Borj El Babas | Turkish Gothic Village
In northwestern Türkiye, in the outskirts of a village called Moodorno, sit in hundreds and hundreds of abandoned castles – 732 precisely. What once promised is a luxurious society that is located between the two big Turkish cities, it has become a cemetery in strange houses in which no one has lived.
This is the story of the El Babas Tower.
It looks like a model village. The scale and similarity of Châteaus plays a trick on your eyes and the Gothic architecture exacerbates the work. Spikes, balconies, and flight buttons make someone destroy in building a historic model. And yet, certainly, there were a pair of brothers who were bold enough to get to the El Babas Tower in real life.
Known as the Yerdelen brothers, they performed a manufacturer named Sarot Group next to their partner, Bowel Yilmaz. Burj Al Babas based in Istanbul was one of the group’s flagship projects because they sought Türkiye’s economic prosperity. Friendly real estate laws were introduced in the early twentieth century that loans came in 2001 and reformed laws for international buyers.
Soon, wealthy Russians and Arabs were increasing real estate on the Mediterranean and Aegean coast as well as in Istanbul. Rajab Erdogan, who has gone to the President from the mayor to the President, went so far as to provide citizenship to anyone who invests more than $ 250,000.
The purpose of Burj Al Babas was to create the opportunity by creating a city of decline among the largest city of Istanbul and the capital of the country.
Work began in 2014 in 732 “unique villas”. Each of the three stories with a rooftop terrace was 150 feet above. Prices started with $ 310,000. Construction was expected to take four years. On top of individual accommodation, swimming pools, Turkish baths, saunas, steam rooms, health centers, water parks, fitness area and even a shopping complex will be located.
The Burj Al Babas website reads: “Social features provide free services to site residents.” “These types of you need, cinemas, restaurants, fast food areas, play parks, children’s recreation centers, free internet, conference rooms, small meeting rooms, parking lots, car washing services, and kindergarten services, basketball courts, tension courts, open football and coatings.
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Many houses were shattered. More than 350 sold according to Mahzar Yerdeln, who talked to the New York Times in 2019. It is logical: they were attractive to the same international buyers who could find a classic European -style home (even if a strange imitation) in turkey instead of visiting France, Italy or Spain.
They weren’t all tea cups. According to local news since then, locals were angry at the difference between the El Babas Tower and other architecture in Bolo Province, Türkiye. Then, in 2018, Türkiye went into an economic crisis and investment in dried properties.
Prior to the construction, developers were forced to declare bankruptcy by reducing sales and increasing costs. A petition also accused Yereldens of destroying trees and damaging the environment.
When the Coveid-19 arrived, the economic crisis expanded the good borders of the turkeys, and the Burj Al Babas project now seems indescribable, although it is said to have a promising Yerdelens, and potentially rented Cotaus as holidays.
As it is, it is far from a Turkish valley, Burj Al Babas is certainly the strangest city that has never been.
