Endem TV Tower is a TV tower in
Büyükçekmece
Büyükçekmece is a district and municipality in the suburbs of Istanbul, Turkey on the Sea of Marmara coast of the European side, west of the city. It is largely an industrial area with a population of 380,000. The mayor is Hasan Akgün ( CHP). ...
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Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
, Turkey. It was built between 1998 and 2008, and has a now-closed
revolving restaurant
A revolving restaurant or rotating restaurant is usually a tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on ...
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 w ...
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 ( tr, TRT Çamlıca Verici İstasyonu) 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 (TRT). It wa ...
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Küçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower
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List of columns and towers in Istanbul
The following outline (list), outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Istanbul:
Istanbul –
General reference
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References
External links
Emporis.com*
Towers with revolving restaurants
Towers completed in 2002
Communication towers in Turkey
Beylikdüzü
2002 establishments in Turkey
Round towers
Observation towers in Turkey
Towers in Istanbul
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