The Presidential Compound: Turkey's Insane Presidential House

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2 жыл бұрын

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@ignitionfrn2223
@ignitionfrn2223 2 жыл бұрын
4:00 - Chapter 1 - History 5:35 - Chapter 2 - Presidential compound 6:30 - Chapter 3 - C41 Bunker 7:20 - Chapter 4 - Bestepe millet mosque 8:25 - Chapter 5 - Presidential library 9:20 - Chapter 6 - Notable guests 10:55 - Chapter 7 - Controversy & criticism
@LarsaXL
@LarsaXL 2 жыл бұрын
You know when you are hiding how much you spent on your hobby from your significant other? The president of Turkey takes that to the next level with: "I can't tell you how much I spent, because if people knew it could disrupt the national economy."
@rokayamane2668
@rokayamane2668 2 жыл бұрын
And who said that? This liar here???
@Terekeme1
@Terekeme1 2 жыл бұрын
He doesnt spends the companies are spending
@michaelimbesi2314
@michaelimbesi2314 2 жыл бұрын
It’s not C41, it’s C4I (i as in Issac), which is an acronym for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence. (Literally four Cs and an I.)
@megaprojects9649
@megaprojects9649 2 жыл бұрын
I maintain that the number 1, letter i, capital I and L are the biggest piece of shit letters. Seriously, who thought that was a good idea?
@bengelman2600
@bengelman2600 2 жыл бұрын
@@megaprojects9649 1Illustrated
@joeyr7294
@joeyr7294 2 жыл бұрын
@@megaprojects9649 lmao
@BCSoHappy
@BCSoHappy 2 жыл бұрын
@@megaprojects9649 And what about d and b? When boys esp. can't distinguish easily after years of learning to read? There wereno other alternatives? And speaking of alternatives, how about zero and the capital letter O?
@jwenting
@jwenting 2 жыл бұрын
@@megaprojects9649 the guy who invented the sans-serif type of font :)
@YbotPoweredGaming
@YbotPoweredGaming 2 жыл бұрын
Holly shit. Canada’s last government refused to spend $10,000,000 on renovating our prime minister’s residence. Our current government is slowing renovating 24 Sussex Drive but it’s still a political hot potato and we frequently hear about cost overruns. By comparison this guy is built a 1 Billion dollar estate for himself even though Turkey has less than half the gdp of Canada.
@LarsaXL
@LarsaXL 2 жыл бұрын
The poorer the country the more corruption...
@Philipp31415
@Philipp31415 2 жыл бұрын
My country doesn’t have residences for our ministers and presidents. We expect them to go home in the evening or stay in a hotel. There definitely would be a revolution if our politicians even contemplated building a monstrosity like Erdogan.
@sc1338
@sc1338 2 жыл бұрын
@@Philipp31415 which country are you speaking of?
@HardenJID
@HardenJID 2 жыл бұрын
@@sc1338 jk were a nation of snake oil salesman
@ones600
@ones600 2 жыл бұрын
That's why I moved to Canada from Turkey
@Y0Uanonymous
@Y0Uanonymous 2 жыл бұрын
He's not brazen or patriotic, he's a demagogue
@mitchi1934
@mitchi1934 2 жыл бұрын
I gotta see a video on the yellow fleet. Whether it's a mega project or a side project it would be fantastic
@captainchimp
@captainchimp 2 жыл бұрын
He actually has a video about the yellow fleet on another channel called Brain Blaze I believe.
@RHCole
@RHCole 2 жыл бұрын
Before asking about a video from Simon, search "Simon Whistler [Video Topic]" 👍🏻
@sandybarnes887
@sandybarnes887 2 жыл бұрын
@@captainchimp yes. A year ago
@johnwolf2829
@johnwolf2829 2 жыл бұрын
50 times the size of the White House? Well, that's mad-man Erdogan for you. But I guess they had to top the Topkapi somehow, and that one was based on something built by the Caesars. Seems to me that most of it could be turned over to other Govt offices so that office space in town could be turned over to other uses.
@frankthetank5708
@frankthetank5708 2 жыл бұрын
Just look at Bucharest. Buildings of this size mostly doesn't found a proper use. It will end up as a museum probably.
