The Victory Tower stands on a hill commanding Göynük, built in 1922 by the district governor Hursit Bey in memory of the success at the Battle of Sakarya.
It rises three storeys on a hexagonal stone foundation. The body is timber and hexagonal, narrowing as it goes up, with a railing at each floor, and it is covered by a hexagonal conical cap. It is in the Cuma quarter, in the centre of Göynük.
Getting there
- Access
- In the centre of Göynük.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Bolu as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.6 °C in January to 20 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (61 mm) and lightest in August (24 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
