Turkey 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 tree while experiencing the excitement of getting wet in the water channel, capsizing and somersaulting in the air.

The one who cannot be forgotten by those who left, the one who remains forgotten among those who could not go. The sad story of Tatilya Let’s refresh our memories with photos while we look closely.

The rulers of the Republic of Tatilya were just children.

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

When we say Tatilya, who gives you the dream of another world with the slogan “World of Dreams”, you still think of a lot of toys. He was a kid in the nineties We are sure that there is a Tatilya memory among the childhood photos of people who had the opportunity to go to Tatilya.

Water skiing, Tatilya Express, carousel, cowboy world, capsize Children screamed with joy at many playgrounds such as, and also enjoyed games like water gun and arcade. More valuable than pocket money holiday coins It had become so iconic that it even made me sad to see it.

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

The 2001 crisis also hit children’s entertainment.

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

Transferred to İş Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı AŞ While Tatilya cared for almost 700,000 children in the first years after its opening, this number dropped to 290,000 with the 2001 crisis. Although the number of visitors rose to 420 thousand in recent years before the closure, it was still far from the number of the first days.

Was there a fatal accident in Tatilya and the decision was made 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 due to a bomb explosion at the bus stop in front of Tatilya. However, apart from this, it still remains a mystery whether an accident occurred at the entertainment center.

Tatilya suffered losses and several projects had to be considered.

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

Architect Oktay Nayman worked hard to prevent Tatilya from closing. Although Tatjana, Built according to old earthquake rules Even though Nayman has filed an application with the Istanbul Preservation Board No. 1 to prevent demolition. Nayman felt that Tatilya’s design had received a prestige prize from Europe and that it should be protected.

However, there was no news from the board that the children and Nayman would be happy about. It was stated that the fact that it has received an award is not a feature, and that the building must be highly original and creative to be registered. In addition, the board had two negative and one positive reports for Tatilya. Unfortunately it wasn’t the children who won 2 to 1 It was decided to demolish Tatilya.

And as an era ended, Tatilya left for northern Iraq.

Tatilya was closed on April 3, 2006 and its playgrounds were destroyed by businessmen operating in northern Iraq. Malaşin was sold to Barzani for US$1.1 million. Children in Erbil rode on the toys that we no longer have enough 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 has 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 Tatjana!

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