@johnwolf2829
@johnwolf2829 2 жыл бұрын
@@frankthetank5708 Well, hopefully it won't just decay and fall apart. See the channel here called "Abandoned", that sort of thing happens a lot lately.
@nurdrn4402
@nurdrn4402 2 жыл бұрын
topkapı was built in 1460 in ottoman era. caesars?
@thekraken1173
@thekraken1173 2 жыл бұрын
@@frankthetank5708 Turkey has a University Student housing problem. Opposition has promised to turn this palace into a dormitory.
@Corner8baller
@Corner8baller 2 жыл бұрын
Atleast it wasn't built by slaves as the white house was
@trevorthompson8870
@trevorthompson8870 2 жыл бұрын
Perhaps you could do one about the Soviet effort to move 1500 war factories during WW2. It was a true Megaproject!
@acosorimaxconto5610
@acosorimaxconto5610 2 жыл бұрын
what's the relevance to the OP's video?
@polla2256
@polla2256 2 жыл бұрын
@@acosorimaxconto5610 it's a channel on mega projects
@Coologt
@Coologt 2 жыл бұрын
Actually really good idea. All the different machinery that had to be disassembled. Shipped via rail over the Ural Mountains. Then reassembled. As well as the workers that were moved with it
@ismailnyeyusof3520
@ismailnyeyusof3520 2 жыл бұрын
Any President who displays megalomaniac behaviour like living in a huge, expensive and thoroughly oversized mansion is troublesome for a country.
@TR-ry3cn
@TR-ry3cn 2 жыл бұрын
..He also beautified the Country. Great People, great Country, great President and a great Palace. Anything else would not be enough for New Turkey.
@nk5602
@nk5602 2 жыл бұрын
Come again?
@mclarenf1gr12
@mclarenf1gr12 2 жыл бұрын
@@TR-ry3cn Because of Erdogan, now you need and new currency
@bluegold1026
@bluegold1026 2 жыл бұрын
“Living like a Saudi sheik at the expense of his nation.” If history has taught us anything, any ruler who did just that eventually got violently overthrown. I hope Erdogan soon learns this the hard way.
@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567
@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567 2 жыл бұрын
I mean the military tried to overthrow him a few years ago - it failed so miserably that you barely hear about it anymore. Look up the 2016 Coup d'état. Sizeable portions of the I. and II. Armies (Turkey has 4), parts of the Gendamerie (Military Police) Command and the Presidential Guard Regiment couped in an attempt to try and reestablish Atatürk's Kemalist ideals. They had several warships, 35 planes (24 of which were fighter jets), 74 tanks, 172 armored vehicles and 37 helicopters along with around 11 thousand soldiers. They failed - spectacularly.
@SALVATION650
@SALVATION650 2 жыл бұрын
Erdogan did much for Turkey and usually relies on these projects to bring about economic growth. Mega projects help keep the economic wheel of Turkey rolling. Erdogan already proved he isn't going anywhere as long as he has the support of the population through elections.
@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567
@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567 2 жыл бұрын
@@SALVATION650 he has 38% approval rating as of now I believe
@TheRealRedRooster
@TheRealRedRooster 2 жыл бұрын
@@SALVATION650 You sound like an Erdogan mouthpiece...
@julianh9347
@julianh9347 2 жыл бұрын
@@SALVATION650 These megaprojects are built on sand, quite literally. He's pumping only turkish currency into them, it's not much money coming from the outside. The only thing he does with that, is increasing the devaluation of the turkish currency. His habitus and language is nothing but a turkish Hitler at this point. For Hitler and his enablers it was the jews. For Erdolf it's the kurds... History's repeating everywhere you look.
@ZechsMerquise195
@ZechsMerquise195 2 жыл бұрын
Why do dictators always feel like they need to compensate for something. Everything has to be giant size with them.
@owenshebbeare2999
@owenshebbeare2999 2 жыл бұрын
It does seem that way! Graniosity is crass, somewhat impressive, but most people react properly to it and that is to scorn it, assuming one's personal safety isn't threatened by the dictator in question.
@neolynxer
@neolynxer 2 жыл бұрын
A lot of them live with every day with fear for their lives and their families lives. "It has to be for something", so they try to balance that with this hysteria of power.
