This house, in which Diyarbakır's writer Ziya Gökalp was born and grew up, was turned into a museum in 1956. The building, which is one of the examples of civil architecture in Diyarbakır, was built in 1806 on two floors of basalt stone. Haremlik and greetings are organized in two parts as Diyarbakir home architecture. As a Sus element; white colored ornaments called renkli ciz verilen or ’kehal le are noteworthy. Ziya Gökalp's personal belongings, photographs, books in the library and local ethnographic artifacts are exhibited in the museum. WHO IS ZIYA GOKALP? Ziya Gökalp, whose real name is ’Mehmet Ziya’ was born on March 23, 1876 in Diyarbakır. His father was Mehmet Tevfik Efendi who was writing in newspapers, and his mother was Zeliha Hanım. He started his education life in Diyarbakır. In 1886, Mektebi enrolled in the High School. After his graduation, he continued his education at the Civil Academy in 1891. He learned French in his own end. He also took Arabic and Persian lessons from his uncle. He was interested in Sufism and Islamic history. In 1895, he went to Istanbul to continue his higher education. He enrolled in the Baytar Mektebi. He entered the Committee of Union and Progress. In 1898 he was arrested and held in prison for a year. After leaving prison, he returned to Diyarbakır. On August 28, 1899, he started to publish a newspaper called bir Peyman 28. Following the Second Constitutional Monarchy, he established the Diyarbakir branch of the Committee of Union and Progress. After a while, he was elected to the Central Executive Committee of the Society in Thessaloniki. He founded a magazine called ı Genç Kalemler “and the first issue was published on 11 April 1911. Ali Canip Method and Omer Seyfettin in this magazine where the names of young storytellers and poets were included. In 1912, the Union of Union and Progress came to Istanbul when the center of Thessaloniki was moved from Thessaloniki to Istanbul and was elected to the Council of Ministers. Upon the closure of the Assembly within a short period of time, he became a lecturer at Darülfünun. He was one of the founders of Turkish Quarries. After the First World War, he was arrested by the British who had invaded Istanbul and was exiled to the island of Malta. After returning from the island of Malta went to Diyarbakir, ük Little Mecmua sonra also continued to work. Second Period Diyarbakir Turkey joined as deputy to the National Assembly. He died of an illness on 25 October 1924.