Turkish president’s palace ruled ‘illegal’

The construction of a $615-million, 1,150-room palace for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been declared “illegal” by the country’s top administrative court.

Ankara’s Fifth Administrative Court overturned a previous ruling that permitted an exception to build “White Palace” on protected land, UPI reported on Wednesday. Erdogan moved into the luxurious residence last year.

The palace was built in an area of 300,000 square meters in an environmentally protected nature preserve called the Ataturk Forest Farm .... http://www.presstv.ir