Büyük Saat - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Büyük Saat - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Büyük Saat () is a historical clock tower in Adana, rising high. The tower symbolizes the modernization of the city, which lasted from 1863 to the Adana massacre. During this period many Ottoman and European businesses, moved to the city for the exploding cotton trade. The tower was constructed by the mayor Kirkor Bezdikyan on the main street (Roland street, now known as Ali Münif) who was credit for starting the first modern municipal governance. Bezdikyan was also the architect of the tower together with another Armenian architect Kasbar Agha Bezdikyan. Read more on Wikipedia
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