Castles in Turkey were built in the Ancient and Medieval Times. The Turkish names for castle are kale and hisar. Thus the names of some castles have -kale or -hisarı suffixes.
Province | Name | Image | Era of construction |
---|---|---|---|
Adana Province | Ayas Castle | ![]() | |
Yılankale | ![]() |
Crusaders Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | |
Afyonkarahisar Province | Afyon Castle | ![]() |
Hittites |
Ankara Province | Ankara Castle | Roman Empire | |
Antalya Province | Alara Castle | ![]() |
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia |
Alanya Castle | ![]() |
Seljuks of Rum | |
Kaleköy Castle | ![]() | ||
Çanakkale Province | Bozcaada Castle | ![]() | |
Gaziantep Province | Birecik Castle | ![]() |
Assyria |
Gaziantep Castle | Byzantine Empire | ||
Hatay Province | Bagras Castle | ![]() |
Byzantine Empire |
İstanbul Province | Anadoluhisarı | Ottoman Empire | |
Rumelihisari | Ottoman Empire | ||
Yoros Castle | ![]() |
Phoenicia Republic of Genoa | |
İzmir Province | Kadifekale | ![]() |
Hellenistic period |
Kars Province | Kars Castle | ![]() |
Ottoman Empire |
Kayseri Province | Kayseri Castle | ![]() |
Byzantine Empire |
Mersin Province | Çandır Castle | ![]() |
Byzantine Empire |
Dağlı Castle | ![]() |
Roman Empire | |
Kızkalesi | Byzantine Empire Cilician Kingdom of Armenia | ||
Mamure Castle | ![]() |
Seljuks of Rum | |
Mancınık Castle | ![]() |
Hellenistic period | |
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 | ||
Tokmar Castle | ![]() |
Byzantine Empire | |
Yeniyurt Castle | Hellenistic period Byzantine Empire | ||
Muğla Province | Bodrum Castle | ![]() |
Knights Hospitaller |
Marmaris Castle | ![]() |
Knights Hospitaller Ottoman Empire | |
Osmaniye Province | Hemite Castle | ![]() |
Crusaders |
Toprakkale | ![]() |
Abbasid Empire | |
Rize Province | Zilkale | ![]() |
Byzantine Empire |
Sinop Province | Boyabat Castle | ![]() |
Paphlagonia Ottoman Empire |
Şanlıurfa Province | Şanlıurfa Castle | ![]() |
Osroene |
Rumkale | ![]() |
Byzantine Empire | |
Trabzon Province | Trabzon Castle | ![]() |
Byzantine Empire |
Van Province | Toprakkale | ![]() |
Urartu |
Van Castle | ![]() |
Urartu |
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