Brand new but derelict theme park, Ankara, Turkey

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 5, 11, 17, 23 October 2014
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 13, 18, 19 March 2019
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 25 August 2019 at 08:36:01 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 29 August 2021 at 08:35:59 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Urban planning, infrastructures, Turkey
Fig. 1 - S1 (Oct. 2014) - The site of the park during its construction. It used to be a zoo open to the public within the Ataturk Forest Farm.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (March 2019) - View soon after it had opened. Multiple conic marquees show. It was then the World's 2nd largest theme park.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (25.08.2019) - Lacking visitors, it closed in February 2020, never fully completed. It remains derelict since.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (29.08.2021) - Its basins and vegetation are no longer maintained, its broken toys and ride parts are laying at a waste site.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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