Turkish firm behind faux chateaux for Gulf investors goes bust

Published on Wednesday, 28 November , 2018 543 Views

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The hundreds of faux chateaux being built for wealthy Gulf investors in Turkey’s northern Bolu province were to have been fit for royals.

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That is, until the project went bust.

Builder Sarot Group was slapped with a definitely unregal court-ordered bankruptcy ruling over the Burj Al Babas complex’s $27 million debt, Hurriyet newspaper reported Sunday.

The project deep in the province’s picturesque mountains was to include 732 chateau-style villas, swimming pools, Turkish baths, health and beauty centers, a shopping center and a mosque, according to its website.

Customers from Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia snapped up 350 of the villas, according to Hurriyet, at a going rate of $370,000 to $530,000. They specifically asked for the chateau-like design, according to the project’s consulting architect, Naci Yoruk.

Sarot Group Chairman Mehmet Emin Yerdelen blamed his predicament on deadbeat clients.

“We couldn’t get about 7.5 million dollars receivables for the villas we have sold to Gulf countries,” Hurriyet quoted Yerdelen as saying. “We applied for bankruptcy protection but the court ruled for bankruptcy. We will appeal the ruling.”

The group finished building 587 villas before it applied for bankruptcy protection.

Although the court ordered the group to stop construction immediately, Yerdelen is still hopeful.

“The project is valued at $200 million,” he said. “We only need to sell 100 villas to pay off our debt. I believe we can get over this crisis in 4-5 months and partially inaugurate the project in 2019.”

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Keywords: Bahrain Kuwait Naci Yoruk
Category World News | 2018/11/28 latest update at 6:00 AM
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