Çamlıca Hill
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Çamlıca Hill (Turkish pronunciation: [tʃamlɯdʒa]) (Turkish: Çamlıca Tepesi), aka Big Çamlıca Hill (Turkish: Büyük Çamlıca Tepesi) to differentiate it from the nearby Little Çamlıca Hill (Turkish: Küçük Çamlıca Tepesi), is a hill in the Üsküdar district of the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey. At 288 m (945 ft) above sea level, Çamlıca Hill offers a panoramic view of the southern part of Bosphorus and the mouth of the Golden Horn.[2][3]
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| Çamlıca Hill | |
|---|---|
| Çamlıca Tepesi | |
 A view of Çamlıca Hill behind the Bosphorus Bridge. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 288 m (945 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 41°1′39″N 29°4′6″E |
| Geography | |
  Çamlıca Hill Location of Çamlıca Hill in Istanbul, Turkey. | |
| Location | Üsküdar, Istanbul |
The hill is a popular visitor attraction with Ottoman-themed teahouses, cafes and a restaurant inside a public park with monumental trees, flower gardens and fountains, run by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.[3]
Çamlıca Mosque
On completion in 2019, Çamlıca Mosque became the largest mosque in Asia Minor, able to accommodate 63,000 people and incorporating a museum, art gallery, library, conference hall and underground parking lot.[4]
Çamlıca Tower
Prior to 2021 numerous radio masts and towers (such as Çamlıca TRT Television Tower) occupied much of the available land on the hill.[5] The Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure decided to consolidate all the broadcasting facilities to a single tower freeing up much of the land on the hill. The new tower is 369 m (1,211 ft) high and includes observation decks and restaurants. Çamlıca Tower (Turkish: Çamlıca Kulesi) was inaugurated on May 29, 2021.[6]
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