Niksar
Niksar in Tokat: ancient Neocaesarea, a huge castle with the 1158 Yağıbasan Madrasa, Danishmend and Seljuk…
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Castles
Castles and fortresses across Turkey, Byzantine, Seljuk, Armenian and Ottoman. Most sit on high ground above a town or a river crossing, which is exactly why they were built there, and it is also why they are worth the climb. Each entry covers the history, the current condition, and access.
This category lists 8 places in Türkiye on istambul.com, including Yilan Castle, Yeni Kale, Sandıklı Castle, Kozan Castle, Gerger Castle, Afyon Castle, Adiyaman Castle and Uchisar Castle.
Ordu
Ordu travel guide: Boztepe cable car, Paşaoğlu Mansion, Cape Jason, Ünye Castle, Perşembe yayla, local food…
Osmaniye
Osmaniye travel guide: Karatepe-Aslantaş and its Hittite bilingual, Kastabala, Toprakkale and other castles, Zorkun plateau, peanuts…
Pertek Castle
Pertek Castle in Tunceli: the Mengücek-era fortress left on an island when the Keban Dam filled…
Ravanda Castle
Ravanda Castle in Kilis: a fortress carved into a cone-shaped hill, taken by Crusaders in 1097…
Rize
Rize travel guide: Ayder plateau, the Kaçkar Mountains, Fırtına Valley and Zilkale, Anzer honey and tea…
Rumkale
Rumkale on the Euphrates: cliff-top fortress, former seat of the Armenian Catholicos, reached by boat from…
Sandıklı Castle
Sandıklı Castle, also known as Sandıklı Kalesi in Turkish, is a historical fortress located in the…
Şanlıurfa Castle
Şanlıurfa Castle on Dambak hill: two 3rd-century Corinthian columns, a rock-cut moat, Nimrod legend and current…
Şanlıurfa
Şanlıurfa travel guide: Göbeklitepe, Balıklıgöl, Harran’s beehive houses, Halfeti, the mosaic museum, Urfa food, how to…
Şebinkarahisar Castle
Şebinkarahisar Castle, Pompey’s Koloneia on a black rock in inland Giresun: its Roman, Mengücek and Ottoman…
Şeytan Castle
Şeytan Castle near Çıldır, Ardahan: a fortress on a rock spur above the Karaçay canyon, with…
Sinop Historical Prison
Sinop Historical Prison, built in 1887 inside the inner citadel and reopened as a museum in…
Sinop
Sinop travel guide: the historic prison museum, Greek walls, Hamsilos inlet, Tatlıca Waterfalls and Sarıkum, and…
Tios
Tios (Tieion) at Filyos, Zonguldak: a 7th-century BC Milesian colony, birthplace of Philetaerus of Pergamon, with…
Tokat Castle
Tokat Castle: the Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman citadel on the rock above Tokat, its dungeon and…
Tokat
Tokat travel guide: Gök Medrese, Taşhan and the Seljuk old town, Ballıca Cave, Niksar and Sebastopolis,…
Toprakkale Castle
Toprakkale Castle near Osmaniye: Abbasid, Crusader, Armenian and Mamluk basalt fortress at the Çukurova crossroads, its…
Trabzon
Trabzon travel guide: Sumela Monastery, the Hagia Sophia of Trebizond, Uzungöl and the high plateaus, with…
Tunceli
Tunceli travel guide: Munzur Valley National Park, the sacred Munzur Springs at Ovacık, Pertek Castle on…
Ünye Castle
Ünye Castle near Ünye, Ordu: a Pontic and Trebizond fortress on an extinct volcanic hill, with…
Yeni Kale
Yeni Kale near Kahta in Adıyaman: a medieval castle above the Kahta River gorge, on the…
Yilan Castle
Yılan Castle, also known as Yılanlı Kale or Yılanlı Kalesi, is a historical fortress located in…
Zerzevan Castle
Zerzevan Castle near Çınar, Diyarbakır: a 4th-century Roman frontier garrison with an underground Mithraeum, church and…
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