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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Great Clock Tower

The Great Clock Tower (Turkish: Büyük Saat) is located in Adana Province. It's the tallest clock tower in Turkey, rising 32 m high and it was built in 1882.

Coordinates: 36° 59' 2.08" N 35° 19' 49.11" E

Photo by Hüseyin Kafadengi

Photo by Ali Selim USLUER

Photo by serkanen

Safranbolu Clock Tower (Turkish: Safranbolu Saat Kulesi) is located in the Safranbolu district of Karabük Province. The tower was ordered Grand Vizier İzzet Mehmet Pasha built in 1797.

Coordinates: 41° 14' 45.45" N 32° 41' 26.75" E

Photo by omeronut

Photo by Tacettin KAYA

Photo by Engin BIYIKOĞLU

Bilecik Clock Tower

Bilecik Clock Tower (Turkish: Bilecik Saat Kulesi) is located in Bilecik Province. The tower was built in 1907.

Coordinates: 40° 8' 15.94" N 29° 58' 59.91" E

Photo by ziya yavuzdemir

Photo by ridvan tuncel

Bayburt Clock Tower

Bayburt Clock Tower (Turkish: Bayburt Saat Kulesi) is located in Bayburt Province. The tower was built in 1923.

Coordinates: 40° 15' 37.45" N 40° 13' 38.04" E

Photo by jossef

Photo by Yavuz Tugcu

Photo by Muhammet HACIHASANOĞLU

Yozgat Clock Tower

Yozgat Clock Tower (Turkish: Yozgat Saat Kulesi) is located in Yozgat Province. The tower was built in 1908.

Coordinates: 39° 49' 19.68" N 34° 48' 29.78" E

Photo by Metin Erinc

Photo by Yasin Kayhan

Photo by Y.Ö.Aslan

Andiz Tower

Andiz Tower (Turkish: Andız Kulesi) is located in the Bodrum district of Aydın Province. The tower was used as a watchtower in Hellenistic period.

Coordinates: 37° 51' 16.12" N 27° 17' 45.94" E

Photo by Edip GÜL

Galata Tower

The Galata Tower (Turkish: Galata Kulesi) is a medieval stone tower in the Galata/Karaköy quarter of Istanbul. One of the city's most striking landmarks, it is a high, cone-capped cylinder that dominates the skyline and offers a panoramic vista of Istanbul's historic peninsula and its environs. The tower is 66.90 meters tall. The Romanesque style tower was built as Christea Turris in 1348 during an expansion of the Genoese colony in Constantinople. Galata Tower was the tallest building in Istanbul at 66.9 m when it was built in 1348.

Coordinates: 41° 1' 32.31" N 28° 58' 28.60" E