List of castles in Turkey explained

Castles in Turkey were built in the Ancient and Medieval Times. The Turkish names for castle are Turkish: kale, Turkish: şato and Turkish: hisar. Thus the names of some castles have Turkish: -kale or Turkish: -hisarı suffixes.

Province	Name	Image or coordinates	Era of initial construction/ of present remains
Adana Province
	Yılankale
	Yumurtalık/Ayas
	Anavarza Castle		Roman Empire Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Crusaders
	Kizlar Kalesi		Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
	Tumlu		Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
	Kozan Castle		Assyrians Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Mamluk Egypt
Afyonkarahisar Province	Afyonkarahisar Castle		Hittites Seljuks
Afyonkarahisar Province	Köroğlu		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		Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
	Simena Castle		Seljuks of Rum
	Dereagzi Castle		Unknown
Ardahan Province	Ardahan Castle		Ottoman Empire Seljuks
	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
Çanakkale Province	Kilitbahir Castle		Ottoman Empire
Diyarbakır Province			Roman Empire
Elazığ Province	Harput Castle		Urartu
Eskişehir Province	Karacahisar Castle		Byzantine Empire
Gaziantep Province	Birecik Castle		Assyria
Gaziantep Province	Gaziantep Castle		Roman Empire
Hatay Province	Bagras Castle		Byzantine Empire
Hatay Province	Koz Castle		Crusaders
Isparta Province	Eğirdir Castle		Byzantine Empire
Istanbul Province	Anadoluhisari		Ottoman Empire
	Riva Castle		Byzantine Empire
	Rumelihisari		Ottoman Empire
	Yoros Castle
Izmir Province	Asar Castle

			Unknown
			Ottoman Empire
	Foça Castle		Republic of Genoa
	Görece Castle
	Kadifekale		Hellenistic period

	Metropolis Castle
	Nif Castle

			Seljuk Empire
Kahramanmaraş Province	Kahramanmaraş Castle
Karaman Province	Karaman Castle		Byzantine Empire
Kars Province	Kars Castle		Ottoman Empire
Kastamonu Province			Byzantine Empire
Kayseri Province	Kayseri Castle		Byzantine Empire
Konya Province	Gevele Castle		Unknown
Konya Province	Ilgın Castle		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
Muğla Province	Marmaris Castle		Knights Hospitaller Ottoman Empire
Ordu Province	Bolaman Castle
	Kevgürk Castle
	Ünye Castle		Byzantine Empire Empire of Trebizond
Osmaniye Province	Hemite Castle		Crusaders

	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 Province	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

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Castles in Turkey