The Lighthouses of Turkey (North)

The lights of Turkey bordering on the Black Sea. Lights are numbered West to East.

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TR 121 Patara
latitude 44° 16' 36" N longitude 15° 17' 34.7" E

Ruins of a Roman lighthouse built during the reign of Nero (54-68 AD). The surviving portion of the tower stands about 17 ft high. It was unearthed about 2005 by archaeologists studying the Roman port of Patara, an ancient Greek city annexed to the Empire in 43 AD. The ancient harbor eventually filled in completely and became a swamp; the lighthouse was apparently excavated from this sediment. The site is near the village of Gelemis, about 10 km west of Kalkan in westernmost Antalya province.

TR 122 Iğneada East Breakwater
latitude 41° 53' 12.1" N longitude 28° 1' 14.5" E

Located at the end of the east (main) breakwater of Iğneada. photo

TR 123 Iğneada West Breakwater
latitude 41° 53' 17" N longitude 28° 1' 21.5" E

Located at the end of the west breakwater of Iğneada. photo

TR 124 Iğneada Burnu
latitude 41° 53' 5.2" N longitude 28° 3' 22.4" E

The original lighthouse was destroyed in 1903 and replaced by a temporary light. Located near Limanköy at the tip of the cape, which projects into the Black Sea about 8 km south of the Bulgarian border.

Photo courtesy Izzet Kirbas [Panoramio]

Iğneada Burnu
TR 125 Koru (Igneada)

ARLHS # TUR-040

TR 126 Karaburun (Black Sea)
latitude 41° 20' 51.1" N longitude 28° 41' 0.8" E

The original lighthouse was much higher, with a focal plane of 302 ft; we don't know if that lighthouse survives. Located on a short, sharp promontory at Karaburun, about 40 km northwest of Istanbul. ARLHS # TUR-036

Photo courtesy Ozan Kilic [Flickr]

Karaburun
TR 127 Rumeli Rumeli (Türkeli Feneri)
latitude 41° 14' 3.4" N longitude 29° 6' 43.7" E

This is Turkey's tallest lighthouse. Rumeli (or Rumelia) is an old name for the Turkish possessions in Europe, and this lighthouse stands on the west side of the entrance to the Bosporus from the Black Sea. During early phases of construction, the French builders discovered that the chosen site is on top of an ancient mausoleum. They revised their plans to allow access to the mausoleum, which remains open today. Located on a hillside above the village of Rumelifeneri. (E 4956) ARLHS # TUR-053

Photo courtesy Captain Peter Mosselberger [ListOfLights]

TR 128 Rumeli Burnu

ARLHS # TUR-060

TR 129 Anadolu Feneri
latitude 41° 13' 2.3" N longitude 29° 9' 7.6" E

Anadolu is the Turkish name for Anatolia, and the lighthouse stands on the east (Anatolian) side of the entrance to the Bosporus from the Black Sea. Located on a high promontory above the village of Anadolufeneri. ARLHS # TUR-014

Photo courtesy Alara Orhon [Flickr]

Anadolu Feneri
TR 130 Sile Sile

Built by French engineers under contract to the Ottoman Empire, the lighthouse is one of Turkey's best known and most beautiful. Located on the point of the cape about 1 km northeast of the town of Şile. ARLHS # TUR-046

Photo courtesy Kelty McKinnon [Flickr]

TR 131 Kefkenada (Kefken Island)
latitude 41° 12' 58.2" N longitude 30° 15' 29" E

One of the few islands on Turkey-s Black Sea coast, Kefken is located off Kefken Burnu, a prominent cape about 50 km east of Şile. Boat transportation to the island is available. Located near the west end of the island, overlooking the island's harbor photo ARLHS # TUR-058

TR 132 Ölüce
latitude 41° 18' 48.8" N longitude 31° 23' 57.2" E

Located on Mount Kestaneci, a prominent cape about 3 km north of Ereğli. ARLHS # TUR-044

Photo courtesy Coastal Safety Commission [Kiyi Emniyeti]

Ölüce
TR 133 Ereğli Outer Breakwater
latitude 41° 16' 23.8" N longitude 31° 24' 11.8" E

Located at the end of the new south outer breakwater of Ereğli.