@TheWorldHasGoneNuts
@TheWorldHasGoneNuts 2 жыл бұрын
He's not a dictator FFS. Do you even know what that word means? Look it up. You may not like him but he has been elected by a majority vote in every election he has won.
@pouncepounce7417
@pouncepounce7417 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheWorldHasGoneNuts If you jail the competition you win by default.
@mohamadothman9208
@mohamadothman9208 2 жыл бұрын
​@@TheWorldHasGoneNuts thousands of his opponants are in prison after the failed coup and tens of thousands are kick out of government jobs for their political alliance. collapsing economy and yet and he is lunching military attacks on other countries. no freedom of press or social media. sounds like a dictator to me. he won be elections alright, but does not make him less of a dictator. the moment you think your opinion is above the law, you are a dictator
@gumbycat5226
@gumbycat5226 2 жыл бұрын
Memories of Ceausescu's end, along with his mortifying wife, still remain fresh.
@TheWorldHasGoneNuts
@TheWorldHasGoneNuts 2 жыл бұрын
Really! You think Erdoğan and Turkey are at the same level as Ceausescu and Romania under the Communist Bloc before the fall of communism. Brilliant.
@gumbycat5226
@gumbycat5226 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheWorldHasGoneNuts not quite but they are getting there. He has undermined all state institutions and the press.
@TheWorldHasGoneNuts
@TheWorldHasGoneNuts 2 жыл бұрын
@@gumbycat5226 Let's get one thing cleared up - I don't particularly care for the guy. However, he has a massive support base in Turkey which, whilst it may be low as of now, has kept him in power for nearly two decades with a sizeable majority. Also, are you of the opinion that the mainstream media in western countries is free of control? They are all, print or TV, owned by a small groups of self-intetested investors who have their own news agenda, parading under the pretence of freedom of speech and non-censorship. The internet is the only place where true freedom of opinion has a chance at surviving, and even those sources get buried to the bottom of news searches by Google, tweets contrary to accepted narratives get deleted by Twitter, and posts contrary to the narrative get deleted by Facebook. Reddit used to be the exception to the rule, but it seems like even they have bowed to the pressure put on them.
@carlustin4034
@carlustin4034 2 жыл бұрын
But those are Romanians.
@jakobfromthefence
@jakobfromthefence 2 жыл бұрын
That’s was my first thought exactly.
@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718
@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 2 жыл бұрын
Looks like something I'd build in The Sims 4, if 200x200 lots were possible.
@peronik349
@peronik349 2 жыл бұрын
This story of a Turkish palace where the majority of the rooms are unoccupied, reminds me of the "fairy-tale castle" of Louis II of Bavaria (with the unpronounceable name of "Neuschwanstein"). Counting 200 pieces but of which only 15 pieces are finished (the 15 pieces that the King of Bavaria visited during his rare site visits). It is this Bavarian castle served as a model to Disney for the castle of its parks
@christianjunghanel6724
@christianjunghanel6724 2 жыл бұрын
Breaking it up into a three pieces(worsds) might help with your pronounceation " Neu (New) " Schwan (🦢swan) " Stein (Rock)" ! Newswanrock would be its english name if it had one.
@peronik349
@peronik349 2 жыл бұрын
@@christianjunghanel6724 Thank you ! Germanic languages ​​are not languages ​​that I speak. I simply admit that I was totally incompetent in the matter (rather than giving proof of this incompetence by trying the impossible for me)
@christianjunghanel6724
@christianjunghanel6724 2 жыл бұрын
@@peronik349 That ok 👌
@stamfordly6463
@stamfordly6463 2 жыл бұрын
Ludwig II not Louis, although he was devoted fan of Louis XIV of France. There's a rather good BBC4 documentary about him by Dan Cruickshank, called "The Fairytale Castles of King Ludwig".
@frankthetank5708
@frankthetank5708 2 жыл бұрын
@@peronik349 You're writing in English? A Germanic language. Or let you translate your words?
@nataliekhanyola5669
@nataliekhanyola5669 2 жыл бұрын
Wait!!!! America's literacy rate is less than 80% seriously???
@joplin8433
@joplin8433 2 жыл бұрын
+ natalie khanyola Don't know where Simon got the 99%)
@paddyneill1964
@paddyneill1964 2 жыл бұрын
I just ordered the Beard Blaze sampler pack yesterday. Looking forward to try them out.
