Inside the abandoned 'Disneyland neighbourhood' with over 500 homes
This might look like a neighbourhood straight out of a Disney park, ready to be completed.
But these buildings are actually abandoned villas, found in Turkey.
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The Burj Al Babas neighbourhood is made up of hundreds of nearly-identical castle-like homes.
Construction on the luxury housing project began in 2014 and aimed to build 732 villas, a shopping mall and entertainment facilities targeted at foreign buyers.
The houses were set to go on sale for wealthy buyers, with prices ranging from $370,000 to $500,000 ($562,000 to $7760,000 AUD).
It was initially a success, with half of the homes sold.
But the developers, Sarot Property Group, filed for bankruptcy after buyers and investors pulled out of the project, which cost 150 million Euros.
Under a blanket of snow, surrounded by mountains, the villas look even more like something out of a fairy tale.
Located near a natural hot spring, each villa was set to have its own underfloor heating and Jacuzzis on every level.
According to the original brochure, the neighbourhood would have a shopping centre, health and beauty facilities such as Turkish baths, a mosque, a movie theatre, and other facilities open to residents.
Soon after construction began, the developers faced threats from locals who complained that the buildings were too different from the local Ottoman-style architecture of nearby towns.
A lawsuit was also raised against the developers, claiming the company destroyed trees and caused environmental destruction.
