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Castle Attractions In Turkey

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Turkey , officially the Republic of Turkey , is a transcontinental country in Eurasia and Middle East, located mainly in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the south. The country is encircled by seas on three sides, with the Aegean Sea to the west, the Black Sea to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. The Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles, which together form the Turkish Straits, divid...
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Castle Attractions In Turkey

  • 1. Giresun Castle Giresun
    Giresun , formerly Cerasus , is the provincial capital of Giresun Province in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about 175 km west of the city of Trabzon.
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  • 3. Ankara Castle Ankara
    Ankara , historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of the Republic of Turkey. With a population of 4,587,558 in the urban center and 5,150,072 in its province , it is Turkey's second largest city after Istanbul , having outranked İzmir in the 20th century. On 23 April 1920 the Grand National Assembly of Turkey was established in Ankara, which became the headquarters of Atatürk and the Turkish National Movement during the Turkish War of Independence. Ankara became the new Turkish capital upon the establishment of the Republic on 29 October 1923, succeeding in this role the former Turkish capital Istanbul following the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The government is a prominent employer, but Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Tu...
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  • 4. Ishak Pasha Palace Dogubeyazit
    Ishak Pasha Palace is a semi-ruined palace and administrative complex located in the Doğubeyazıt district of Ağrı province of eastern Turkey. The Ishak Pasha palace is an Ottoman-period palace whose construction was started in 1685 by Colak Abdi Pasha of the Cildirogullari, the bey of Beyazit province. Construction was continued by his son İshak Pasha and completed by his grandson Mehmet Pasha. According to the inscription on its door, the Harem Section of the palace was completed by his grandson Ishak Pasha in 1784.The Ishak Pasha Palace is one of the few examples of surviving historical Turkish palaces.The palace was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 100 new lira banknote of 2005-2009.
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  • 5. Van Castle (Van Kalesi) Van
    Van is a city in eastern Turkey's Van Province, located on the eastern shore of Lake Van. The city has a long history as a major urban area. It has been a large city since the first millennium BC, initially as Tushpa, the capital of the kingdom of Urartu from the 9th century BC to the 6th century BC, and later as the center of the Armenian kingdom of Vaspurakan. Today, Van has a Kurdish majority and a sizeable Turkish minority.In 2010 the official population figure for Van was 367,419, but many estimates put it much higher with a 1996 estimate stating 500,000 and former Mayor Burhan Yengun is quoted as saying it may be as high as 600,000. The Van Central district stretches over 2,289 square kilometres .
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  • 6. Amasra Castle Amasra
    Amasra is a small Black Sea port town in the Bartın Province, Turkey, formerly known as Amastris. The town is today much appreciated for its beaches and natural setting, which has made tourism the most important activity for its inhabitants. In 2010 the population was 6,500. Amasra has two islands: the bigger one is called Büyük ada , the smaller one Tavşan adası .
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  • 7. Alanya Kalesi (Castle) Alanya
    Alanya Castle is a medieval castle in the southern Turkish city of Alanya.
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  • 8. Kastamonu Kalesi Kastamonu
    Kastamonu Castle is a medieval castle in Kastamonu, Turkey.
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  • 9. Rize Kalesi Rize
    Rize Province is a province of northeast Turkey, on the eastern Black Sea coast between Trabzon and Artvin. The province of Erzurum is to the south. it was formerly known as Lazistan, the designation of the term of Lazistan was officially banned in 1926, by Kemalists. Its capital is the city of Rize. The province is home to Laz, Hemshin, Turkish people and Georgian communities. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spent his early childhood in Rize, where his father was a member of the Turkish Coast Guard.
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  • 11. Sinop Castle Sinop
    Sinop Archaeological Museum, or Sinop Museum , is a national museum in Sinop, Turkey, exhibiting archaeological artifacts found in and around the city.
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  • 14. Boyabat Kalesi Sinop
    Boyabat Castle, is a castle in the town of Boyabat, Sinop Province, Turkey built by the Paphlagonians in antiquity and reconstructed under Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman rule. The castle is situated in the Gökırmak Valley and built on the southern of two steep rocky hills. It functions as a museum today.
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  • 15. Bozcaada Kalesi Bozcaada
    Bozcaada Castle is a castle in the Turkish island of Bozcaada .
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