@dwchen1
@dwchen1 2 жыл бұрын
Next video will be about another insane palace built for another strongman not far up north across the ocean of the Black Sea and it's for a man named Putin if you ask and also cost about $1 billion.
@alexv3357
@alexv3357 2 жыл бұрын
Or better yet Ceausescu's Palace of the People
@InvaderNatDT
@InvaderNatDT 2 жыл бұрын
I think he's already done that one.
@InvaderNatDT
@InvaderNatDT 2 жыл бұрын
@@alexv3357 He's done that one too.
@nullallard2651
@nullallard2651 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Simon, could you do a video on the Allseas 'Pioneering Spirit', the worlds largest construction vessel? It definitely is an absolute unit of a megaproject!
@megaprojects9649
@megaprojects9649 2 жыл бұрын
Sure :). I'll look into it!
@nicholaspalmer892
@nicholaspalmer892 2 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait for another video! The Red River floodway would be a great mega project, largest earth moving project since the Panama Canal
@bankerdave888
@bankerdave888 2 жыл бұрын
Looks like an American commercial building, housing one of those giant tech companies.
@pouncepounce7417
@pouncepounce7417 2 жыл бұрын
As long they pay it not from taxes.... (ok, they practical pay no taxes so yeah...)
@anthonycade9034
@anthonycade9034 2 жыл бұрын
I really can’t stand to see when one person gets to use the resources of an entire nation for his own personal use….makes me sick.
@promethbastard
@promethbastard 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like what #45 would have done if he could have tbh.
@marvwatkins7029
@marvwatkins7029 2 жыл бұрын
It's Erdogan who's sick: he's criminally insane!
@jandrews6254
@jandrews6254 2 жыл бұрын
The more obese the leader, the more those beneath him starve
@bigchef3394
@bigchef3394 2 жыл бұрын
@@promethbastard trump refused pay when he was serving?
@0fficialdregs
@0fficialdregs 2 жыл бұрын
i agree Anthony
@eiv-gaming
@eiv-gaming 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe a vid on the other cold war era bunkers dotted around the UK? The "secret bunker" in Fife is one of my favourite tourist destinations. I go there for my birthday every year :)
@sg_hokkien_opera
@sg_hokkien_opera 2 жыл бұрын
with the crumbling economy and sky high inflation, it’s a small consolation that the Turkish public can sleep and wake up to a proud feeling that Turkey has the largest presidential palace in the world, and that it belongs to the PEOPLE .
@TR-ry3cn
@TR-ry3cn 2 жыл бұрын
You say that because you see the palace and the inflation..But you don't know what the government has done for its people and the country.
@sickwhipz8168
@sickwhipz8168 Жыл бұрын
This was built 10 years ago you hillbilly the economy has been bad for just 3 years
@ROMAQHICKS
@ROMAQHICKS 2 жыл бұрын
The presidential compound looks like a cross between a US McMansion and a college campus in the southwest US.
@haze6647
@haze6647 2 жыл бұрын
Cough... Student debt...
@andreashabeck1155
@andreashabeck1155 2 жыл бұрын
Also a chinese/asian temple, I think.
@12799MaDeuce
@12799MaDeuce 2 жыл бұрын
"Living like a Saudi sheik, at the cost of his nation" - the second part seems redundant, no?
@bramvanduijn8086
@bramvanduijn8086 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but it never hurts to clarify these matters. Some of the people watching might not know what effects Saudi sheiks have.
@PrezVeto
@PrezVeto 2 жыл бұрын
All the gas you can guzzle for 25¢/gal. if you delete this h4ram
@robertsollory7475
@robertsollory7475 2 жыл бұрын
Ataturk would be a good person to talk about on Simon's Bio channel.
@NeverDieKnight
@NeverDieKnight 2 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@ramboroids
@ramboroids 2 жыл бұрын
Im a huge fan boy of the british whistler, but i have to ask if theres any chance you could ever do a video on basilica, the gun built by a Hungarian for use by the ottomans against Constantinople? Dont have to.... but itd be nice.
