Ankapark Facts
$801 MILLION — 38 BILLION TL
Remained open for 11 months; leaving behind a massive cost and a public file that demands accountability.
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⚠️ Warning: Contains Real Figures
📄 Official Documents
🗂️ 2018–2022 File
Ankara's 38 Billion TL Reckoning
801
Million Dollars
Total Cost
Total Cost
11
Months
Remained Open
Remained Open
38
Billion TL
Current Value
Current Value
The "dream park" built for $801 million remained open for only 11 months. It opened 10 days before the election, and the operator closed it 8 months later. The resulting loss to the public is 38 billion TL at current exchange rates. Here is the story of waste, negligence, and mismanagement.
🔥 TOTAL WASTE
This is Not Just a Number, It's Ankara's Lost Future
0
TL
38 billion TL is the total resource cut from Ankara's priorities, from education to transport, social support to infrastructure. This counter makes the cost of lost opportunity visible second by second.
Every Day It Remained Open:
113
Million ₺
That is how much of Ankara residents' money was wasted
38 billion ₺ ÷ 336 days = 113.1 million ₺/day
($801 million × 47.44 TL/$ ≈ 38 billion ₺)
2022 Capital Survey
ANKARA RESIDENTS WANTED A RECREATION AREA
In 2022, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality asked residents, “What do you think ANKAPARK should become?”
Approximately 80,000 people took part in the survey, and 95 percent wanted the site to be converted into a recreation area.
In response, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality launched a comprehensive transformation process to return ANKAPARK to the people of the capital and converted it into a recreation area.
≈ 80,000 survey participants
Location & Planning Error
They Built a Park in a Flood Zone
Ankapark was built along the Ankara Stream, very close to the flood corridor affected by the Söğütözü and Dikmen streams. Reports by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry clearly mark sections of this corridor as high risk and very high risk.
Ankara Stream
Söğütözü Stream
Dikmen Stream
Figures That Reveal the Scale of the Damage
111
Million ₺
Determined Damage
Documented by expert report
53
Units
Idle Attractions
Never installed or dismantled
27
Million ₺
Annual Electricity
Required even for a closed park
15+
Files
Foreclosure Attempts
Attempts made to seize public property
📂 ANKAPARK File
Chronology
Full timeline of all events from 2018 to 2022. Critical dates from tender to eviction.
Legal Process
Comprehensive process page created with legal texts, official notes, and archive images.
Perception & Facts
Special section examining discourse and content flow throughout the process with visuals and text.
Ankapark Scandals
Monorail, Chinese products, dinosaurs, and Transformers. Detailed breakdown of waste and suspicions.
Financial Waste Details
Uninstalled attractions, millions down the drain. What could have been done with 38 billion TL?
Ankapark Cost
Review the project's total cost, tender items, and present-day equivalents in detail.
Status Analysis
Examine the park's current condition, damage assessments, and reuse process through the data.
Report & Facts
Flood risk, critical issues, and official inspection findings. Breakdown of planning errors.
Ankapark in Photographs
A comprehensive photographic archive documenting the site, its attractions, and current condition.
Ankapark in the Media
Review press coverage of Ankapark and the developments reported to the public.
⚡ Key Highlights
🚝 Monorail
$1.98 Million
Never installed, never operated. No driver seat, no digital panel, seats made of cheap plastic. Now rotting away.
Details →🦖 Dinosaurs
3X HIGHER
$2.78M paid for 246 dinosaurs. 2021 price quote: $1M. Did the difference go into someone's pocket?
Details →🤖 Transformers
$965,000
30+ Transformers robots were bought with the Social Services budget. Children's social welfare budget went to war toys.
Details →38 Billion ₺
Total waste taken from the pockets of Ankara residents
(Calculated at $801 million × 47.44 TL/$ exchange rate)
(Calculated at $801 million × 47.44 TL/$ exchange rate)
💡 Real Cost: The total cost of Ankapark is
$801 million. Calculated at today's dollar exchange rate (47.44 TL/$), it is worth approximately 38 billion TL.