Like some aerials originally located in outskirts of Izmir (11)

I believe the answer is:

directional

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'like some aerials originally located in outskirts of izmir' is the definition.
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'originally located in outskirts of izmir' is the wordplay.
'originally' indicates anagramming the letters.
'outskirts of' means to remove the middle letters (only letters on the outskirts).
'izmir' with its centre removed is 'ir'.
'located'+'in'+'ir'='locatedinir'
'locatedinir' is an anagram of 'DIRECTIONAL'.

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