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Yozgat Clock Tower

The Yozgat Clock Tower is an Ottoman-era monument in the city center of Yozgat, Turkey.

It was commissioned by mayor Ahmet Tevfikizade and built by local stonemason Şakir in 1908.

The tower consists of six or seven stories with a balcony around the upper section, then a French-made clock, and finally a bell-shaped cap or cone of wood covering the top. It is almost 17 meters tall, with a square base measuring 3.5 meters by 3.5 meters. The walls are of cut stone, 30 to 40 centimeters thick. [1] [2]

Structural assessments suggest that it will be seriously damaged during any severe earthquake. [3]

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References

  1. Köker, Nakşiye Pınar (2002). Time and Modernity in Turkish Context: Clock Towers, Squares and Public Sphere in the Case of Yozgat (PDF) (Master of Architecture thesis). Middle East Technical University. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. Şeker, Burçin Şenol; Büyükgüner, Gizem; Özkaynak, Merve (2022). "Structural Assessment of the Historical Yozgat Clock Tower". Journal of Materials and Engineering Structures (9): 18. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. Şeker; Büyükgüner; Özkaynak, Structural Assessment of the Historical Yozgat Clock Tower, p. 26

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