If you visit Resen, Macedonia’s small and peaceful city, you don’t have a chance to leave without seeing the
Dragi Tozija House of Culture (hereafter DTHC), or as it was known with its former name, which is currently
used by the Turkish minority, the Saraj of Niyazi Beg from Resen (hereafter the Saraj). Undoubtedly, this
historical building that lies in a corner of this small city is its main tourist attraction. However, it is quite interesting to note that a particular ethnic group is well aware of the Saraj’s history
and expresses great interest for this building while the other groups do not take the same stance. This situation is
strongly connected with the political conjecture. As a former part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(hereafter Yugoslavia), Republic of Macedonia (hereafter Macedonia) tried to re-define all the territory and the
identities of its inhabitants within its borders. Unlike pre-modern state formations, modern nation-state insists
on regulating both its citizens and territory in an absolute, total manner (Calhoun 2007, 25; Foucault 2000, 151-
153). In order to achieve this, it tries to homogenize different ethnic groups to a uniform entity.