Turkeys abandoned Gothic Villas

In the Turkish countryside lie 732 miniature black and white castles which look like a Disney film set.

But they have been left to rot after the Turkish economy faltered last year, looking set to enter a recession.

They were flogged to buyers in the Gulf but the developers went bankrupt after they defaulted on payments.

Each of the little castles cost around £400,000 and the project features a large shopping mall.

The ambitious Burj Al Babas project was supposed to entice Arab buyers; rather than travel to Europe, they could have a Medieval castle in Turkey.

Hundreds of houses in the Burj Al Babas project close to the town of Mudurnu in the Bolu region of northern Turkey.

Investors in the Gulf defaulted on payments due to dropping oil prices which has left the developers £78m short, after they managed to flog around half of the little castles.

Eerie