The Turkish government wants to replicate the Çamlıca Tower in 30 more cities across the country.
Located in Istanbul, at 369 meters (1,211 ft), the tower is claimed to be Europe's largest teleco tower, despite being located on the Asian side of the city.
Hurriyet Daily News last week reported that the Turkish government wants to build another 30 towers in its image across the country, under the new “Joint Tower Infrastructure Project for 30 Provinces."
The project was announced by Turkey's Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu.
Uraloğlu said the project sets out to modernize Turkey's broadcasting infrastructure.
As reported by Hurriyet, the towers will provide centralized broadcast services to dozens of analog and digital broadcasters, improve efficiency, reduce electromagnetic pollution, and replace outdated, scattered antennas.
The towers are set to be deployed in 30 major metropolitan cities, including the country's capital Ankara, Balıkesir, İzmir, Trabzon, Adana, Sivas, Kayseri, Antalya, Gaziantep, Konya, Diyarbakır, and Samsun.
"We will centralize broadcast services, reducing electromagnetic pollution. As a result, citizens will be exposed to radiation levels far below international safety standards, and cities will feature modern, architecturally integrated silhouettes,” said Uraloğlu.
No further details around a build date were reported or announced by Uraloğlu.
The Çamlıca Tower took four years to build, with completion in September 2020. The structure was chosen by then-prime minister and now Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
It features 49 floors and two observation decks, while the height of the tower's steel antenna is 168 meters (551ft).
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