Istanbul TV tower with panoramic views to open in June

By Andac Hongur, Ismail Ozdemir, and Etem Geylan

ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkey’s prime minister said Saturday that a new TV tower offering panoramic views of the legendary city would be completed within a month and open to visitors in June.

Speaking at the site of the new Kucuk Camlica Radio-TV Tower, Premier Binali Yildirim said the facility is due to open to the public by Eid al-Fitr, Islamic holiday at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, this June.

Yildirim said the tower, on Istanbul’s Asian side overlooking the Bosphorus, would feature panoramic terraces, adding: “Istanbulites and visitors from outside Istanbul will be able to see all parts of Istanbul from these viewing terraces.

“The tower will attract around 4.5 million people a year.”

Camlica is known for being the site of Istanbul’s antennas and transmitters, but the new tower is consolidating some 125 transmitters.

“As of today we have completed 153 meters of [the tower’s] 220.5 meters,” said Yildirim. “It will be completed in a month.”