Endem TV Tower is a TV tower in
Büyükçekmece
Büyükçekmece, historically Athyras (Greek: Αθύρας) is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 173 km2, and its population is 277,181 (2022). It is on the Sea of Marmara coast of the European side, west o ...
,
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
, Turkey. It was built between 1998 and 2008, and has a now-closed
revolving restaurant
A revolving restaurant or rotating restaurant is a tower restaurant designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving wikt:platform, platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the rev ...
above ground, as well as an observation deck at . The total height of the tower is including the antenna.
Helicopter crash
On March 10, 2017, a
Sikorsky S-76
The Sikorsky S-76 is a medium-size commercial utility helicopter designed and produced by the American helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. It is the company's first helicopter specifically developed for the civilian market.
The S-76 ...
helicopter owned by Swan Aviation hit the antenna of the TV tower in heavy fog and crashed onto the nearby highway
State Road D100. All seven people on board were killed.
See also
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Çamlıca TRT Television Tower
Çamlıca TRT Television Tower () was a communications tower in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul, Turkey, which was owned and operated by the state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporat ...
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Küçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower
Küçük means "small" in Turkish and may refer to:
People
Epithet
* Küçük Ali (died 1804), also known as ''Ali Đevrlić'', Ottoman janissary and civil servant
* Kuchuk Hanem (fl. 1850–1870), Ghawazi famed beauty and dancer
* Küçük Me ...
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List of columns and towers in Istanbul
References
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Towers with revolving restaurants
Towers completed in 2008
Communication towers in Turkey
Beylikdüzü
2002 establishments in Turkey
Round towers
Observation towers in Turkey
Towers in Istanbul
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