Ziya Gökalp Museum - Residence
The house, which is one of the typical example of civic architecture of Diyarbakır, was built in 1808. It is a two storey structure built with black basalt stone and designed in two sections for men and women. Its different spaces are arranged around an innercourtyard. One of the façades is a double arched antechamber with a portico, which, with the pool located in this section, offers a pleasant sitting area

The house is adorned with the white decorations which the locals call "ciz" or "kehal", and there are inscriptions in Arabic over some of the doors.
This house, where the famous scholar Ziya Gökalp was born in 1876 was purchased from his inheritors in 1953 and was opened to public as a Museum - Residence on March 23, 1956. Ethnographic artifacts of the region are also displayed in addition to the personal belongings of the writer.
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