Burj Al Babas
Abandoned housing development in Turkey
Burj Al Babas is an abandoned residential development located near Mudurnu, Turkey with 732 nearly identical houses, each designed to resemble a miniature château. The site, under development by the Sarot Group, was abandoned in 2019 after the developers filed for bankruptcy with a debt of US$5 million.
Drone footage of the complex and its cluster of Disney-like chateaux appeared online in the early 2020s, raising interest in the history of the complex.
Original concept
Burj Al Babas is a housing development project owned by Istanbul construction entrepreneurs The Yerdelen brothers. The project involved the construction of 732 three-storey luxury villas, all very similar to each other and characterised by elements of Gothic, English and American architecture. The cylindrical towers with dormer windows and the square towers with balustrades were respectively inspired by the Galata Tower and Maiden's Tower in Istanbul. The name means "tower of Babas" in Arabic, referring to the nearby Babas Kaplıcası (Babas thermal spring), a bath house from the Ottoman era.
According to the original brochure, the centre of the complex was to include a domed structure containing a shopping centre, health and beauty facilities such as hamams, a mosque, a movie theatre, and other facilities.
The houses were on sale for between $370,000 and $530,000.
Aiming for the Arab market, the partners named the development the Burj Al Babas Thermal Tourism Company and began marketing the houses through their real estate agency in Kuwait.
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