@mackwilliams7793
@mackwilliams7793 2 жыл бұрын
I would watch it 100
@karolye5449
@karolye5449 2 жыл бұрын
@@mackwilliams7793 I u7
@thesoundinyourhead1782
@thesoundinyourhead1782 2 жыл бұрын
And then ottomans conquered Hungaria. Nice haha
@crbielert
@crbielert 2 жыл бұрын
This is the room that I use every time I'm thinking about what I want to eat next Thursday.
@sultanniazi2394
@sultanniazi2394 2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of dolmabache palace. While ottomans were starving the rulers built that palace and started the beginning of the end. Bankrupted the empire. Same here.
@harisnuman3538
@harisnuman3538 2 жыл бұрын
While you were a subject of British Empire , Sultan Abdul Hamid built a lot more then that and Sultans after him fought that Empire and others too. By the way, don't lie, no one at that time died of Hunger there and you don't proof for that while in India you did die of Hunger
@dh510
@dh510 2 жыл бұрын
This whole compound looks like a place the last mission of a Just Cause or Ghost Recon game would take you...
@fleekrushyt9410
@fleekrushyt9410 2 жыл бұрын
Could you also do a video about yanukovich's residence? I think its quite interesting. He also wanted to build another one in crimea. So, please do it!
@DanteMac26
@DanteMac26 2 жыл бұрын
It looks like one of those self-contained "destination" hotels in the Caribbean.
@D3lor34n
@D3lor34n 2 жыл бұрын
Inflation is rising by the day since his highness doesn't stop screwing up. Apparently they're up to 21% and it is rumoured that these aren't even the correct real numbers which might be somewhere closer to 30% even.
@ta5k1n
@ta5k1n 2 жыл бұрын
Inflation in basic human needs, food, rent, utilities is more than 50%
@D3lor34n
@D3lor34n 2 жыл бұрын
@@ta5k1n Sorry to hear that, i really hope things get back in line. I cannot imagine what the people have to go through right now.
@harisnuman3538
@harisnuman3538 2 жыл бұрын
@@ta5k1n according to which report that we can verify?
@amorosogombe9650
@amorosogombe9650 2 жыл бұрын
These 'presidents' seem a lot like the Kings of old. No one needs such a big house. Megalomania.
@EK14MeV
@EK14MeV 2 жыл бұрын
Erdo clearly sees himself as a dodgy reboot Ottoman emperor of his imagined Turkic empire reaching as far East as the Uighur concentration camps in W China, and thus he should live the lifestyle of an emperor ... with his deeply corrupt cronies. Where is a, say, 80 m statue (with outstretched arm) of such a humble megalomaniac? North Korea has two 20 m statues of the first two Kims.
@joeyr7294
@joeyr7294 2 жыл бұрын
It would be awesome if you did a vid on one of your multiple channels lol on the copper works in Swansea, white rock. It was massive and involved slave trade and also almost pure copper. And that's not mentioning the health hazards and life expectancy of the workers
@christheconquerer9944
@christheconquerer9944 2 жыл бұрын
Love the videos
@DanielMReck
@DanielMReck 2 жыл бұрын
9:55 "...firm handshakes, broad grins, and promises..." Well, two of the three, anyway.
@realityhelix564
@realityhelix564 2 жыл бұрын
So basically, this guy built a whole little world for just him and his family.
@livingwithpcstho6582
@livingwithpcstho6582 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, we can clearly say that and the fund, for the construction, comes from the people of Turkey who have been sucked to the death since 2002.
@TheEvilCommenter
@TheEvilCommenter 2 жыл бұрын
Good video 👍
@StarScapesOG
@StarScapesOG 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Simon, could you please do Bagger 288/293 and or Bingham Canyon copper mine!
@BradMoutoux
@BradMoutoux 2 жыл бұрын
Beard oil don't need anymore. But damn you Simon you expanded. Now I must go by your wares!
@haroonlegends567
@haroonlegends567 2 жыл бұрын
Not sure what is the motivation behind this. The structure is a symbolic expression of a mighty nation and the people.
@homerohomero5563
@homerohomero5563 2 жыл бұрын
Could this video be the start to a new channel? Mega Government Spending Disasters? I have a laundry list if needed...!
@hellcat1988
@hellcat1988 2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully this becomes a government office complex like the other "presidential palaces" have over the years.
