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In the Turkish countryside lie 732 miniature black and white castles which look like a Disney film set. |
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But they have been left to rot after the Turkish economy faltered last year, looking set to enter a recession. |
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They were flogged to buyers in the Gulf but the developers went bankrupt after they defaulted on payments. |
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Each of the little castles cost around £400,000 and the project features a large shopping mall. |
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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. |
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Hundreds of houses in the Burj Al Babas project close to the town of Mudurnu in the Bolu region of northern Turkey. |
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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. |
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Eerie |
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