Antalya Clock Tower
Roman watchtower turned Ottoman landmark, adorned with four clock faces gifted by a German kaiser.
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This guide to the Antalya Clock Tower starts in 1985, when a specialist in historic clocks named Recep Gürgen climbed up to repair it. From there it turns to the tower's rough old bastion base, the German kaiser's 1901 gift to the Ottoman sultan, and a town that ran on a clock people were forever complaining about. Along the way you'll meet the storms that kept tearing off its dome and the 1960s battlements added to dress it up. Best heard standing where you can see all four faces.
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