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Re:Apple stopped sales in Turkey after the lira crashed 15% ... by mrighele on Saturday November 27, 2021 @03:26PM (#29363049)
The parent was probably talking about not that single statue, but a whole theme park dedicated to dinosaurs, which costed 750M dollars, and opened only for a few months (1). But a bigger (albeit cheaper) wtf in my opinion is a village entirely made of castle-like houses (2)

(1) https://www.duvarenglish.com/domestic/2020/06/25/ankara-them... (2) https://www.insider.com/turkey-abandoned-disney-castles-vill...

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Re:Apple stopped sales in Turkey after the lira crashed 15% ... by seanmcdirmid on Saturday November 27, 2021 @05:49PM (#29364384)
This kind of thing is common in China. I'm not sure why this would seem very impressive, it isn't even on nearly on the same scale. It is all money laundering of course (or to say, transforming public money and credit into private money).
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Re:Apple stopped sales in Turkey after the lira crashed 15% ... by mrtksn on Saturday November 27, 2021 @03:33PM (#29363098)
To be fair, the hilarious castle-like houses village is a private investment :)
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Re:Apple stopped sales in Turkey after the lira crashed 15% ... by mrighele on Saturday November 27, 2021 @03:43PM (#29363197)
You're right, I wasn't thinking about public sector only.
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