İzmir Parachute Tower

İzmir Parachute Tower
İzmir Parachute Tower
İzmir Paraşüt Kulesi
General information
Type	Parachute tower
Location	Kültürpark
Town or city	İzmir
Country	Turkey
Coordinates	38°25′38.8″N 27°08′39.1″E / 38.427444°N 27.144194°E
Elevation	4.5 metres (15 ft)
Construction started	1935
Completed	1937
Opened	9 September 1937
Cost	₺38,758.61
Owner	Turkish Aeronautical Association
Height	48 metres (157 ft)
Technical details
Structural system	Reinforced concrete
Floor count	3
Lifts/elevators	1
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Bedri Tümay; Algrandi;
Engineer	Muammer Tansu

İzmir Parachute Tower (Turkish: İzmir Paraşüt Kulesi) is a parachute tower located within Kültürpark in İzmir, Turkey. It was built in 1937 by the Turkish Aeronautical Association. It is one of the two parachute towers in the country.

History[edit]

Mayor Behçet Uz, who saw the parachute tower in Gorky Park in Moscow, suggested that a similar tower be built in Kültürpark to the Turkish Aeronautical Association.^[2] The Turkish Aeronautical Association sent a delegation to Russia to investigate and decided to build a parachute tower in Ankara in addition to İzmir.^[2] The construction of the tower, whose architectural project was prepared by Bedri Tümay and Algrandi, started in 1935 within Kültürpark.^[1]^[2]^[4] The tower, which cost 38,758.61 Turkish liras, was completed in 1937 and opened on 9 September in the same year during the 7th İzmir International Fair.^[2]^[3] The tower operates for a fee during the fair period.^[3]

Architecture[edit]

Seventy-five oak piles were nailed to the floor of the İzmir Parachute Tower, which was built using reinforced concrete.^[1] The tower, which has three terraces, is 4.5 metres (15 ft) above sea level and 48 metres (157 ft) above ground level.^[1] There is an elevator in the middle of the tower and a spiral staircase around this elevator.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Paraşüt Kulesi" (PDF). Arkitekt (in Turkish). Vol. 1938, no. 1938-02 (86). pp. 40–42. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Türkiye'deki İkiz Paraşüt Kuleleri" (in Turkish). Sanal Alfabe. 8 January 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "İzmir Fuarı'nda paraşüt heyecanı". Ege'de Son Söz (in Turkish). 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ Kayın, Emel (July 2016). "İzmir Enternasyonal Fuarı ve Kültürpark İçin Bir Koruma Çerçevesi: Modern Miras, Kültürel Peyzaj ve Hafıza Temelli İrdelemeler" (PDF) (in Turkish). Mimarlar Odası İzmir Şubesi. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.

External links[edit]

Media related to İzmir Parachute Tower at Wikimedia Commons

[arkitekt-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Paraşüt Kulesi" (PDF). Arkitekt (in Turkish). Vol. 1938, no. 1938-02 (86). pp. 40–42. Retrieved 26 September 2018.

[sanalalfabe-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Türkiye'deki İkiz Paraşüt Kuleleri" (in Turkish). Sanal Alfabe. 8 January 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.

[ege-3] "İzmir Fuarı'nda paraşüt heyecanı". Ege'de Son Söz (in Turkish). 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[4] Kayın, Emel (July 2016). "İzmir Enternasyonal Fuarı ve Kültürpark İçin Bir Koruma Çerçevesi: Modern Miras, Kültürel Peyzaj ve Hafıza Temelli İrdelemeler" (PDF) (in Turkish). Mimarlar Odası İzmir Şubesi. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.

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