Erdogan's vast new palace to cost over $600 million

Ankara (AFP) - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's grandiose new presidential palace is costing Turkey more than $600 million, nearly twice previous estimates, the country's finance minister said Tuesday.

The vast new 1,000-room palace -- more than 30 times larger than the White House and bigger even than France's sprawling Palace of Versailles .... http://news.yahoo.com