Şile is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 800 km2, and its population is 43,464 (2022). Bordering Şile is the province...
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Şile Castle (Turkish: Şile Kalesi) or Ocaklı Ada Castle is a castle located on Ocaklı Island in the Şile district of Istanbul. It was criticized for its...
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castles, Yoros and Şile in 1391 AD (793 AH). It was first recorded in the archives as Revan Kalesi in 1778-1779 AD (1192 AH). RIVA KALESI (in Turkish) Riva...
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Alanya Castle (redirect from Alanya Kalesi)
Alanya Castle (Alanya Kalesi) is a medieval castle in the southern Turkish city of Alanya. Most of the castle was built in the 13th century under the Seljuq...
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Van Fortress (redirect from Van Kalesi)
Վանի Բերդ, also known as Van Citadel; Kurdish: Kela Wanê; Turkish: Van Kalesi) is a massive stone fortification built by the ancient kingdom of Urartu...
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Anavarza Castle (redirect from Anavarza Kalesi)
Castle Kaysun Kevgürk Castle Kızıl Tower Kiz Kulesi Kızkalesi Kızlar Kalesi Kol Kalesi Koz Castle Kozan Castle Kuzucubelen Castle Loulon Mamure Castle Mancınık...
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Nevşehir Castle (Turkish: Nevşehir Kalesi) is a historic castle in the city of Nevşehir, overlooking the underground city of Kayaşehir. [better source needed]...
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Bayburt Castle (Turkish: Bayburt Kalesi) is a historic castle on a hill overlooking Bayburt, Turkey. Located on the bank of Çoruh River in its upper basin...
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Gündoğan, Oğuzeli (redirect from Tilbaraş Kalesi)
Castle Kaysun Kevgürk Castle Kızıl Tower Kiz Kulesi Kızkalesi Kızlar Kalesi Kol Kalesi Koz Castle Kozan Castle Kuzucubelen Castle Loulon Mamure Castle Mancınık...
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Dağlı Castle (redirect from Dağlı Kalesi)
Dağlı Castle (Turkish: Dağlı Kalesi) is a castle ruin in Mersin Province, Turkey The castle is around Dağlı Village of Erdemli District at 36°42′23″N 34°15′18″E...
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Ankara Castle (Turkish: Ankara Kalesi) is a historic fortification in the city of Ankara, Turkey, constructed in or after the 7th century. The earliest...
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The Castle of Afyonkarahisar (Turkish: Afyonkarahisar Kalesi, lit. '"Black Opium Castle" Fortress') is a historical fortification, which was built around...
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Lampron (redirect from Namrun Kalesi)
Lampron (Armenian: Լամբրոն; French: Les Embruns; Turkish: Namrun Kalesi) is a castle near the town of Çamlıyayla in Mersin Province, Turkey. While part...
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Mamure Castle (Turkish: Mamure Kalesi) is a medieval castle in the Bozdoğan village, Anamur ilçe (district) of Mersin Province, Turkey. The castle is on...
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Kızlar Castle (redirect from Kizlar Kalesi)
Kızlar Kalesi (literally "Maidens' castle") is a castle ruin in Mersin Province, Turkey. The castle ruin is situated in Tarsus district of Mersin Province...
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The Fortress of Kaysun (Turkish: Keysun Kalesi) is located near the village of Çakırhüyük, which used to be named Keysun, in the Adıyaman Province of rural...
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Trapessac (redirect from Trapesak Kalesı)
Trapessac (Turkish: Darbı Sak Kalesi) is a medieval fortress located 4 km north of the town of Kırıkhan in Hatay Province, Turkey. Trapessac was constructed...
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Castle, Karaca Hisar Castle or Karajahisar Castle (Turkish: Karacahisar Kalesi, Greek: Κάστρο Καρακαχίσαρ) is a ruined Byzantine castle on a plateau near...
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Gaziantep Castle (Turkish: Gaziantep Kalesi) is a castle on top of a mound in the centre of Gaziantep, Turkey. First used as an observation point during...
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Bozcaada Castle (redirect from Bozcaada Kalesi)
Bozcaada Castle (Turkish: Bozcaada kalesi) is a castle in the Turkish island of Bozcaada (known as Tenedos before the 15th century). The castle is in the...
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Castle Kaysun Kevgürk Castle Kızıl Tower Kiz Kulesi Kızkalesi Kızlar Kalesi Kol Kalesi Koz Castle Kozan Castle Kuzucubelen Castle Loulon Mamure Castle Mancınık...
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Silifke Castle (Turkish: Silifke kalesi) is a medieval castle in Turkey. The castle is in Silifke district of Mersin Province. It is situated to the west...
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Bodrum Castle (Turkish: Bodrum Kalesi) is a historical fortification located in southwest Turkey in the port city of Bodrum, built from 1402 onwards, by...
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the Frankish castle of Savranda and is officially known today as Savranda Kalesi. The site is a medieval castle in the former Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia...
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Karaman Castle (Turkish: Karaman Kalesi) is in the city of Karaman, Turkey. The castle is on a tumulus, although its altitude is 1,045 metres (3,428 ft)...
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Castle Kaysun Kevgürk Castle Kızıl Tower Kiz Kulesi Kızkalesi Kızlar Kalesi Kol Kalesi Koz Castle Kozan Castle Kuzucubelen Castle Loulon Mamure Castle Mancınık...
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Çandır Castle (redirect from Çandır Kalesi)
Çandır Castle (Turkish: Çandır Kalesi) the medieval Armenian site of Paperon (Armenian: Պապեռոն, also known as Barbaron), is a fortification in Mersin...
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Rumkale (redirect from Rum Kalesi)
February 2024. Honigmann, Ernst & Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1995). "Rūm Ḳalʿesi". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Lecomte, G. (eds...
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Castle Kaysun Kevgürk Castle Kızıl Tower Kiz Kulesi Kızkalesi Kızlar Kalesi Kol Kalesi Koz Castle Kozan Castle Kuzucubelen Castle Loulon Mamure Castle Mancınık...
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Yoros Castle (Turkish: Yoros Kalesi) is a ruined castle dating back to Byzantine times that stands above the confluence of the Bosphorus and the Black...
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