Turkish House, designed by Perkins Eastman, is 35 stories tall and measures 561 feet (171 m) from the ground to the roof.

[2][3] The building contains about 220,000 square feet (20,000 m2) of usable space, of which 180,000 square feet (17,000 m2) is used by the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations and the Consulate General of Turkey in New York City; the rest is residential space.

The government of Turkey hired Cresa Partners in 2012 to demolish two existing buildings in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, facing the headquarters of the United Nations, and to construct a new building housing a Turkish consulate on the site.

[6] The Turkish government filed plans for the tower with the New York City Department of Buildings in March 2016.

[11] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan formally opened the center on September 20, 2021.

[10] News media reported that Adams had threatened to fire FDNY officials in August 2021 if they did not approve the building's fire-safety system.