Overview
- Turkish daily Sabah reported that an Istanbul court, after a 17-year case, transferred rights to a Bosphorus mansion to descendants of 19th‑century Russian diplomat Nikolai Isvechin.
- The Russian Embassy in Ankara called the report misleading, asserted that no final decision exists, and formally requested corrections under Articles 14 and 15 of Turkey’s Press Law No. 5187.
- Diplomats said the lawyer representing the Russian side had supplied Sabah with detailed case information prior to the embassy’s correction demand.
- Coverage attributes the dispute to complex ownership history dating to Isvechin’s 1868 purchase, later diplomatic use, a 1950 cadastral entry under his name, and 2022 findings identifying three heirs in France.
- Sabah highlighted the property’s significant value, though figures reported across outlets differ, underscoring the unresolved nature of key details.