@Doan84
@Doan84 2 жыл бұрын
It is a government building and not owned by Erdogan. It will serve every future President.
@hellcat1988
@hellcat1988 2 жыл бұрын
@@Doan84 I think you misunderstood. I'm hoping that it becomes a government OFFICE, not a residence.
@GreekRoyalty
@GreekRoyalty 2 жыл бұрын
Why does the Bestepe millet mosque look like if Disney tried to build it's own Magic Kingdom imitation of the Hagia Sophia?
@GrockleTD
@GrockleTD 2 жыл бұрын
It's stuff like this that makes me feel slightly less bad about being a "wasteful american" (we're still bad, but not quite billion-dollar-mostly-empty-palace bad)
@essexginge9167
@essexginge9167 2 жыл бұрын
you lot left $1 billion behind when you run away from Afghanistan
@BCSoHappy
@BCSoHappy 2 жыл бұрын
@@essexginge9167 try as much as $85B. No estimate is as low as $1B
@ethanmagdaleno5332
@ethanmagdaleno5332 2 жыл бұрын
Wow that library is beautiful
@johnallen7807
@johnallen7807 2 жыл бұрын
We have the same sort of problem in the UK! Our present PM's wife chose very expensive wallpaper for their flat, naughty, naughty lol
@michaelpipkin9942
@michaelpipkin9942 2 жыл бұрын
On SideProjects, can you do the YF-23 vs the YF-22. It was a competition that made the Air Force what it is today.
@wozza77able
@wozza77able 2 жыл бұрын
Would of thought that Buckingham Palace was the pinnacle of inequality.
@zico739
@zico739 Жыл бұрын
Very edgy.
@Algolxxxxxx
@Algolxxxxxx 2 жыл бұрын
Some interesting arguments.
@cazwalt9013
@cazwalt9013 2 жыл бұрын
God those buildings are absolutely ugly
@taylannurlu7430
@taylannurlu7430 2 жыл бұрын
Hellooooo from 10km near that Presidential House
@tommycolton4971
@tommycolton4971 2 жыл бұрын
Your close enough...you should rebel against them
@taylannurlu7430
@taylannurlu7430 2 жыл бұрын
@@tommycolton4971 nah.. he is losing political power. Probably will lose next election. His party already lost mayor elections.
@taylannurlu7430
@taylannurlu7430 2 жыл бұрын
@@tommycolton4971 Moreover he may be tiran, but he came with democracy so he should go with same way
@arrjay2410
@arrjay2410 2 жыл бұрын
The distinct lack of comments on the specific topic is sad.
@sahhaf1234
@sahhaf1234 2 жыл бұрын
it is a mistake comparing ataturk's "palace" with erdoğan's palace.. ataturk's "palace" was tiny and very basic, even for its age, and this can be clearly seen in the photograph.. Many rich americans have bigger villas. Erdoğan's palace, by comparison, is huge..
@noobsaibot7006
@noobsaibot7006 2 жыл бұрын
Ataturk lived in Dolmabahce and had various mansions and villas
@alexroge6495
@alexroge6495 2 жыл бұрын
Looks kinda like a Miami strip mall
@gamingjovan8539
@gamingjovan8539 2 жыл бұрын
Super video😎
@howardbreckenridge6854
@howardbreckenridge6854 2 жыл бұрын
Looks like a college campus-
@wyskass861
@wyskass861 2 жыл бұрын
Randomly made it 2 minutes after release!
@Secretlyalittleworm
@Secretlyalittleworm 2 жыл бұрын
If you’re Going to defraud your countries people by making a giant pleasure Palace, you could at least make sure it’s architecturally cohesive
@Bengalinationalist
@Bengalinationalist 2 жыл бұрын
can you please make a video about the second Soviet five year plan? I am craving it!
@Elainerulesutube
@Elainerulesutube 2 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't mind living in a compound like that!
@mcbraynor
@mcbraynor 2 жыл бұрын
Should you consider a video about the Palace of the People in Bucharest, Romania that would be... Comparable to say the least.
