House in Ankara turns visitors upside down

A RECENTLY launched “upside down” house in Turkey’s capital Ankara is attracting many visitors, especially children.

The 10-square-meter (107-square-foot) house located in a busy area next to Eskisehir Road was built like a normal house with a toilet, bedroom, bathroom and living room except for the fact that everything is hanging from the ceiling, upside down.

Mehmet Emin Görmez, the entrepreneur behind the concept, said the house opened to the public on Oct. 20, and his team expects at least 100,000 visitors.

“This house was built over a period of four months at a cost of TL 420,000 [$110,000],” Görmez said. “We aim to build two more of these in Eskişehir and Istanbul, as well.”

The first upside down house Görmez built was in Antalya in 2015.

Visitors can explore the house for TL 15, with discounts for students.

The entrepreneur said visitors often feel a bit dizzy when they explore the house built with a “9-degree slope on one side and 8.6-degree slope on the other.”

“To build a normal house, you need approximately 9 tons of steel, but this house required 28 tons,” Görmez said.

Nihan Ünlü, who visited the house, said: “It’s really weird to see the furniture on the roof. They included every tiny detail. Even the windows open in opposite directions.”

Another visitor, Neslihan Meşe, who came to see the house with her nephews, said the house “is very entertaining for every age group, especially for children.”