Atakule

Atakule is a 125 m high communications and observation tower located in the Çankaya district of central , , and is one of the primary landmarks of the city.
Wikipedia
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
  • Type: Tower
  • Description: observation tower and shopping mall in Ankara, Turkey
  • Roof shape: dome

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Presidency of the Republic of Turkey and Orange Blossom Park.

Garden
Photo: Gargarapalvin, CC BY 4.0.
The Çankaya Mansion is the official residence of the vice president of Turkey and previously the official residence of the president of Turkey from 1923 to 2014. is situated 640 metres east of Atakule.

Park
Photo: Mocmuk, CC0.
is situated 420 metres northwest of Atakule.

Museum
Photo: Mutt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Ottoman-era house in the Çankaya district of , , which is the city's oldest villa and was the home of Turkish President İsmet İnönü from 1925 to 1973. is situated 1 km northeast of Atakule.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Çankaya District and Ankara.

Town
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Çankaya is a municipality and district of , Turkey. Its area is 483 km2, and its population is 942,553. It is home to many government buildings, including the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, as well as nearly all foreign embassies to Turkey.

Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.
is the capital of , central within the country on the plateau of . It's a sprawling modern place around an ancient citadel, and in 2022 had a population of almost 5.2 million, with a further 600,000 living in the wider metropolis.

Suburb
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is the city center of in the municipality and district of , . Its population is 1,311. It is named after the Derneği whose former headquarters was located at the . is situated 4 km north of Atakule.

Atakule

Latitude
39.88614° or 39° 53′ 10″ north
Longitude
32.85614° or 32° 51′ 22″ east
Inception
1989
Height
125 metres (410 feet)
Open location code
8GFJVVP4+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 72079962
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­dome
Wiki­data ID
Q753230
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Atakule” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Atakule”
  • Arabic: “برج أتاكولي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Atakule”
  • Belarusian: “Атакуле”
  • Belarusian: “Вежа Атакуле”
  • Bulgarian: “Атакуле”
  • Chinese: “阿塔庫勒”
  • Chinese: “阿塔庫勒塔”
  • Czech: “Atakule”
  • Dutch: “Atakule”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اتاكولى”
  • Georgian: “ათაქულე”
  • German: “Atakule-Fernsehturm”
  • Greek: “Ατακουλέ”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל אטאקולה”
  • Hungarian: “Atakule”
  • Ladino: “Kulá Atakule”
  • Macedonian: “Атакуле”
  • Malay: “Atakule”
  • Polish: “Atakule”
  • Russian: “Атакуле”
  • Scots: “Atakule”
  • Spanish: “Atakule”
  • Turkish: “Atakule İş Merkezi”
  • Turkish: “Atakule”
  • Ukrainian: “Атакуле”
  • Urdu: “اتاکولے”

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