TR 134 Eregli/Liman BR.

ARLHS # TUR-020

TR 135 Zonguldak North Breakwater
latitude 41° 27' 31.3" N longitude 31° 46' 45.3" E

Located at the end of the north breakwater of Zonguldak harbor. photo

TR 136 Zonguldak West Breakwater
latitude 41° 27' 25.7" N longitude 31° 46' 51.7" E

Located at the end of the west breakwater of Zonguldak harbor.

Photo courtesy Coastal Safety Commission [Kiyi Emniyeti]

Zonguldak West Breakwater
TR 137 Zonguldak Zonguldak
latitude 41° 27' 52.5" N longitude 31° 47' 15.4" E

The light station is adjacent to a city park. Located on a high promontory at the northeast entrance to Zonguldak harbor. ARLHS # TUR-057

Photo courtesy lokman önsoy [Flickr]

TR 138 Bartin Limani North Breakwater
latitude 41° 41' 14.5" N longitude 32° 13' 24.7" E

Located at the end of the north breakwater of Bartin harbor, 12 km northwest of the city. photo

TR 139 Bartin Limani South Breakwater
latitude 41° 41' 9.7" N longitude 32° 13' 33.8" E

Located at the end of the south breakwater of Bartin harbor.

Photo courtesy Coastal Safety Commission [Kiyi Emniyeti]

Bartin Limani South Breakwater
TR 140 Demirli Burnu Demirli Burnu
latitude 41° 40' 49.3" N longitude 32° 13' 31.4" E

Located on a promontory on the south side of Bartin harbor, 12 km northwest of the city.

Photo courtesy Coastal Safety Commission [Kiyi Emniyeti]

TR 141 Amasra
latitude 41° 45' 10.5" N longitude 32° 22' 59.1" E

Amasra is a small port about 15 km northeast of the city of Bartin. This light is a sibling of the Sinop lighthouse. Located atop a cliff on the north side of a steep-sided island northwest of Amasra harbor.

Photo courtesy Nosferatü [wikipedia]

Amasra
TR 142 Amasra South Breakwater Amasra South Breakwater
latitude 41° 44' 43" N longitude 32° 23' 44.2" E

Located at the end of the south (really the east) breakwater.

Photo courtesy Dominic Marra [Flickr]

TR 143 Amasra North Breakwater
latitude 41° 44' 51.1" N longitude 32° 23' 53" E

Located at the end of the north breakwater.

Photo courtesy Safak TORTU [Flickr]

Amasra North Breakwater
TR 144 Kurucaşile

Located on a promontory just west of the harbor of Kurucaşile.

TR 145 Kerempe
latitude 42° 37.7" N longitude 33° 19' 56.6" E

This lighthouse is on a mountainous cape, at the top of a cliff about 800 m from the shore. Located about 8 km west of Doğanyurt. It is however accessible by road. photo ARLHS # TUR-007

TR 146 Inebolu
latitude 41° 58' 46" N longitude 33° 45' 49.9" E

Located on a promontory overlooking the harbor of Inebolu.

Photo courtesy Coastal Safety Commission [Kiyi Emniyeti]

Inebolu
TR 147 Inebolu North Breakwater Inebolu North Breakwater
latitude 41° 58' 50.7" N longitude 33° 46' 24.5" E

Located at the end of the north (outer) breakwater of Inebolu.

Photo courtesy Coastal Safety Commission [Kiyi Emniyeti]

TR 148 Usta Burnu (Ayancik)
latitude 41° 58' 34.1" N longitude 34° 29' 22.9" E

Located on a prominent cape at Çaylıoğlu, about 8 km west of Ayancik.

TR 149 Ince Burnu (Black Sea) (Sinop)

This lighthouse stands on the northernmost point of Turkey. Note: Turkey has several other Ince Buruns. Located on the point of the cape, about 25 km west northwest of Sinop. ARLHS # TUR-005

Photo courtesy Kerim Arli [Flickr]

Ince Burnu (Black Sea)
TR 150 Sinop Sinop (Boztepe Burnu)
latitude 42° 1' 9.8" N longitude 35° 12' 29.3" E

This might be the original lighthouse covered by stucco. Boztepe Burnu is a promontory, shaped rather like a turkey's head, that protects the harbor of Sinop, one of the oldest ports of Turkey's Black Sea coast. Located at the tip of the promontory.