@vulpes7079
@vulpes7079 2 жыл бұрын
He did it way back, on Biographics. Before this channel had been created
@sandybarnes887
@sandybarnes887 2 жыл бұрын
Palace of the Parliament? He did it. On his Geographics channel a year ago
@mcbraynor
@mcbraynor 2 жыл бұрын
I stand corrected, thanks for the info
@sandybarnes887
@sandybarnes887 2 жыл бұрын
@@mcbraynor you're very welcome
@mayoite160
@mayoite160 2 жыл бұрын
SUGGESTION: Ilyushin IL-2 - The single most produced military aircraft in aviation history - Visionary WWII ground-attack "flying tank" and spiritual predecessor to the A-10 Warthog - Some WWII German nicknames for it: "meat grinder", "butcher", "black death", "slaughterer", "concrete bird" - What Stalin had to say about it: "Our Red Army now needs IL-2 aircraft like the air it breathes, like the bread it eats."
@pirobot668beta
@pirobot668beta 2 жыл бұрын
There are two kinds of people in this world. Ones who tour the Grand Palace and have their breath taken away by the Grandeur of the thing. Ones who tour the Grand Palace and see a leader trying really hard to compensate for something personal. I see huge Guvmental edifce, I think tiny wee-wee. Maybe it is not the rulers ruler that is small, but his Nations ego sure is in need of propping up. Museums, Churches and Opera Houses demand extravagance, Government residence, not so much.
@chongjunxiang3002
@chongjunxiang3002 2 жыл бұрын
So is Turkey becoming Wadiya? Because that house do feel like that one that Aladeen lives in.
@osmanyildiz3263
@osmanyildiz3263 2 жыл бұрын
it is a very aladeen palace
@josephpiskac2781
@josephpiskac2781 2 жыл бұрын
I understand that Turkish Contractors built Qatar's Airport. An equally or more awesome project. Remarkable construction like the Roman Empire is an identifier for this region of the world?
@thedethrocker8858
@thedethrocker8858 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Simon pays himself for the ad...…I bet he does hahahaha...I would.
@rerurmaximov
@rerurmaximov 2 жыл бұрын
Check out one suspicious palace in Gelendzhik
@matthewmerchant2038
@matthewmerchant2038 2 жыл бұрын
I'm not ashamed to say that since Simon started Brain Blaze, Sideprojects, Megaprojects, etc... I haven't watched a single Today I Found Out. channels. Keep up the good work, Simon. These off-channels are some of your most quality content.
@badluck5647
@badluck5647 2 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way about Top Tenz
@r3dum877
@r3dum877 2 жыл бұрын
King in castle, king in a castle.. I have a chair. Don't underestimate Borat. He was a prophet
@randyhavard6084
@randyhavard6084 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a great guy
@aesyamazeli8804
@aesyamazeli8804 2 жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong with building a government building but at least make it unique.
@zaubermaus8190
@zaubermaus8190 2 жыл бұрын
btw i couldnt help but notice that "allegedly" seems to be one of your favourite words ^_^°
@akacurmurdar1
@akacurmurdar1 2 жыл бұрын
I mean, if he really wants to take his country back into the 20th century, he can go right ahead and bring back the Ottoman Empire.
@orhanturkoglu1982
@orhanturkoglu1982 2 жыл бұрын
Not yet another 15 years and we are ready
@jantschierschky3461
@jantschierschky3461 2 жыл бұрын
Atatürk be so pissed what did happen to his country, sad state of affairs.
@tahzibizimungu7677
@tahzibizimungu7677 2 жыл бұрын
The 'g' is silent in his last name.
@huss1205
@huss1205 2 жыл бұрын
Every dictator needs a palace, it's a given right...
@Bustermachine
@Bustermachine 2 жыл бұрын
Well, a taken right.
@huss1205
@huss1205 2 жыл бұрын
@@Bustermachine isn't that what the west always says, Americans I mean, if you want something, go for it, he just did that, nothing extra...
@vasvas2
@vasvas2 2 жыл бұрын
Simon prepare for long walks around a column
@rustykilt
@rustykilt 2 жыл бұрын
Eventually, such bloated spending will bring down the Government. History has taught us all Dictatorships are doomed, its just a matter of time.
@edsr164
@edsr164 2 жыл бұрын
It’s not wonderful, it’s ugly!
@marvwatkins7029
@marvwatkins7029 2 жыл бұрын
It's unlikely Simon will be visiting Turkey anytime soon and if he does, he'll also unlikely ever return. Best stay home Simon and just keep posting 12 times daily, per usual.
