Why Turkey's $200 Million Castles are Abandoned

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In the small Turkish town of Mudurnu, sits over 500 Abandoned Castles called Burj Al Babas. These castles were constructed in 2014, but have been abandoned without being completed. Throughout the video, I explain why this incredible project was never completed, the struggles the developer went through throughout the project, and what will happen to this project in the future.
Turkey is a middle eastern country which is known for incredible landscapes and borders the Mediterranean sea. In 2014, developers saw a unique opportunity to build a large community of luxury housing to attract Arabian investors to the area. Due to many problems throughout the years after the project was started, the project was left completely abandoned a few short years after it was started.
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@ArkiveYT 2 года назад

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@Crusader1984 Год назад

I would love to live in a cookie-cutter castle that way I would be king of the cookie-cutter castle Mr.

@kiwiguy4706 2 года назад

Seriously, who would want to live in a "cookie cutter castle" so identical you'll have trouble finding your house after a night out 😐

@strata1769 2 года назад

wealthy arabs aren't exactly known for their tase

@td2926 2 года назад

@@strata1769 haven’t been in a wealthy Arab home have you

@allenliu8820 2 года назад

well to be fair u arent going to out much considering it deems to be in the middle of no where

@gamerdzteam2992 2 года назад

@@strata1769 Damm dud you said Arab like they are the only rich people in the world

@Adiscretefirm Год назад

A unique home...just like every other one in the neighborhood!

@wsurfer2147 2 года назад

If i want to own a castle, i want it to be unique.

@blankblank2345 Год назад

but what if there's an inside swimmingpool

@ravingcuriosity6345 Год назад

AND away from neighbors!

@randomhumanoidblob4506 6 месяцев назад

@ravingcuriosity6345 I was just thinking that. Good to know you can say hello to the bloke in the castle next door without ever leaving your own. Or even shouting.

@moosefactory133 2 года назад

The developer of this project took the old adage "a man's home is his castle" a little too literally.

@ladiesgentswegothim 2 года назад

If they are serious about finishing the project, they need to start by at least bulldozing every other or every two of those homes. How the hell you gunna have mansions elbow to elbow??? Plant some damn trees too while you're at it. Then revamp the remaining ones to differ from each other. I dunno who thought they could just copy/paste like that like it's a simulator game.

@tsbrownie Год назад

Exactly. Anyone that can afford a castle wants some garden / greenery around and other unique stuff.

@Inventorsvlog 2 года назад

Pathetic planning, narrow roads, boundaries, garden, front and backyard location everything is mess

@derekhayter4879 Год назад

They literally built it like they were building castles in Age of Empires with an infinite cesspool of stones

@WARGODS-ez1bu 10 месяцев назад

Age of Empires 🥰😂

@oliverbanes5121 2 года назад

This project was not a failure if you understand how money laundering works.

@Tugela60 2 года назад

Probably. People have explored the place, the construction itself is incredibly shoddy and cheap.

@calfowler6838 Год назад

I didn't think of that until you said it..but one thing I noticed is the location it's not near anything..its like everytime I see an abandoned neighborhood or unfinished..they are always in a shitty location

@denisepimentel4966 8 месяцев назад

That part

@PacoOtis 2 года назад

Wow! Bummer!! Good video!

@jimjimc92 2 года назад

Just discovered your videos. Great stuff.

@diegoemojigalaxy 2 года назад

You deserve more subscribers!!

@ff7 2 года назад

I love these kind of videos, teaching me things I don't know. I love history and thsi video reqlly helps me. You just got a new sub

@rign_ 2 года назад

This area can be used for example but not limited to Army Training, and Filming

@blink-oncefeat.multistan1300 2 года назад

If it receive financial support in the future, then plant big trees for some privacy and paint then castle in different colors, maybe pastell but not a must 🙂

@Tugela60 2 года назад

There are youtubers who explore abandoned places, and this was one of the places they went to. When you look at these structures up close it is shocking how shoddy the construction actually is. And they are all apparently identical and packed together like sardines. There is no way that wealthy people were actually going to live there even if it had been completed. It seems more like some sort of giant scam carried out by someone from a blue collar origin who did not understand what wealthy people actually want than anything else.

