min·a·ret 
(mĭn′ə-rĕt)
(mĭn′ə-rĕt)n.
A tall slender tower attached to a mosque, having one or more projecting balconies from which a muezzin or a recording of a muezzin summons the people to prayer.
[Ultimately (partly via French) from Ottoman Turkish mināre, from earlier menāre, from Arabic manāra, lamp, beacon tower of a fortress; see nwr in Semitic roots.]
minaretMaltepe Mosque designed by Recai Akçay (1909-1967)
Ankara, Turkey