Burj Al Babas: Turkey's Abandoned 'Disney Village'
Burj Al Babas：土耳其「迪士尼村莊」廢墟
Of all the abandoned places around the world, perhaps one of the most interesting — and eerie — is Burj Al Babas, a housing development in Turkey made up of hundreds of Disney-like castles.
Found near the village of Mudurnu between Istanbul and Ankara, Burj Al Babas was planned as a luxury village for foreign buyers.
Sarot Property Group, a development company from Dubai, began building the village in 2014. It had plans to make 732 castle-like houses, as well as a shopping and entertainment center, Turkish baths and more.
The total budget for the project was about $200 million, and 587 houses were completed, all looking the same. Prices started at $310,000.
According to the New York Post, about 350 houses were sold. But in 2018 the company started having financial problems, and the project was abandoned before it could be completed.
Although Mezher Yerdelen from Sarot Property Group told Hurriyet Daily News in 2019 that the development would be finished in 2021, Burj Al Babas is still abandoned today. The eerie Disney-like village has instead become an attraction for tourists.
Burj Al Babas位於伊斯坦堡和安哥拉之間的穆杜爾努村莊附近，原本被規劃成國外買家的豪華村莊。來自杜拜的開發公司薩羅特地產集團於2014年興建該村莊。 它原先計劃打造732棟像城堡的獨棟別墅、一間購物和娛樂中心和土耳其浴等。該計劃的總預算大約為2億美金，且有587棟外形一樣的房子完工。 售價為31萬美金起跳。根據《紐約郵報》，該建案大約賣出了350棟別墅。 不過在2018年時，該公司開始出現財務狀況，該計劃在完成之前就被終止。雖然薩羅特地產集團表示，該開發案會在2021年完工，但Burj Al Babas至今都還是鬼城。這個詭異又讓人害怕的迪士尼風格村莊成為著名的觀光景點。
abandoned
(of an item, animal, etc.) left because it is not wanted or needed
被遺棄的
There are a lot of abandoned houses in this part of town.
小鎮的這區有大量被拋棄的房子。
eerie
strange in a frightening way
怪異而令人恐懼的
The house looked quite eerie when we first arrived, but it was actually very nice and comfortable.
我們剛到的時候，這棟房子看起來頗怪異而令人恐懼，但它其實很棒也很舒適。
development
the process of changing land so that it can be used for a new purpose; an area of land with a number of new buildings
發展
The company is still looking for land that is suitable for development.
該公司仍在尋找適合開發的土地。
