In Turkish literature, setting is perceived as a fundamental element in the short story genre, alongside characters and events, and is addressed within the context of the period’s perception. In terms of its function on humans, the memory of setting in literary texts is interpreted beyond mere recollection, according to perception, understanding, meaning, novelty, and philosophical and psychoanalytical perspectives. The concept of memory enables humans to return to the past and construct the new through the medium of space. Space revives memory and, through its relationship with memories, helps narrate the past and transmit it to the future. The fact that space preserves sensations, experiences, perceptions, impressions, feelings, and understandings in humans through the act of remembering enables the objectification of the metaphor of memory. The objectified metaphor of remembering has become a dynamic structure that reveals the interpretive nature of space. This study examines the published stories of prominent writers from the Early Republican Period (1923-1940) within the framework of spatial poetics. In addition to identifying various reflections of space, it will reveal the objectification of memory and the integration of space, as the subject of memory, with the memories stored in memory. Our study will also serve as a resource to assist in future studies on stories and space.