infrastructure renewal was initiated for the building; in the same statement, it was stated that the building has the status of a second-degree historic monument.
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The building is also known as “Ekrem Bey Mansion”; around the school, the name “Bomonti Mıhitaryan” is widely used.
Its most striking aspect is that a historic mansion was converted into a school building and that the foundation was forced to remain a tenant for many years in its own building that it had purchased. This story makes the building exceptional not only architecturally but also in terms of legal and community history.
Today, the building is regarded not only as a school building, but also as a mansion with second-degree historic monument status subject to preservation board procedures.
