Atakule
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Atakule is a 125 m (410 feet) heich communications and observation touer locatit in the Çankaya destrict of central Ankara, Turkey, and is qne of the primary laundmarks of the ceety. As the destrict of Çankaya is itself on a hill, the touer can be spottit frae awmaist onywhere in the ceety during clear days. The touer's design came frae airchitect Ragıp Buluç and the construction wirks lastit frae 1987 tae 1989. The top section of the touer hooses an open terrace and a revolving restaurant named Sevilla, which makes a full 360 degree rotation in ane hour. On top of Sevilla is anither restaurant, Dome, which is non-revolvin and locatit directly unner the cupola. Unner the terrace is a café, named UFO. The bottom structurs hoose a shopping mall and several indoor and ootdoor restaurants. The tower was opened on 13 October 1989 by Preses Turgut Özal. Due tae the ongoing rebuilding of the shopping mall, the touer is nou closed tae visitors.
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Atakule Touer and Atrium mall in Ankara | |
General information | |
Kynd | Observation touer Communications touer Shopping mall Restaurant |
Location | Ankara, Turkey |
Coordinates | 39°53′10″N 32°51′22″E |
Biggin stairtit | 1987 |
Completit | 1989 |
Openin | October 13, 1989 |
Hicht | |
Ruif | 125 m (410 ft) |
Technical details | |
Fluir coont | 4 |
Design an construction | |
Airchitect | Ragıp Buluç |
In Turkis, the wird ata means "ancestor" (or "father" in Auld Turkic), which is often uised as a nickname (Ata) for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the foonder and first Preses o the Republic of Turkey; while the Turkish wird kule means "touer".