Turkey
Kocaeli Province
Izmit

İzmit Clock Tower

The İzmit Clock Tower in , is one of many clock towers that were built throughout the Ottoman Empire as a result of the decree which was sent to the provincial governors to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Sultan Abdülhamid II's ascension to the Ottoman throne.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: clock tower in İzmit, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Izmit Clock Tower”, “Kocaeli Clock Tower”, and “Saat Kulesi”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include İzmit railway station and USS Eversole.

Railway station
Photo: Theetc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Izmit station is a railway station on the Istanbul-Ankara railway and is the main station in Izmit, . The station is located on the shore of the Izmit Bay next to the D100 and at the western end of Cumhuriyet avenue. is situated 200 metres southwest of İzmit Clock Tower.

Museum
Photo: KeRR, CC BY 2.5.
was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant John T. Eversole, a naval aviator who was killed in the Battle of Midway. is situated 380 metres southwest of İzmit Clock Tower.

Mosque
Photo: Kocaeligönüllüsü, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 260 metres northeast of İzmit Clock Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tepecik and Kozluk.

Suburb
Photo: Ucandairebaskani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
Photo: Ucandairebaskani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , .

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , .

İzmit Clock Tower

Latitude
40.76284° or 40° 45′ 46″ north
Longitude
29.91961° or 29° 55′ 11″ east
Height
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
8GGFQW79+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 599321625
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q8080275
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“İzmit Clock Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج الساعة”
  • Azerbaijani: “İzmit saat qülləsi”
  • Georgian: “იზმითის საათის კოშკი”
  • Greek: “Πύργος του Ρολογιού της Ιζμίτ”
  • Greek: “Πύργος του Ρολογιού του Ιζμίτ”
  • Kazakh: “Измит сағат мұнарасы”
  • Persian: “برج ساعت ازمیت”
  • Polish: “Wieża zegarowa w İzmicie”
  • Polish: “Wieża zegarowa w Izmit”
  • Russian: “Измитская часовая башня”
  • Turkish: “İzmit Saat Kulesi”
  • Turkish: “Kocaeli Saat Kulesi”
  • Uzbek: “Izmit soat minorasi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kasr-ı Hümayün Av Köşkü and Wes Hotel.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “İzmit Clock Tower”. Photo: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0.