@andersjjensen
@andersjjensen 2 жыл бұрын
With the rate he is going at he will soon be confined to his basement... making more content for us! :P
@onuuk
@onuuk 2 жыл бұрын
Well. Now I know where my money went exactly. Nice
@pmgn8444
@pmgn8444 2 жыл бұрын
And Simon has just added to the list of countries he probably should not visit!
@phoneblaster
@phoneblaster 2 жыл бұрын
...hah, hah. You made me smile. Thanks
@TheJediCaptain
@TheJediCaptain 2 жыл бұрын
Citrus Blaze smells fraking amazing.
@deepankartripathi1483
@deepankartripathi1483 2 жыл бұрын
Please do Central Vista, New Delhi
@stefanschleps8758
@stefanschleps8758 2 жыл бұрын
A house fit for a Ottoman Sultan.
@biocybernaught3512
@biocybernaught3512 2 жыл бұрын
Comercial ends at 1:08
@michaelhowell2326
@michaelhowell2326 2 жыл бұрын
I get a terrible spinal pain every time Simon says "Erdigan".
@marvwatkins7029
@marvwatkins7029 2 жыл бұрын
Simon Whistler just doesn't have nearly enough channels or You Tube exposure. Got to work on that, mate.
@tomdchi12
@tomdchi12 2 жыл бұрын
"It's an impressive construction..." No. It looks like the headquarters of a characterless mid-sized US corporation.
@abhyudaysarkar5012
@abhyudaysarkar5012 2 жыл бұрын
Only difference is that corporation did not use public money I.e. taxpayer dollars to build it.
@Gentleman...Driver
@Gentleman...Driver 2 жыл бұрын
@@abhyudaysarkar5012 yesnt. Subsidies and tax evasion are a thing. But its only partially used for HQs of companies whereas a presidential palace is entirely funded by tax money.
@samiraperi467
@samiraperi467 2 жыл бұрын
"The Pinnacle of Inequality"? Heh. Look into the old Eastern Bloc (Romania for starters) and countries that followed it (Belarus, I think Turkmenistan etc.). And, of course, Best Korea(tm).
@blowinkk9396
@blowinkk9396 2 жыл бұрын
1:10 ad ends
@icarus_falling
@icarus_falling 2 жыл бұрын
If he's building himself a Palace like this then you know it's not a democracy anymore. Simple as.
@Cailus3542
@Cailus3542 2 жыл бұрын
That's been clear for several years now.
@falxgod6848
@falxgod6848 2 жыл бұрын
I heard rumors that he has several presidential female goats in a secret wing in that Palace. Is it true?
@haroonlegends567
@haroonlegends567 2 жыл бұрын
That is for Turkey's nation. This narrative in video is pure BS. Just verbal D to make money via YT.
@Gentleman...Driver
@Gentleman...Driver 2 жыл бұрын
@@falxgod6848 He has also male goats. 😉
@falxgod6848
@falxgod6848 2 жыл бұрын
@@Gentleman...Driver top kek xD
@Optagonapus
@Optagonapus 2 жыл бұрын
I hate that YT got rid of the dislikes, I’d love to laugh at the amount of Erdogan supporters disliking this
@bramvanduijn8086
@bramvanduijn8086 2 жыл бұрын
I think there are plugins for that, check your browser options to find where to get plugins.
@tomeaston483
@tomeaston483 2 жыл бұрын
There's a plugin called return youtube dislikes, brings ALL the dislikes back
@ben5056
@ben5056 2 жыл бұрын
there are 55 dislikes atm
@haze6647
@haze6647 2 жыл бұрын
People who like your comment is technically count as a dislike.
@solschwarz5169
@solschwarz5169 2 жыл бұрын
Wait... You think Erdogan has supporters?
@laslon78
@laslon78 2 жыл бұрын
why not Beard Blasè
@DawnKing
@DawnKing 2 жыл бұрын
“No one man should’ve all this power”
@MrBlaxjax
@MrBlaxjax 2 жыл бұрын
It's quite a nice project this presidential thing. Would have been better if it had been bigger though.
@markhough1027
@markhough1027 2 жыл бұрын
A good one would be Dublin castle
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