Why was “Tatilya” Closed? – Webtekno

Turkey’s first mini Disneyland Every child who went to Tatilya, which can be said, could not do without taking a photo in front of the fairy-tale tree while experiencing the excitement of getting wet in the water channel, capsizing and somersaulting in the air.

The one that can’t be forgotten by those who left, the one that remains forgotten among those who couldn’t go. The sad story of Tatilya Let’s refresh our memories with photographs while looking closely.

The rulers of the Tatilya Republic were just children.

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Republic of Holiday and Entertainment President of the period who brought Tatilya into our lives It was Süleyman Demirel. It was put into operation in Beylikdüzü, Istanbul in 1996. Turkey’s most famous amusement park The architect of Tatilya was Oktay Nayman, who worked as a design architect in well-known projects such as the Sydney Opera House, Kuwait Parliament Complex and Bagsvaerd Church.

When we say Tatilya, which gives you the dream of another world with the slogan “World of Dreams”, many toys still come to your mind. He was a child in the 90s We are sure that there is a Tatilya memory among the childhood photographs of people who had the chance to go to Tatilya.

Water ski, Tatilya express, carousel, cowboy world, capsize Children screamed for fun in many playgrounds such as, and also enjoyed games such as water gun and arcade. More valuable than pocket money holiday coins It had become so iconic that it made me sad even to see it.

Especially if 5D cinema enjoyment In Tatilya, the scenes of being devoured by dinosaurs frightened the mothers and entertained the children.

The 2001 crisis also hit children’s entertainment.

After the memories that make us smile, we can come to our main topic. Bayındır Holding Tatilya, which was founded by Süleyman Demirel’s brother-in-law Ali Şener, had a share in it, was closed in 2001 due to the debts of the holding company. for $65 million It was transferred to İş Bankası.

Transferred to İş Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı AŞ While Tatilya hosted nearly 700 thousand children in the first years of its opening, these numbers decreased to 290 thousand with the 2001 crisis. Although the number of visitors increased to 420 thousand in the last years before the closure, it was still far from the number in the first days.

Was there a fatal accident in Tatilya and it was decided to close it?

It is not known whether the city is a legend or not, but for a while there were rumors that a person fell and died after capsizing on Tatilya. Of course, these statements has never been proven. The only research we did while preparing our content was that someone died as a result of a bomb explosion at the bus stop in front of Tatilya. However, apart from this, it still remains a mystery whether there was an accident inside the entertainment center.

Tatilya was making a loss and different projects had to be considered.

One of the reasons why we reported the accident is that it is said that one of the things that affected the closure process in many places was the accident. However, beyond this, the most important factor is, of course, serious was to cause damage. Although Tatilya had been idle for a while and received offers from some municipalities, it was decided to demolish it.

Architect Oktay Nayman worked hard to prevent Tatilya from being closed down. Although Tatilya, Built according to old earthquake regulations Even though Nayman applied to the Istanbul Preservation Board No. 1 to prevent the demolition. Nayman thought that Tatilya’s design had received a prestige award from Europe and that it should be protected.

However, there was no news from the board that would make the children and Nayman happy. Statements were made that the fact that it has received an award is not a feature, and that the building must be very original and creative in order to be registered. Moreover, the Board had two negative and one positive report for Tatilya. Unfortunately, it was not the children who won with 2 to 1 and It was decided to demolish Tatilya.

And as an era ended, Tatilya set out for Northern Iraq.

Tatilya was closed on April 3, 2006, and the playgrounds inside it were destroyed by business people operating in Northern Iraq. Malaşin was sold to Barzani for 1.1 million dollars. Children in Erbil were riding the toys that we no longer have enough of fun with. After the destruction of Tatilya, he was taken to the same place on October 17, 2012. Marmara Park Shopping Center opened.

Tatilya, which left beautiful traces in the childhood memories of at least those who were able to visit, has now become a center where we remember the past. Goodbye Tatilya!

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