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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
Semi finished concrete shells of the Sarot Country Tatil Köyü, down the road from the more well known large holiday home project of Burj al Babas, also made by the Sarot Group. North western Turkey.
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
Fake trees line the corridors of the Sarot Termal Park Resort & Spa, another project by the group responsible for the Burj al Babas site. The hotel sits near Bolu, on natural thermal springs, in north-western Turkey
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
The Sarot Termal Park Resort & Spa, another project by the group responsible for the Burj al Babas site. The hotel sits near Bolu, on natural thermal springs, in north-western Turkey
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
Mehmet Cantürk, lifelong resident of Mudurnu, the historic Turkish town next to the Burj al Babas site, is very much against the project, and thinks its ill fitting with the local community and historical architecture.
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
The miniature castles of the Burj al Babas housing project, near the historic town of Mudurnu, in western Turkey. The castle-homes were sold for $300,000 USD mostly to customers from Kuwait.
As the project drags on, and the homes haven’t been finished, the project has become a point of diplomatic tension between Turkey and Kuwait.
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
Concrete overload - the bones of what is said to become a shopping centre and recreation centre, in the middle of the 700 plus castle-esk homes of the Burj al Babas project in western Turkey.
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
Adem Tekgöz, project manager for the Sarot Group, who built and owns the Burj al Babas project site in western Turkey, in the basement of one of the castle homes, where he says a swimming pool would be built.
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
The miniature castles of the Burj al Babas housing project, near the historic town of Mudurnu, in western Turkey. The castle-homes were sold for $300,000 USD mostly to customers from Kuwait.
As the project drags on, and the homes haven’t been finished, the project has become a point of diplomatic tension between Turkey and Kuwait.
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
The interior construction of a turret, one of the 700 miniature castles of the Burj al Babas housing project, near the historic town of Mudurnu, in western Turkey. The castle-homes were sold for $300,000 USD mostly to customers from Kuwait.
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'If I had the power I'd destroy the whole thing': what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles? Burj Al Babas, Turkey.
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished - a microcosm of Turkey's scandal-hit construction sector under Erdogan.
The castles were supposed to bring a welcome injection of Gulf money to this part of Turkey. On paper, it was a tempting pitch for prospective purchasers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: a luxury development named Burj Al Babas. Each castle, when completed, was meant to have its own pipeline to the healing spring waters, feeding private indoor swimming pools.
The miniature castles of the Burj al Babas housing project, near the historic town of Mudurnu, in western Turkey. The castle-homes were sold for $300,000 USD mostly to customers from Kuwait.
As the project drags on, and the homes haven’t been finished, the project has become a point of diplomatic tension between Turkey and Kuwait.
Bradley Secker / Guardian / eyevine
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