TV tower Endem
TV tower Endem
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Province: | Istanbul | ||||
Country: | Turkey | ||||
Altitude : | 193 m | ||||
Coordinates: 41 ° 1 ′ 35.1 ″ N , 28 ° 37 ′ 14.1 ″ E | |||||
Use: | TV tower , observation tower | ||||
Accessibility: | TV tower open to the public | ||||
Tower data | |||||
Construction time : | 1998-2002 | ||||
Building materials : | Concrete , reinforced concrete | ||||
Operating time: | since 2002 | ||||
Total height : | 236 m | ||||
Viewing platforms: | 148 m , 160 m | ||||
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Waveband : | FM transmitter | ||||
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The television tower Endem is a reinforced concrete television tower built from 1998 to 2002 in the Büyükçekmece district of the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul . The Endem television tower is 236 meters high and has a visitor area at a height of 148 to 160 meters.
The tower is no longer used for signal transmission. On March 10, 2017, a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter used by Eczacıbaşı Holding collided with the television tower in thick fog and crashed next to the nearby motorway. All seven inmates, including four Russians , were killed. The television tower remained undamaged.
Web links
Commons : Fernsehturm Endem - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Five dead in helicopter crash ( memento from March 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive )