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Burj Al Babas – Turkey s Famous Ghost Town of Fairytale Castles
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May.27.2021
I’m only happy if I can live either by an ocean, a lake, or a broad river. Mountains, especially if they are high and close, make me feel claustrophobic, and lakes have the opposite effect. There is something very soothing about contemplating the quiet surface or vast expanse of a lake mirroring the surrounding countryside or reflecting my own image. What makes Turkey’s lakes so special is that they’re located in beautiful and sometimes out-of-the-way landscapes, surrounded by tales and legends, dotted with islands, monasteries, and an abundance of history, just like the country itself.
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Picture this: hundreds of elegant, identical, Gothic-style castles, complete with turrets and balconies and arranged in semicircles against a backdrop of rolling hills and dense green woods but no living soul in sight. That’s exactly what Burj Al Babas in northwestern Turkey looks like. It’s the world’s largest and most expensive ghost town, and here is the story of how it came about.
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The History Of Turkey’s Largest Ghost Town
Located halfway between Istanbul and Ankara in the Black Sea Region of Turkey, near the historic village of Mudurnu, Burj Al Babas isn’t very old. In 2014, the Turkish property developer Sarot Property Group began an ambitious project: the construction of a total of 732 luxurious Disneyland-style castles, plus leisure centers, shops, and Turkish baths. The company spent some $200 million on the project, and it planned for each castle to sell for between $400,000 and $500,000. The developers
This Abandoned Town Looks Like It Came Straight out of a Fairytale
The small town of town of Burj Al Babas in Turkey is filled with 700 abandoned castle homes. Apr 30, 2021
Back in the early 2000s, Turkey was riding on the wave of an economic boom. This is when the Yerdelen brothers beganthe construction of 700 castle-style homes in the city of Mudurnu. It cost a whopping $200 million to build the town that would be known as Burj Al Babas. But following growing economic instability and political unrest in the region, this fairytale construction story would turn grim. ADEM ALTANGetty Images Now, over 20- years later, only 300 of the 700 homes built have been sold. After multiple investors backed out, the construction company was forced to file for bankruptcy. As a result, the planned luxury community looks more like an eerie ghost town with design cues taken from a Disney park.
More than 700 weird little castles sit abandoned in Turkey
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