İzmir Clock Tower

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Izmir Clock Tower is a historic clock tower located at the Konak Square in the 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 accession to the throne . The clock itself was a gift from German Emperor Wilhelm II . It is decorated in an elaborate Ottoman architecture style. The tower, which has an iron and lead skeleton, is 25m high and features four fountains, which are placed around the base in a circular pattern. The columns are inspired by Moorish 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 still exist and are called Sahat Kula