Inside Salt Bae’s £36million palace in Istanbul with rooftop pool, gym & spa – and how you can stay there too

NUSRET Gökçe started life in a family so poor he had to drop out of school aged 10.

But now, the 39-year-old internet sensation - known as Salt Bae - counts a £36million PALACE among his property portfolio.

Macka Palace in the Sisli district of Istanbul boasts a rooftop pool, gym and a spa – and best of all is you can stay there too.

He is rumoured to have splashed £36million on the luxury Park Hyatt hotel in 2019, and moved into his own apartment within the palace that year too.

The flat was previously owned by 20th-century playwright Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, popularly known in Turkey as the Grand Poet.

At the time, the Instagram star said he wanted to spend more time in the Turkish city near to his mum after years of running restaurants around the world.

Although the star keeps quite about his own abode, the five-star property boasts total of 90 generously sized deluxe rooms and suites - with prices starting at around £350 per night.

According to its website, the Park Hyatt offers guests “unexpected pleasures" and claims to have “the finest food and beverage facilities” - including all-day dining at Salt Baes exclusive restaurant.

When Gökçe moved into the plush pad he claimed he had fulfilled a “dream”.

He reportedly went about remodelling the grand hotel restaurant to his own liking.

He wrote on Instagram: “I had one dream which was to have my own restaurant at my own hotel thank god one of my biggest dream coming true.

“See you at Nusret Maçka Palace.”

Outside his homeland, Gökçe is also thought to have built up his property portfolio with homes in the US, where he is often pictured by a private pool in Beverly Hills, as well as riding horses on what looks like a ranch.

And he reportedly has an enviable supercar collection including three Rolls-Royces and a Lamborghini Hurracan.