According to the 1888 census, in Leskovac, which was the second largest city in Serbia, there were as many as 500 “Turkish houses”, which were not actually Turkish, but the style is rightly called the “Balkan style”. In fact, the demolition of these houses after the liberation from the Turks is a first-class culturicide of Serbian identity, since the similar looking houses were in medieval Serbian cities, the whole of medieval Europe, Asia Minor and the Near East, and everything originated from Byzantium. This type of house could be called a “Byzantine house” rather than a Turkish one, but almost all the houses in Leskovac were irretrievably destroyed, and today the city could be like Plovdiv, Veliko Trnovo, Mostar or Ohrid.

One such house is also at the address Miloš Obilić 1, where the closed Konak Restaurant is located today. The house was built in the 19th century, it changed several owners during the 20th century. The current owner bought it in 1992. In 1996, he completely reconstructed it according to the original blueprints. Until recently, there was a restaurant in the house, and the owner is currently converting it into a kindergarten.