The absolute centre of Izmir is the clock tower, which was built in 1901. The clock itself was a present to the Sultan from German Emperor Wilhelm II. The tiny mosque behind is named 'Ingiliz (English) Ayse’, but there is not much evidence as to who built it or who was this lady called ‘Ingiliz Ayse’. To the north, you will see a statue holding a flag in one hand and a gun in the other. He was a journalist who first resisted the Greek during the WWI: Hasan Tahsin. If you walk to the old white building to the east, which still serves the city, you can enter Kemeralti along the street next to it.