The Turkish House was built in 1879. At that time, that part of the city was നിരൂപിച്ച പോലെ ഒരു എലൈറ്റ് ജില്ലാ designed for ആധുനിക വികസന seaports, the port of Rijeka and സേവനം സുപ്രധാന activities of the city. The Turkish ഹൗസ് സ്ഥിതി next to the main market in Rijeka, at the crossing of the Guiseppe Verdi Street and Vatroslava Lisinski Street. ഈ ഭാഗം Rijeka on the stretch between the theatre and the city market, which was പുതിയ at the time, was made by filling up during the 19th century and was ധരിച്ചത് പോലെ എലൈറ്റ് ഭാഗം intended for the modern development of shipping, Rijeka പോര്ട്ട് സേവനം സുപ്രധാന പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങൾ of the city.
The house is famous കീഴിൽ പേര് പാലസ് Bartolich-Gelletich-Nicolaides, according to its owner Antonija Bartolich Gelletich, the reunion of the ക്യാപ്റ്റന് Tommas Gelletich നിന്ന് Rijeka. In 1891, Antonia വിവാഹം the ടർക്കിഷ്, ഗ്രീക്ക് സാര് Nikolayi Nikolai Effendi de Nicolaides ആരായിരുന്നു 22 years younger than her.
The mix of Greek, Turkish and അറേബ്യൻ സ്വാധീനം ആണ് സാക്ഷ്യം to the multicultural and multiethnic Rijeka from the beginning of the 20th century. Nikolaides ' s house, built in the Neo-മൂറിഷ് style, is the only building of its kind in Croatia.
Rijeka was always known as the Port of വൈവിധ്യം, as the city open to everyone.