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The Aşiyan Museum is located in the Aşiyan neighborhood of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul and is the former residence of Tevfik, one of the most prominent poets of Turkish literature and Servet-i Fünûn community. Tevfik Fikret named the house “Aşiyan,” derived from the Persian word meaning “nest” or “bird’s nest.” Converted into a museum in 1945, this building preserves the memory of important figures who contributed to Turkish literature. Additionally, the Aşiyan Museum is the first literature m

History: The Story Between Stone Walls Imagine this house had a soul... In 1906, Tevfik Fikret built this home exactly as he envisioned it, as if painting a canvas with his own dreams, designing it himself. He was writing poetry and constructing his home at the same time! Until 1915, the very end of his life, he lived gazing out its windows at the deep blue waters of the Bosphorus. After the poet’s death, the house was purchased by the Istanbul Municipality in 1940 with the aim of creating a mem