# TÜBİTAK National Observatory

*Observatory*

TÜBİTAK National Observatory, Bakırlıtepe

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| --- | --- |
| Where it is | 36.8200° N, 30.3400° E |
| State | TR |
| What is done there | optical observatory |
| Main mirror | 1.5 m |
| Still working | yes |

Test ranges, observatories and ground stations are a hand-picked list kept in this project rather than a published catalogue: no catalogue answers which of the world's thousands of observing sites belong on a map of it. The article below is what lets the choice be argued with.

## What it is

Turkish National Observatories is a ground-based astronomical observatory operated by the TUG Turkish National Observatories. Established in 1991, it is located at an altitude of 2,450 m (8,040 ft) in Bakırtepe, around 50 km (31 mi) west-southwest of Antalya in southern Turkey.

## Elsewhere

- This place on the live map: https://www.orbitalmap.space/?at=36.82,30.34
- The article this row is vouched by: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%9CB%C4%B0TAK_National_Observatory
- Every object: https://www.orbitalmap.space/o/
- What this site is and what it reads: https://www.orbitalmap.space/llms.txt

## Where this came from

Compiled 2026-09-17. Selected by hand for this project. Description from Wikipedia (en). Description: CC BY-SA 4.0.