@nelliedean7088 6 месяцев назад

I live in a Victorian terraced house build in 1860. It was obviously finished but it was built for economy at the time. Physically joint to its neighbours and separated by one brick from its neighbour. Only two beds it is not in London but valued at £280,000. Where I live is not glamorous or picturesque yet these houses are never empty. So strange to compare.

@_SJ 2 года назад

I'm enjoying this channel. Short, informative vids. Pleasant to watch. New subscriber here ❤️

@cynthiashumaker4711 Год назад

Depending on the how the interior turns out. I would live in one honestly it's a beautiful idea

@Wastelander13 2 года назад

Developpers should be named "destructors". How much landscape destroyed for this childish crap. Its just criminal.

@largol33t1 2 года назад

This is nothing. China has entire neighborhoods TEN times the size of this place all sitting and they've been abandoned for several years. Think about it: TEN times the size. And that's just one neighborhood in China. There are several McMansion neighborhoods that have been abandoned or unfinished as their real estate market continues to crumble.

@pedrocoentro2009 2 года назад

Thank you for dharing

@s9ka972 2 года назад

200 million usd for this crap . The builder is basically a fool .

@skorpion101382 Год назад

A unique project where everything is the same

@retepeyahaled2961 Год назад

Can I have a moat around the one I choose? With a draw bridge? With an extra side wing for my staff? And a stable for 20 horses and 5 coaches? And a personal off ramp on the nearest highway? With my name on the highway sign?

@mathiassca 2 года назад

If you look at people vids of them close up, there construction decoration is Styrofoam and fiber glass, even the concrete is very crappy, at least Disney put some quality in there Mickey Mouse Architecture!!! Rich people will be spending the rest of there lives suing the builders on the crappy construction!!!!

@cessealbeach 2 года назад

Gomer-seen it up close, not styrofoam, all cement. and concrete.

@kido_k Год назад

@@cessealbeach search "fearless and far" they explored the inside it definitely is styrofoam

@Wecooperfamily 2 года назад

Love em

@duhaneyparkclassics7484 2 года назад

finished with proper landscaping and lighting it would have been beautiful.

@merihseriz821 Год назад

I was here today, it is still abondened but they covered the area with electrical fences so no one can go inside them unfortunately

@Crusader1984 Год назад

I just discovered my underwear and your channel good stuff now I feel comfortable

@Daniel-gs9eh 2 года назад

They should of a least had a few different templates lol they are identical

@Chris.Davies 2 года назад

Only ignorant people ever say "very unique". It's the same as saying "very dead". Something can be unique, or not. It is a definitive.

@wordsofcheresie936 2 года назад

People like you have been saying this for many decades and not one of you sounds intelligent. This is same as the word "pregnant". In one sense, you are either pregnant or you are not pregnant but people say "she is very pregnant" all the time. Are they speaking nonsense? No the word "very" means that the woman has many more indicators of pregnancy. A woman who is four weeks pregnant is not very pregnant, but a woman who is in her 39th week is very pregnant. In the same way, every one of the castles in the video is unique because on the microscopic scale each one has all sort of differences and if you mapped out the slight imperfections, you could tell each one apart because each one is unique. However, if one of the castles was three times as large and made of solid gold, then it would be very unique.

@wordsofcheresie936 2 года назад

To address the word "dead", a person who died three seconds ago and looks to be in perfect condition is not very dead. On the other hand, a person who died seven days ago in hot weather and has now been almost completely consumed by maggots is very dead. You simply do not know how language works.

@ShantellRichardsonCS Месяц назад

I want 1 in a different location in the woods with a brook and a waterfall and far away from people in the mountains

@user-jh8dk1mm6l Год назад

So what happened to the people who built the castles?

@td2926 2 года назад

The project was developed based on the popularity of Turkish shows in the Arab World but miscalculated by making it all the same and wrongly themed.

@patriciajrs46 Год назад

Can we buy one mansion and have it moved to a seperate piece of property? Disassemble the castle and transport it somewhere. I like my idea.

