Presidential Complex (Turkey)

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Presidential Complex
Cumhurbaşkanlığı Külliyesi
The Presidential Complex in Ankara
Map
General information
Town or cityAnkara
Country Turkey
Coordinates39°55′51″N 32°47′56″E / 39.9308°N 32.7989°E / 39.9308; 32.7989
Opened29 October 2014
Cost~US$1.2 billion
Grounds150,000 sqm
Known forPresidential use

The Presidential Complex (Turkish: Cumhurbaşkanlığı Külliyesi)[1] is the presidential residence of the Republic of Turkey. The complex is located in the Beştepe neighborhood of Ankara, inside the Atatürk Forest Farm.[2]

In accordance with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's "New Turkey" concept, it was envisaged that the Çankaya Presidential Mansion would become the prime ministerial complex and the president would move to the newly built palace. It was formally inaugurated as the official residence of the president by Erdoğan on the country's Republic Day, 29 October 2014.[3][4]

President Erdoğan proposed to call the new presidential residence Cumhurbaşkanlığı Külliyesi, referring to a traditional complex centered on a mosque.[5][3] This was formally adopted as the residence's official name on 3 July 2015.[6] The building cost was double the initial estimate of more than US$600 million.[7] The Presidential Complex is home to the country's largest library with five million books.[8]

  1. ^ "Name of new Presidential complex announced". Daily Sabah. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  2. ^ "October 29 Republic Day reception will be held in Beştepe". TRT English. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b Ghulyan, Husik (2019). "The spatialization of Islamist, populist, and neo-Ottoman discourses in the Turkish capital under AKP rule". New Perspectives on Turkey. 61: 125–153. doi:10.1017/npt.2019.15. ISSN 0896-6346.
  4. ^ "New Presidential palace to be opened on Republic day". Daily Sabah. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Cumhurbaşkanlığı Sarayı'nın adı "Cumhurbaşkanlığı Külliyesi" oluyor" (in Turkish). CNN Türk. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Kaçak Saray'ın adı resmen değişti". Birgun.net. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Erdogan's new palace: curse or castle?". Al Arabiya.
  8. ^ "Turkey's Largest Library Being Built Inside Presidential Complex". Hurriyet Daily News. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2020.