The hotel also has a modern version of a Chinese tea house and sunken garden on street level.

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The interior backed by a glass qibla wall which looks on to a sunken garden is equally unfamiliar to Kocatepe devotees.

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But stay at the writer's personal three-room house for a real treat: it features an outdoor claw-foot bathtub, sunken garden and mini movie theater.

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Every plan involves a victims' memorial, including one which sees it placed on top of one of the buildings and another that features a sunken garden.

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The grounds include a formal sunken garden that the family used as a volleyball court when their children were young, a carriage house that doubles as a game room and a gazebo.

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