Photo courtesy Coastal Safety Commission [Kiyi Emniyeti]

TR 151 Gerze (Kosk Burnu)
latitude 41° 47' 59.3" N longitude 35° 10' 23.3" E

Located on a sharp promontory that shelters the harbor of Gerze, about 25 km south of Sinop photo

TR 152 Gerze North Mole
latitude 41° 47' 53.6" N longitude 35° 12' 13.7" E

Located at the end of the north breakwater mole of Gerze. photo

TR 153 Bafra Burnu
latitude 41° 43' 48.8" N longitude 35° 56' 46.7" E

Bafra Burnu is the cape formed by the delta of the Kizilirmak (Irmak or Halys River). Turkey's longest river, the Kizilirmak drains a large part of central Anatolia. Located about 1 km southwest of the river's mouth near Sahilkent, about 20 km north of Bafra. photo

TR 154 Plaj Feneri (Samsun)
latitude 41° 18' 52.3" N longitude 36° 20' 18.3" E

The lighthouse is part of an extensive beach redevelopment project being undertaken by the city of Samsun. The lighthouse resembles the original lighthouse. That lighthouse disappeared sometime in the 1930s or 1940s. Located near the base of the Samsun North Mole.

Photo courtesy Muammer Ay [panoramio]

Plaj Feneri
TR 155 Samsun East Mole Samsun East Mole
latitude 41° 18' 28.3" N longitude 36° 21' 3.1" E

Located at the end of the east mole of Samsun harbor.

Photo courtesy Faik Alkan Tetic

TR 156 Samsun North Mole
latitude 41° 18' 34.6" N longitude 36° 21' 21.2" E

Located at the end of the north mole of Samsun harbor. photo

TR 157 Çiva Burnu
latitude 41° 22' 2.6" N longitude 36° 40' 42" E

Çiva Burnu (Cape Civa or Cape Mercury) is the wedge-shaped delta of the Yeşilirmak (Iris) River. Presently the river flows into the sea at the point of the cape. The lighthouse is 2.5 km southeast of the river mouth and about 30 km northeast of the city of Samsun. ARLHS # TUR-002

Photo courtesy Coastal Safety Commission [Kiyi Emniyeti]

Çiva Burnu
TR 158 Çalti Burnu Çalti Burnu
latitude 41° 15' 45.4" N longitude 37° 1' 10.5" E

Located on a cape about 7 km northeast of Terme.

Photo courtesy Coastal Safety Commission [Kiyi Emniyeti]

TR 159 Ünye
latitude 41° 8' 39.7" N longitude 37° 17' 32.1" E

Located on a promontory sheletering the harbor of Ünye.

Photo courtesy yasin aydın [panoramio]

Ünye
TR 160 Fatsa Yaliköy Breakwater
latitude 41° 3' 4.8" N longitude 37° 36' 30.8" E

Located at the end of the breakwater at Yaliköy, a small port about 12 km east of Fatsa. photo

TR 161 Yasun Burnu Deniz Feneri
latitude 41° 8' 9.9" N longitude 37° 40' 55.9" E

Located at the tip of a very sharp promontory about 8 km west of Çam Burnu.

Photo courtesy Zafer Üstün [Panoramio]

Yasun Burnu Deniz Feneri
TR 161C Vonakasabann (old)
latitude 41° 6' 57" N longitude 37° 47' 9.9" E

Çam Burnu (Pine Point) is a common geographical name in Turkey. Located on a prominent cape 5 km north of Perşembe and 25 km northwest of Ordu. photo ARLHS # TUR-067

TR 162 Ordu (Piramet)
latitude 41° 1' 11.4" N longitude 37° 51' 23.2" E

Located at the end of the north (outer) breakwater at Kumbaşi, about 4 km northwest of Ordu. photo

TR 163 Giresun
latitude 40° 55' 18.2" N longitude 38° 23' 21.3" E

Located on a steep hillside overlooking the base of the breakwater of Giresun. ARLHS # TUR-070

Photo courtesy Coastal Safety Commission [Kiyi Emniyeti]

