Man builds ‘pool’ inside his home in Turkey’s southeast

“We built a pool inside our house, our room. The pool is very nice, I recommend it to everyone,” Haşim Kılıçoğlu, 35, told state-run Anadolu Agency on July 14. 

Kılıçoğlu said he constructed the two-meter wide, three-meter-long “pool” because of the punishingly high temperatures in Hilvan during the summer.

“I’ve been working as a painter and I decided to build this pool in my home because it is very hot when I come home after work. Me and my children use it,” he added. 

Saying he cannot afford a vacation with his family, Kılıçoğlu said he was able to build the pool using the construction skills he learnt at work. 

“We can’t afford to go to places like [popular holiday destinations] Antalya, Marmaris or Muğla, so I built this pool using nylon and briquette,” he said.