Work on the Great Clock Tower began in 1881 under the governor Ziya Paşa and was finished in 1882, in the time of the governor Abidin Paşa. The provincial directorate says that with its building it became the tallest of the clock towers standing in the various provinces of the Ottoman empire, the second being the Dolmabahçe clock tower.
It is 32 metres tall, of cut stone, in the form of a square prism, built of small stone bricks — work the directorate describes as difficult to lay. It is on 25005. Sokak in the Ulucami quarter of Seyhan, near the centre and reached by minibus, public and municipal bus, and by metro.
Getting there
- Access
- Close to the city centre. Dolmuş and public and municipal buses run there, and the metro also serves it.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Adana as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 9.6 °C in January to 28.8 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, October and November; rainfall is heaviest in December (125 mm) and lightest in August (9 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
