Turkey’s new Presidential Palace, the “White House” of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “Ak Saray” is ready and will be receiving its resident today. The “palace” was built with respect to the surrounding environment. Its cost, according to local media, exceeds 270 million euros. It has 1,000 rooms in 300,000 square meters (of the whole compound).

Among other things, there are conference halls and hospitality areas for visiting officials.

The newly-elected Turkish President Erdogan and Prime Minister Davutoglu will be living in this… traditional presidential palace.