İzmir Clock Tower

İzmir Clock Tower
İzmir Saat Kulesi
General information
Type	Clock tower
Architectural style	Ottoman architecture
Location	İzmir, Turkey
Address	Konak Square, Konak
Coordinates	38°25′8.04″N 27°07′43.32″E
Completed	1901
Height	25 m (82 ft)
Design and construction
Architect	Raymond Charles Père

İzmir Clock Tower (Turkish: İzmir Saat Kulesi) is a historic clock tower located at the Konak Square in Konak district of İzmir, Turkey. The clock tower was designed by the Levantine French architect Raymond Charles Père and built in 1901 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Abdülhamid II's (reigned 1876–1909) accession to the throne.

The clock itself was a gift of German Emperor Wilhelm II (reigned 1888–1918). It is decorated in an elaborate Ottoman architecture. The tower, at a height of 25 m (82 ft), features four fountains, which are placed around the base in a circular pattern, and the columns are inspired by North African themes.

The clock tower was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 500 lira banknotes of 1983-1989.

In the former Balkan provinces of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in present-day Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin towns such as Belgrade, Prijepolje, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Gradačac and Stara Varoš, similar Ottoman era clock towers are still named Sahat Kula (deriving from the Turkish words Saat Kulesi, meaning Clock Tower.)

Reverse of the 500 lira banknote (1983-1989)

See also

• İzmit Clock Tower
• Dolmabahçe Clock Tower
• Yıldız Clock Tower
• Etfal Hospital Clock Tower

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: İzmir Clock Tower

• Interesting places of İzmir
• Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism
• Clock Tower Photos
• izmirsaatkulesi panorama