Some are really not to happy with this new palace. I wonder how long Erdogan intends to live in it. President for Life maybe?
Erdogan to unveil Turkey's controversial new presidential palace
BY BURAK AKINCI (AFP) 20 HOURS AGO IN WORLD
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on Wednesday set to unveil his new presidential palace on the outskirts of Ankara, denounced by ecologists as an environmental blight and by the opposition as new evidence of his autocratic tendencies.
Erdogan will host his first official event at the new palace, a reception marking Turkey's annual republic day which celebrates the foundation of modern Turkey in 1923 out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire.
The complex, located in the Bestepe (Five Hills) area, has become known as the Ak Saray -- the White Palace.
An immense project built at a reported cost of $350 million, it has an area of 200,000 square metres, 1,000 rooms and architecture that is supposed to marry modernism and the traditions of the mediaeval Seljuk dynasty.
It will become the new home of the Turkish presidency, marking an historic break with the Cankaya presidential palace in downtown Ankara.
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http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/erdogan-to-unveil-turkey-s-controversia
Erdogan to unveil Turkey's controversial new presidential palace
BY BURAK AKINCI (AFP) 20 HOURS AGO IN WORLD
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on Wednesday set to unveil his new presidential palace on the outskirts of Ankara, denounced by ecologists as an environmental blight and by the opposition as new evidence of his autocratic tendencies.
Erdogan will host his first official event at the new palace, a reception marking Turkey's annual republic day which celebrates the foundation of modern Turkey in 1923 out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire.
The complex, located in the Bestepe (Five Hills) area, has become known as the Ak Saray -- the White Palace.
An immense project built at a reported cost of $350 million, it has an area of 200,000 square metres, 1,000 rooms and architecture that is supposed to marry modernism and the traditions of the mediaeval Seljuk dynasty.
It will become the new home of the Turkish presidency, marking an historic break with the Cankaya presidential palace in downtown Ankara.
Continue reading at:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/erdogan-to-unveil-turkey-s-controversia
