2024-12-18T12:14:13-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/112817244/erdogan-s-palace-turkey-s-new-presidential-palace Orhan Ayyüce 2014-11-03T17:56:00-05:00 >2022-03-16T09:10:02-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/q8/q8tt82nufr4usdtm.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>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&rsquo;s autocratic tendencies. Supporters say the palace is a symbol of what the president touts as his drive towards a &lsquo;new Turkey&rsquo;</p></em><br /><br /><p>The question is that Turkey having few (<a href="http://www.tccb.gov.tr/images/content/camlikosk.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="http://www.tccb.gov.tr/images/content/pembekosk.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2</a>, <a href="http://www.tccb.gov.tr/images/content/genel/basyaverlik.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">3</a>) historically significant presidential residences, why would anybody tore down forest areas and historically significant farm to build this make do palace? Showcase of power? Well maybe they can put up visiting American diplomats <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Barack_Obama_addresses_Turkish_Parliament_4-6-09_2.JPG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">within reach</a>.</p>