Native name: Dolmabahce Saat Kulesi
Dolmabahce Clock Tower can be seen in front of the monumental entrance gates of Dolmabahce Palace . Sultan Abdulhamit II (1876-1909) had this tower built between 1890-94 by the Turkish court architect Sarkis Balyan . The tower is built in Ottoman neo-baroque style and reflects the architectural style of the adjacent palace . The four-story tower rises 30 meters high with a basement measuring 8 , 5m by 8 , 5m . The sides of the windows on the ground and first floors are enriched by double columns , while on the third and fourth floors columns leave their places to pilasters . On the enterance floor , there are barometers inside the archways of doors and windows . The clock of the tower was manufactured by the French clockmaker house of Jean-Paul Garnier , and was installed by the court clock master Johann Mayer . In 1979 , the mechanical clock was converted to an electrical one .
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