Üçüncüzade Ömer Pasha

After gaining the legal rights over the lands of a castle upon a court's ruling, a family who claims to be the descendants of an Ottoman pasha has initiated a new legal action to determine the ownership of another castle in the neighboring province of Gümüşhane.

A court in the Black Sea province of Trabzon has ruled that the ownership of a land, on which a 13th-century Genoese fortress sits, belongs to a family that claims to be the descendants of an Ottoman pasha.

"Once the court gives the deed of the land to us, we can begin living in the ancient castle," said Adnan Güngör Üçüncüoğlu, one of the heirs of Üçüncüoğlu Ömer Pasha.