The clocks of this tower were started on 29 October 1924. The reason it was built is recorded: men of Bayburt who fought in different parts of the country during the national struggle had seen clock towers where they served, and the tower was raised in imitation of them. In architectural manner it resembles the Çorum clock tower.
It rises from a circular base, with an eight-sided shaft and a square-plan pavilion on top. It is on Unutulmaz Caddesi in the centre of Bayburt.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Bayburt as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -6.1 °C in January to 18.9 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July and August; rainfall is heaviest in May (73 mm) and lightest in August (16 mm). Long-term means for 1959-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