@BorsosGabor2023 Год назад

In fact, this is the real environmental pollution and not when someone drives to grandma's with the family!

@African.Diaspora.InLondonUK Год назад

They are clueless about property development.

@WhoaNellyJake 9 месяцев назад

It’s pretty wild that they thought they’d get enough people to want to buy there. This looks like your average American tract home neighborhood, under the facade of medieval castles.

@baronvonjo1929 Год назад

The deisgn itself isn't bad. It's the cookie cutter aspect that's the problem.

@qhuizatlantis8484 2 года назад

What an ugly neighbourhood all houses are similar

@tacabshow 2 года назад

I am sure if ten houses are sold to our Somalis, the developers will recover ASAP and the neighborhood will become booming. Seriously i don't know why we do it but we try to buy everything even double prized and families are relocating from US, CANADA and EU to this remote area. all what they need is Masjid with Madarasa.

@Relaxmind_1 Год назад

No water no electricity

@antoniopacelli 2 года назад

Because it wasn't the wanted concept.. Only the Kaiser would Fill those things... Mostly with shit... but still. If you can connect all of that making it a mega Bazar Style Enclosed Middle Ages Theme City.. with market shops, common areas, water ecc.. Or that thing could just become a Disney World Hotel Area...

@Itwillgrowback Год назад

What were they thinking?

@sametkose5558 2 года назад

My country 🇹🇷

@randomhumanoidblob4506 6 месяцев назад

Isn't the point of a castle that it be unique and slap bang in the middle of the owner's land? They were fortresses, you're not supposed to be able to reach next door without leaving home.

@stephenknizek2651 2 года назад

A house that falls apart in three years...

@useodyseeorbitchute9450 2 года назад

They don't build the castles as they used to...

@anuph.3806 Год назад

if I were a director, I would make some kind of horror movie in this setting or any kind of movie...it's incredible.

@albundy6685 2 года назад

They did not Abandoned , They build but did not sell so waiting to some one would buy them , they were Hoping Rich Arabs would but them when start Constructiing which did not sell .

@Tugela60 2 года назад

Oh, the rich arabs, lol. I doubt any rich arabs were going to buy these places. No rich person was going to. This place seems more like a blue collar fantasy.

@ShahanshahShahin 2 года назад

@@Tugela60 The Arabs would have hard time surviving in that cold environment of this city.

@aghileshemdani3144 2 года назад

@@ShahanshahShahin .what ?! No WE Would not...

@FreeHempNow 2 года назад

Should I sub?

@DucklingGaming 2 года назад

Yes

@silverianjannvs5315 2 года назад

Turkey economies is falling & inflation is soaring high...

@MelyMishi Год назад

They should sold the material they didn't used...

@user-go3gr1jv9e Год назад

Mine Yakuza

@malaikamillions Год назад

How about give these to those who lost their homes due to the recent earthquake! I say they be donated and funded by relief. - okay, I know, they require an active economy, and accessible roads, and plumbing.

@ryankinney8347 7 месяцев назад

It's got to be way more then 200 million right?

@ArifIkhwan-if4fp 9 месяцев назад

Because the city built in the middle of no where...

@bullyguy9710 2 года назад

Why would anyone buy these house's? It looks like the Disney palace

@dancostello6465 Год назад

Like city of the dead, Cairo.

@l...6954 Год назад

Turkey is very beautiful ❤️

@hamzah3138 2 года назад

Absolute vandalism!

@josergarcia1979 Год назад

Dr Horton build in turkey lol

@subscribers151 2 года назад

@c_lakindick 2 года назад

These are in such poor taste

@markocroatia7630 2 года назад

Bcs they all look same design

@NamNguyen-xt4yk Год назад

any fucking reasons why they cant take their fingers off copy and paste button?

@NavajoNinja 5 месяцев назад

Im sure the local wildlife is making use of human uselessness

@JanLilyJing Год назад

First of all, why pay all that for no land and for a house that is cool but looks exactly like hundreds of other houses!? And why not build a section at a time instead of trying to build them all simultaneously? To keep the money flowing, HELLO!! Very poor business planning.