Nyumba yachifumuyi idamangidwa moyandikana ndi makoma a İstanbul pakati pa Edirnekapı ndi Haliç. Malinga ndi kafukufukuyu, zidatsimikiziridwa kuti nyumba yachifumuyo inali ya m'zaka za zana la 13. Idagwiritsidwa ntchito pazolinga zosiyanasiyana pambuyo pa kugonjetsedwa kwa İstanbul mu 1453.
Inabwezeretsedwa pakati pa zaka za 1955 - 1970. Tekfur Palace ndi chitsanzo chokhacho chomwe chinatsalira mu Nyengo ya Byzantine.
