List of castles in Turkey
Castles in Turkey were built in the Ancient and Medieval Times. The Turkish names for castle are kale, şato and hisar. Thus the names of some castles have -kale or -hisarı suffixes.
Province | Name | Image or coordinates | Era of initial construction/ of present remains |
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Adana Province | |||
Yılankale | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | ||
Yumurtalık/Ayas | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | ||
Anavarza Castle | Roman Empire Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Crusaders | ||
Kizlar Kalesi | 36°50′39″N 35°36′30″E / 36.84417°N 35.60833°E / 36.84417; 35.60833 | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | |
Tumlu | 37°9′1″N 35°42′5″E / 37.15028°N 35.70139°E / 37.15028; 35.70139 | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | |
Kozan Castle | Assyrians Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Mamluk Egypt | ||
Afyonkarahisar Province | Afyonkarahisar Castle | Hittites Seljuks | |
Köroğlu | 38°56′54″N 30°52′48″E / 38.94833°N 30.88000°E / 38.94833; 30.88000 | Unknown | |
Amasya Province | Amasya Castle | Roman Empire | |
Ankara Province | Ankara Castle | Roman Empire | |
Antalya Province | Alara Castle | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | |
Alanya Castle | Seljuks of Rum | ||
Gazipaşa | 36°15′31″N 32°16′57″E / 36.25861°N 32.28250°E / 36.25861; 32.28250 | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | |
Simena Castle | Seljuks of Rum | ||
Dereagzi Castle | 36°20′1″N 29°48′59″E / 36.33361°N 29.81639°E / 36.33361; 29.81639 | Unknown | |
Ardahan Province | Ardahan Castle | Ottoman Empire | |
Kazan Castle | Turkmens from Kazan | ||
Savaşır Castle | Unknown | ||
Şeytan Castle | Urartu | ||
Bartın Province | Amasra Castle | Roman Empire | |
Bayburt Province | Bayburt Castle | ||
Çanakkale Province | Bozcaada Castle | Ottoman Empire | |
Kilitbahir Castle | Ottoman Empire | ||
Diyarbakır Province | Zerzevan Castle | Roman Empire | |
Elazığ Province | Harput Castle | Urartu | |
Eskişehir Province | Karacahisar Castle | Byzantine Empire | |
Gaziantep Province | Birecik Castle | Assyria | |
Gaziantep Castle | Roman Empire | ||
Hatay Province | Bagras Castle | Byzantine Empire | |
Koz Castle | Crusaders | ||
Isparta Province | Eğirdir Castle | Byzantine Empire | |
Istanbul Province | Anadoluhisari | Ottoman Empire | |
Riva Castle | Byzantine Empire | ||
Rumelihisari | Ottoman Empire | ||
Yoros Castle | Phoenicia Republic of Genoa | ||
Izmir Province | Asar Castle | ||
Ayasuluk Castle | |||
Çandarlı Castle | Unknown | ||
Çeşme Castle | Ottoman Empire | ||
Foça Castle | Republic of Genoa | ||
Görece Castle | |||
Kadifekale | Hellenistic period | ||
Keçi Castle | 38°01′28″N 27°25′20″E / 38.02444°N 27.42222°E / 38.02444; 27.42222 | ||
Metropolis Castle | |||
Nif Castle | |||
Sancakburnu Castle | 38°25′02″N 27°01′04″E / 38.41722°N 27.01778°E / 38.41722; 27.01778 | ||
Sığacık Castle | Seljuk Empire | ||
Kahramanmaraş Province | Kahramanmaraş Castle | ||
Karaman Province | Karaman Castle | Byzantine Empire | |
Kars Province | Kars Castle | Ottoman Empire | |
Kastamonu Province | Kastamonu Castle | Byzantine Empire | |
Kayseri Province | Kayseri Castle | Byzantine Empire | |
Konya Province | Gevele Castle | 37°54′6″N 32°23′11″E / 37.90167°N 32.38639°E / 37.90167; 32.38639 | Unknown |
Ilgın Castle | 38°18′40″N 32°3′2″E / 38.31111°N 32.05056°E / 38.31111; 32.05056 | Unknown | |
Mersin Province | Çandır Castle | Byzantine Empire | |
Belenkeşlik Castle | Byzantine Empire or Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | ||
