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Beyazıt Tower is one of the most important elements of the silhouette of the Historical Peninsula adorned with minarets. The historical structure, also known as Beyazıt Fire Tower, was built in 1749 as a wooden structure in order to monitor the fires after the Küçük Pazar fire, which caused great casualties in Istanbul. It is the first fire tower built to mobilize the firefighters in the city in case of possible fires. In some sources, it is stated that there was a tower called "Tetratsiyon" in Byzantine times in the place of Beyazıt Tower, located in the Central Campus of Istanbul University, which was built to monitor fires from a distance. At Beyazıt Tower, fire notifications were made by lanterns at night and hanging baskets during the day. The tower, where news of the fire was given, has been engulfed in flames several times. Beyazıt Tower, which was rebuilt in wood each time, was built in masonry in 1828 by the order of Mahmut II. In 1849, the wooden cover in the form of a cone with wide eaves was replaced; three floors with an octagonal plan, round windows and narrowing upwards were added.

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