TMMOB to bring Erdoğan’s lavish Ak Saray to European court; For violating Ataturk's last will. (HD).
The Turkish Union of Engineers and Architects' Chambers (TMMOB) announced on Monday that it will bring a case to the European Court of Human Rights claiming the lavish presidential palace, widely dubbed the AK Saray, was "illegally" constructed inside the Atatürk Forestry Farm (AOÇ) -- an environmentally protected area where construction is not permitted.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's luxury presidential palace, which was constructed on an area of 300,000 square meters in Ankara, continues to occupy the agenda in domestic politics. In the latest in a series of press briefings, on Wednesday TMMOB Ankara branch head Tezcan Karakuş Candan accused Erdoğan of ignoring several previous court orders to halt the palace's construction.
“All the domestic remedies have been exhausted. We were not the ones who were mistreated. It was the principles of the Republic of Turkey and the historicity of the Atatürk Forestry Farm. We are facing clear unlawfulness. It is very upsetting to see that we have nothing in hand even though all of the domestic remedies have been exhausted. We will therefore take the subject to the European Court of Human Rights,” Candan stated.
Candan also noted that Atatürk had donated the AOÇ to the state on the condition that it be left open to public use, and that therefore Atatürk's will has been violated as the area is no longer being used publicly. Read the full story here.
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