Dağlı Castle | Roman Empire | ||
Gözne Castle | Byzantine Empire | ||
Gülek Castle | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | ||
Evciler Castle | Byzantine Empire or Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | ||
Hisarın Castle | Hellenistic Period (?) | ||
Kara Castle | Byzantine Empire | ||
Kızlar Castle | Roman Empire | ||
Kızkalesi | Byzantine Empire Cilician Kingdom of Armenia | ||
Mamure Castle | ] | Seljuks of Rum | |
Mancınık Castle | Hellenistic period | ||
Meydankale | Hellenistic | ||
Meydancık Castle | Pirandu (Luwians) | ||
Mut Castle | Byzantine Empire Karamanids | ||
Namrun Castle | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | ||
Silifke Castle | Byzantine Empire | ||
Sinap Castle | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | ||
Softa Castle | Roman Empire | ||
Tokmar Castle | Byzantine Empire | ||
Yaka Castle | Crusades | ||
Yelbiz Castle | |||
Yeniyurt Castle | Hellenistic period Byzantine Empire | ||
Muğla Province | Bodrum Castle | Knights Hospitaller | |
Marmaris Castle | Knights Hospitaller Ottoman Empire | ||
Ordu Province | Bolaman Castle | ||
Kevgürk Castle | |||
Ünye Castle | Byzantine Empire Empire of Trebizond | ||
Osmaniye Province | Hemite Castle | Crusaders | |
Bodrumkale | |||
Toprakkale | Abbasid Empire | ||
Servantikar | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | ||
Rize Province | Kız Kulesi | ||
Rize Castle | Byzantine Empire | ||
Zilkale | Byzantine Empire | ||
Sinop Province | Boyabat Castle | Paphlagonia Ottoman Empire | |
Sinop Castle | Ancient Greeks Kingdom of Pontus Byzantine Empire | ||
Şanlıurfa Province | Harran Castle | Byzantine Empire (?) | |
Şanlıurfa Castle | Osroene | ||
Rumkale | Byzantine Empire | ||
Tokat Province | Tokat Castle | Byzantine Empire | |
Trabzon Province | Trabzon Castle | Byzantine Empire | |
Tunceli Province | Pertek Castle | Seljuk Empire | |
Van Province | Toprakkale | Urartu | |
Van Castle | Urartu | ||
Hoşap Castle |
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- Afyonkarahisar Castle
- Akçakoca Castle
- Alanya Castle
- Alara Castle
- Amasra Fortress
- Amasya Castle
- Anadoluhisarı
- Anavarza Castle
- Ankara Castle
- Ardahan Castle
- Babakale Castle
- Bagras Castle
- Belenkeşlik Castle
- Bodrum Castle
- Bodrumkale Castle
- Bolaman Castle
- Boyabat Castle
- Bozcaada Castle
- Cemilli Castle
- Çandarlı Castle
- Çandır Castle
- Çeşme Castle
- Dağlı Castle
- Diyarbakır Fortress
- Eğirdir Castle
- Foça Castle
- Gaziantep Castle
- Gömeç Kulesi
- Gözne Castle
- Güvercinada Castle
- Harput Castle
- Harran Castle
- Hebilli Castle
- Hemite Castle
- Hisarın Castle
- Hoşap Castle
- İbrahim Pasha Casemates
- Kadifekale
- Kahramanmaraş Castle
- Kalepark
- Karacahisar Castle
- Karaman Castle
- Kara Castle
- Kars Castle
- Kastamonu Castle
- Kayseri Castle
- Kaysun
- Kevgürk Castle
- Kızıl Tower
- Kiz Kulesi
- Kızkalesi
- Kızlar Kalesi
- Kol Kalesi
- Koz Castle
- Kozan Castle
- Kuzucubelen Castle
- Loulon
- Mamure Castle
- Mancınık Castle
- Mardin Castle
- Marmaris Castle
- Meydan Castle
- Meydancık Castle
- Mut Castle
- Namrun Castle
- Pertek Castle
- Ravendel
- Riva Castle
- Rize Castle
- Roche de Roissel
- Roche-Guillaume
- Rumelihisari
- Rumkale
- Samsun Castle
- Sarvandikar
- Silifke Castle
- Sinap Castle
- Sinop Fortress
- Softa Castle
- Şanlıurfa Castle
- Şavşat Castle
- Şeytan Castle
- Şile Castle
- Tece Castle
- Tekkadın Castle
- Tokat Castle
- Tokmar Castle
- Toprakkale
- Trabzon Castle
- Trapessac
- Turbessel
- Yaka Castle
- Van Castle
- Yedikule Fortress
- Yelbiz Castle
- Yeniyurt Castle
- Yılankale
- Yoros Castle
- Zerzevan Castle
- Zilkale