İKRANUR FİDAN
THE OLD DEANERY BUILDING
The Old Deanery Building is also known as the ‘‘ Old Bandırma Hotel ’’. It has been used for different purposes since it was built in nineteen twenties . For instance , it was used as The Preparatory School for 17 Eylül University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences .
The build was built before the foundation of The Republic of Turkey . At first it was built as the Otoman Public Debt Administration . ( Otoman Turkish : Düyun-u Umumiye ) by a Special Administration in 1922 . It was set on fire by the Greeks and then it was rebuilt as a hotel in 1924 . That building was used as a hospital during the World War II . After many years it became a hotel again which was the most popular hotel in Bandırma at that time . It hosted many exhibitions and meetings .
There was a restaurant on the around flor of the building and people could not enter without wearing suit and a tie . During that time , the administration of the hotel raised nihgtingales under the dome of the building . When the University was first established in Bandırma in 1924 it was used as the deanery building .
Later , the deanery changed its plae . After that people wanted to the building as the City Museum , but then that was cancelled .
Currently , The Old Deanery Building now is in ruins , however it still looks spectacular . It is still there and the scaffoldings stand around it , because it is needed for a new purpose .