Turkey's presidential palace illegally built

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ANKARA, Turkey, May 27 (UPI) -- The Turkish President's newly-built, $615 million, 1,150-room palace was declared illegally constructed by the country's highest administrative court.

The "White Palace," into which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan moved in 2014, was built on protected land, the environmentally protected nature preserve known as the Ataturk Forest Farm. An exception to a law, removing the land's protections and allowing the palace to be built, was overturned by the Ankara Fifth Administrative Court Tuesday. That made construction of the elaborate palace illegal, the country's Chamber of Architects, which joined the suit, said.

The ostentatious palace in Ankara, which is built on a 300,000 square meter (3.2 million square feet) site, opened to considerable acclaim by the government and criticism from Erdogan's opponents. Legal petitions were circulated by various groups during the construction, noting the palace was being built on protected ground.

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Now, how are the bets that the judge and the prezz of the Architects Chamber will soon be in court for "anti-Turkish activities"?

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Now, how are the bets that the judge and the prezz of the Architects Chamber will soon be in court for "anti-Turkish activities"?

It DOES seem to happen quite often, doesn't it? Erdog fancies himself the new Sultan - and he gets away with it.