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The Dalaman State Production Farm and the Abbas Paşa Farm House

Take a day to visit the State Production Farm in Dalaman. The farmhouse is a huge building surrounded with green grass just like that on a golf course, monumental palm trees and right next to it is the Abbas Paşa Cami (Mosque). The story of the building is an interesting one, with the Khedive of Egypt, Abbas Paşa, who was an avid hunter, wanting to build a hunting lodge in wild life rich Dalaman region. The construction work was contracted out to a French firm. However, at the same time the firm had been contracted to build a railway station in Egypt. Due to a mix up over the plans, the French built a railway station at Dalaman, where no rail line existed, and a hunting lodge in Egypt.

Although it was never used by Abbas Paşa, the building stayed in Dalaman, providing both a thing of architectural beauty and a nice story.