List of castles in Turkey

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 or coordinates	Era of construction
Adana Province
	Yılankale		Crusaders Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
	Yumurtalık Ayas		Crusaders Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
	Anavarza Castle		Roman Empire
	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
	Afyonkarahisar Province
Afyonkarahisar			Hittites
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
Çanakkale Province	Bozcaada Castle		Ottoman Empire
Çanakkale Province	Kilitbahir Castle		Ottoman Empire
Gaziantep Province	Birecik Castle		Assyria
Gaziantep Province	Gaziantep Castle		Roman Empire
Hatay Province	Bagras Castle		Byzantine Empire
Hatay Province	Koz Castle		Crusaders
Istanbul Province	Anadoluhisari		Ottoman Empire
	Riva Castle		Byzantine Empire
	Rumelihisari		Ottoman Empire
	Yoros Castle		Phoenicia Republic of Genoa
Izmir Province	Kadifekale		Hellenistic period
Izmir Province	Çeşme Castle		Ottoman Empire
Kahramanmaraş Province	Kahramanmaraş Castle
Kars Province	Kars Castle		Ottoman Empire
Kastamonu Province	Kastamonu Castle		Bayzantine 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
Konya Province	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
	Dağlı Castle		Roman Empire
	Gözne Castle		Byzantine Empire
	Hisarın Castle		Hellenistic Period (?)
	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 Rmpire
	Tokmar Castle		Byzantine Empire
	Yaka Castle		Crusades
	Yelbiz Castle
	Yeniyurt Castle		Hellenistic period Byzantine Empire
Muğla Province	Bodrum Castle		Knights Hospitaller
Muğla Province	Marmaris Castle		Knights Hospitaller Ottoman Empire
Ordu Province	Bolaman Castle
	Kevgürk Castle
	Ünye Castle
Osmaniye Province	Hemite Castle		Crusaders
	Bodrumkale
	Toprakkale		Abbasid Empire
	Servantikar		Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Rize Province	Rize Castle		Byzantine Empire
Rize Province	Zilkale		Byzantine Empire
Sinop Province	Boyabat Castle		Paphlagonia Ottoman Empire
Şanlıurfa Province	Şanlıurfa Castle		Osroene
Şanlıurfa Province	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 Province	Van Castle		Urartu

Castles in Turkey

Afyonkarahisar Castle Alanya Castle Alara Castle Amasya Castle Anadoluhisarı Anavarza Castle Ankara Castle Ayas Castle Bagras Castle Birecik Castle Bodrum Castle Bodrumkale Castle Bolaman Castle Boyabat Castle Bozcaada Castle Cemilli Castle Çandır Castle Çeşme Castle Dağlı Castle Diyarbakır Fortress Gaziantep Castle Gözne Castle Hebilli Castle Hemite Castle Hisarın Castle Hoşap Castle Kadifekale Kahramanmaraş Castle Kaleköy Castle Kalepark Karaman Castle Kars Castle Kastamonu Castle Kayseri Castle Kevgürk Castle Kızkalesi Kızlar Kalesi Kol Kalesi Koz Castle Mamure Castle Mancınık Castle Marmaris Castle Meydan Castle Meydancık Castle Mut Castle Namrun Castle Pertek Castle Riva Castle Rize Castle Rumelihisari Rumkale Samsun Castle Savaşır Castle Servantikar Silifke Castle Sinap Castle Softa Castle Şanlıurfa Castle Şeytan Castle Şile Castle Tece Castle Tokat Castle Tokmar Castle Toprakkale Trabzon Castle Trapessac Yaka Castle Van Castle Yelbiz Castle Yeniyurt Castle Yılankale Yoros Castle Zilkale

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List of castles in Turkey

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