Castles in Turkey

Düziçi is a town in Osmaniye Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Düziçi District. Its population is 56,724 (2022). It is located in a small plain in the foothills of the Nur Mountains and 440 m above the sea level.

fortress in the city of Diyarbakır, Turkey

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castle in Ankara, Turkey

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Rumkale (; ) is a ruined fortress on the Euphrates, located in the province of Gaziantep and 50 km west of Şanlıurfa.

thumb|19th-century view of castle Lampron by Victor Langlois

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castle in the Çıldır district in Turkey

Yılankale ( in Turkish) is a late 12th–13th century Armenian castle in Adana Province of Turkey. It is known in Armenian as Levonkla ( "Levon's fortress") after its possible founder—King Leo (Levon) I the Magnificent (r. 1198/9–1219) of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Medieval Armenian names attached to the site are Kovara and Vaner.

thumb|300px|What remains today of the fortress. thumb|300px|Construction of the warehouse of the Genoese in Trebizond (Leonkastron). Fantastical fresco by Luca Cambiasi, painted around 1571. Palazzo Lercari-Parodi in Genoa.

thumb|Güvercinada Island Güvercinada () is an island in western Turkey connected to mainland Kuşadası of Aydın Province via a relatively narrow, man-made causeway which is in length.

thumb|Trapessac fortress Trapessac () is a medieval fortress located 4 km north of the town of Kırıkhan in Hatay Province, Turkey. Trapessac was constructed in the 12th century by the Knights Templar and, together with the nearby fortress at Bagras, guarded the Syrian Gates, the principal pass between the coastal region of Cilicia and inland Syria.

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castle in Mardin, Turkey

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castle in Şanlıurfa, Turkey

castle in İzmir, western Turkey

'''Q'ueli () or Q'uelis-tsikhe''' (ყუელისციხე, "fortress of Q'ueli") was a medieval Georgian fortress atop the homonymous mountain of the Arsiani Range (Yalnızçam Dağları), now within the boundaries of Turkey, where it is known as Kol Kalesi or Kuvel Kalesi. Its Georgian name is alternatively transliterated as Qveli, Kveli, K'veli, Qvelis-ts'ikhe or Qvelis-c'ixe. First appearing in the early 10th-century Georgian sources, Q'ueli was one of the principal fortifications of the province of Samtskhe until being conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century.

thumbnail|The ruins of Amouda Castle thumb|Amouda Castle and Ceyhan River The castle of Amouda Crusader castle, formerly in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, and today close to the village of Gökçedam in the Turkish Province of Osmaniye. The castle was deeded by the Armenian king Levon I to the Teutonic Knights in 1212 (Barber 2008) and rebuilt by them in the 13th century. It earned revenue for the Teutonic Order from the surrounding land. According to contemporary sources, the castle provided shelter for 2,200 people during the invasion by the Mamluks in 1266.

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Eğrigöz is a village in Emet District of Kütahya Province, Turkey. As of 2022, its population is 172. Eğrigöz is known for its old fortress, which is on a hill just east of the village. It was also a district capital under Ottoman rule in the early modern period.

castle in Kayseri, Turkey

fortress in Toroslar, Mersin Province, Turkey

Tokat-centered castle, Turkey

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castle in northern Turkey

castle in Bayburt,Turkey

castle in Rize Province, Turkey

castle in Marmaris, Turkey

castle in Silifke, Mersin, Turkey