Giresun
TR 164 Çamburnu (Zefre) (Hisarustu-Giresun) ARLHS # TUR-068
TR 165 Eynesil (Eynesil-Giresun)
latitude 41° 4' 43.3" N longitude 39° 9' 48.8" E

Located on a prominent cape about 3 km northeast of the town of Eynesil, built within the walls of the fortress. photo ARLHS # TUR-069

TR 166 Yoroz Burnu Fenerý (Trabzon)
latitude 41° 6' 23.9" N longitude 39° 25' 8.2" E

Located on Yoroz Burnu (Cape Yoroz), a very prominent headland about 13 km northeast of Vakfikevir and about 35 km west of the city of Trabzon. ARLHS # TUR-010

Photo courtesy Alper Gürdal [Panoramio]

Yoroz Burnu Fenerý
TR 167 Trabzon Güzelhisar
latitude 41° 30" N longitude 39° 44' 5.8" E

The light stands in front of the historic citadel (güzelhisar) of Trabzond. Located on a promontory a short distance west of Trabzond harbor. photo

The original lighthouse was a short masonry tower attached to a keeper's house, very similar to the surviving Sinop lighthouse (see photo above). TR150

TR 168 Arakli Burnu
latitude 40° 57' 24" N longitude 40° 2' 32.6" E

Located on a prominent cape about 3 km northwest of Arakli. This is just off the coastal highway.

Photo courtesy Coastal Safety Commission [Kiyi Emniyeti]

Arakli Burnu
TR 169N Arakli North Breakwater
latitude 40° 56' 43.7" N longitude 40° 3' 20.5" E

Located at the end of the north (outer) breakwater at Arakli. This pier may not be walkable. photo

TR 169 Arakli South Breakwater
latitude 40° 56' 42.4" N longitude 40° 3' 13.6" E

Located at the end of the south (inner) breakwater at Arakli.

Photo courtesy M.Yilmaz [panoramio]

Arakli South Breakwater
TR 170 Pazar South Breakwater Pazar South Breakwater
latitude 41° 10' 55.4" N longitude 40° 52' 45.6" E

Located at the end of the south (inner) breakwater at Pazar.

Photo courtesy Coskun Oguz Namli [panoramio]

TR 171 Pazar North Breakwater
latitude 41° 10' 59.9" N longitude 40° 52' 49.4" E

Located at the end of the north (outer) breakwater at Pazar.

Photo courtesy Coskun Oguz Namli [panoramio]

Pazar North Breakwater
TR 172 Rize (Piryos Burnu)

Located on a bluff overlooking the harbor of Rize. Since the tower is close to the coastal road it should be easy to spot.

TR 173 Hopa (Çamh Burnu)
latitude 41° 22' 39.3" N longitude 41° 22' 7.5" E

Located beside the coastal highway, on a headland about 4 km northeast of Arhavi and 12 km southwest of the town of Hopa. ARLHS # TUR-016

Photo courtesy tutasteperde [Panoramio]

Hopa
TR 174 Hopa-Sarp (Sarp Range Front)
latitude 41° 22' 39.3" N longitude 41° 22' 7.5" E

These range lights were built following an agreement between Turkey and the Soviet Union establishing the boundary between the two countries- 12-mile territorial waters; the range line lies along this sea boundary. Sarp is a town on the border. Located just south of the Georgian border near the waterfront. photo

The rear light is just on the Georgian side of the border and is listed under Georgia. GE1 ARLHS # TUR-071

TR 175 Hopa Outer Breakwater
latitude 41° 25' 13" N longitude 41° 25' 46.5" E

Located at the end of the outer (west) breakwater of Hopa.

Photo courtesy Xopuri08 [panoramio]

Hopa Outer Breakwater
TR 176 Hopa Inner Breakwater Hopa Inner Breakwater
latitude 41° 24' 55" N longitude 41° 25' 49" E

Located at the end of the inner (east) breakwater of Hopa, Turkey's easternmost Black Sea port.

Photo courtesy Xopuri08 [p]

TR 177 Delik Adasi ARLHS # TUR-018
TR 178 Ilyasdagi ARLHS # TUR-004
TR 179 Kara

ARLHS # TUR-035