Küçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower

Küçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower (Turkish: Küçük Çamlıca TV-Radyo Kulesi) is a telecommunications tower with observation decks and restaurants in Üsküdar district of Istanbul, Turkey. Its top is the highest point above sea level in Istanbul.[1]

This article is about the TV tower on Küçük Çamlıca Hill. For the TV tower on the neighboring Büyük Çamlıca Hill, see Çamlıca TRT Television Tower.

Küçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower
Tower under construction (December 2019)
Küçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower (Istanbul)
LocationÇamlıca Hill, Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey
Mast height145.00 m (475.72 ft)
Tower height220.50 m (723.4 ft)
Coordinates41°00′59″N 29°03′55″E

Description

The tower is situated on Küçük Çamlıca Hill (literally: Little Çamlıca Hill). The construction began on 1 March 2016,[2] and is being carried out by Sarıoğlu Construction Co.[3] It is being built in concrete on a 21 m (69 ft) deep foundation. A steel mast of 145 m (476 ft) height for radio and television transmission will be mounted atop the 220.50 m (723.4 ft) high concrete tower. The total height of the tower will be then 365.50 m (1,199.1 ft) with its top standing 583.5 m (1,914 ft) above main sea level. It will be the highest structure in Istanbul. Its cross section has elliptical form with the main axes of 13 and 16 m (43 and 52 ft), which become smaller upwards. Each tower floor will be 4.50 m (14.8 ft) high.[3] Two observation decks will be situated on the 33rd and 34th floors at 148 and 153 m (486 and 502 ft) height.[4] The 39th and 40th floors at 153 and 175 m (502 and 574 ft) height will host a restaurant and a cafeteria.[2] Libraries and exhibition halls will be situated in the basement floors.[5] A panoramic elevator and a service elevator will serve the tower. It is hoped that the tower will attract about 4.5 million visitors yearly.[7]

Küçük Çamlıca Tower will be capable of hosting 125 broadcasting transmitters (DVB-T2 and DAB compatible).[4][5] When completed, it will replace most of the steel communications masts at the two neighboring Çamlıca hills, which cause visual pollution[3] and are considered to be harmful to health. The construction cost was 170 million liras (approx. US$48.5 million, 2017).[1][2][6]

As of 2021, construction has been finished and test broadcasts have begun.

  • Küçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower under construction (April 2019)
  • Küçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower, construction in June 2017
  • Küçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower construction May 2017

See also

References
  1. "Başbakan Yıldırım, Küçük Çamlıca TV-Radyo Kulesi inşaatını inceledi". NTV (Turkey) (in Turkish). 4 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  2. "Çamlıca TV kulesi havadan görüntülendi". Habertürk (in Turkish). 26 December 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  3. "Bakan Arslan: Çamlıca Tepesi yılda 4,5 milyon turist çekecek". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 19 August 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  4. "TV tower with panoramic views of Istanbul to open in June". Hürriyet Daily News. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  5. "New Istanbul TV tower with panoramic view to open in June". Daily Sabah. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  6. "Çamlıca Kulesi'ne restorant yapılacak". Sabah (in Turkish). 20 January 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  7. [1][3][4][5][6]
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