Why was Burj Al Babas built?

Sarot went big with its next idea: Burj Al Babas, a collection of luxurious holiday homes catering to wealthy Arab clients. There would be an opulent Turkish bath, a shopping and entertainment center, and more. Right away, the development drew fierce opposition from several groups of Mudurnu residents.



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The town of Burj al Babas is a major example of an investment gamble that badly fell apart, after a $200 million luxury development was left abandoned and bankrupt. The plan was proposed by the Yerdelen brothers, aiming to create a luxury town for wealthy foreigners to buy up property.

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The place is called Burj Al Babas and it's a ghost town consisting of half-completed mini-castles that were apparently inspired by French châteaux. There are currently nearly 600 of the palaces, though there were supposed to be more than 700.

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From afar, the castles look like something out of a Disney movie with 587 half-finished mini castles. Created by the Sarot Group, the development project intended to give Europeans an option that wasn't Spain or South France.

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Burj Al Babas is a housing development project owned by Istanbul construction entrepreneurs The Yerdelen brothers. The project involved the construction of 732 three-story luxury villas, all very similar to each other and characterised by elements of Gothic, English and American architecture.

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Château Louis XIV in Louveciennes is officially the most expensive estate in the world.

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?Famagusta was home to the popular Varosha beach and resort town, once known as the jewel of the Mediterranean Now, the once bustling city rots away behind Varosha Beach, which has been illegally reopened by the Turkish government after being abandoned for over four decades.

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Hearst Castle | San Simeon, CA Easily the country's most famous castle, this National Landmark took decades to be built by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and architect Julia Morga.

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Beaumaris on the island of Anglesey is famous as the greatest castle never built. It was the last of the royal strongholds created by Edward I in Wales – and perhaps his masterpiece.

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While Germany may have the most amount of castles, Wales is the country with the most castles per square mile. Despite its small size, Wales had over 600 castles. Today over 400 castles still stand and are waiting to be explored by visitors. This is the largest castle in Wales and the second largest in Britain.

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There are six Disney castles in total, one at each of the resorts globally: Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Resort. Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World Resort. Cinderella Castle at Tokyo Disneyland.

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