Forts in Turkey

Rumelihisarı (also known as Rumelian Fortress and Roumeli Hissar Fortress) or Boğazkesen Fortress (literally 'strait-cutter fortress') is a medieval Ottoman fortress located in Istanbul, Turkey, on a series of hills on the European banks of the Bosphorus. The fortress also lends its name to the immediate neighborhood around it in the city's Sarıyer district.

Anadoluhisarı (), known historically as Güzelce Hisar ("the Beauteous Fortress") is a medieval Ottoman fortress located in Istanbul, Turkey on the Anatolian (Asian) side of the Bosporus. The complex is the oldest surviving Turkish architectural structure built in Istanbul, and further gives its name to the neighborhood around it in the city's Beykoz district.

fortress in the city of Diyarbakır, Turkey

fortress in Istanbul, Turkey

castle in Ankara, Turkey

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Castle near Istanbul/Tyrkey

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Kadifekale (literally "the velvet castle" in Turkish) is a hilltop castle in İzmir, Turkey. The castle is located on the Mount Pagos (, Pagus under the Roman Empire) which has an elevation of 186 metres. It was built in the 3rd century BC. The castle is located at a distance of about 2 km from the shoreline and commands a general view of a large part of the city of İzmir, as well as of the Gulf of İzmir.

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mahalle (adminstrative quarter) in Oğuzeli, Gaziantep, south-central Turkey

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fortification in Dardanelles

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ruins of an ancient castle in Mersin Province, Turkey

thumb|Templar fortresses in the Outremer La Roche-Guillaume (perhaps modern-day Çalan Kalesi) was a medieval fortress of the Knights Templar located near the Syrian Gates in what is now the Hatay Province of Turkey.

castle in Silifke, Mersin, Turkey

castle in Marmaris, Turkey

castle in Bayburt,Turkey

castle in Mut, Mersin, Turkey

Roman castle in Turkey

thumb|right|Map depicting the Roman-Sasanian borders in Late Antiquity (4th–7th centuries) Bezabde or Bazabde was a fortress city on the eastern Roman frontier. Located in Zabdicene, it played a role in the Roman-Persian Wars of the 4th century. It was besieged two times in 360, narrated in detail by Ammianus Marcellinus. The Sasanians led by Shapur II captured Bezabde, despite adamant resistance from three Roman legions and local archers. The Roman counterattack led by Constantius II failed, but it returned in Roman hands after the Sasanians withdrew. Bezabde was ceded to the Sasanians by the