Thursday, October 30, 2014

Turkey's new presidential palace unveiled - in pictures | World news | The Guardian

Turkey's new presidential palace unveiled - in pictures

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has unveiled a new presidential palace on the outskirts of Ankara. The immense project has been built at a reported cost of $350m. The building has been denounced by ecologists as an environmental blight and by the opposition as evidence of Erdogan’s autocratic tendencies. Supporters say the palace is a symbol of what the president touts as his drive towards a ‘new Turkey’

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