Gavur Castle

Gavur Castle
Gavur Kalesi
General information
Location	Haymana, Dereköy
Town or city	Ankara
Country	Turkey
Construction started	1600-1700 BC

Gavur Castle, formerly known as Ghiaour and Giaour castle,[1] all meaning infidel's castle (from Gavur), is a castle located in the Dereköy neighborhood of Haymana, on the road to the Kara Ömerli neighborhood.

History

Researchers determined that it was built between 1600 and 1700 BC, during the years when the Hittites[2] ruled.[1][3] There are 2 distinct soldier reliefs on the outer walls of the castle and a depiction of a female figure that can hardly be seen with the naked eye today. The excavation of the Gavur Castle was at the request of Atatürk.[4][5]

Gallery

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  Reliefs
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  Male gods
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  Sitting goddess
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  The goddess in the upper right

References

1. Ireland, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and (1834). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society.
2. "Ankara'nın gizemli yapısı: Gavur Kalesi". Ankara Masası (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-05-03.
3. "Ankara'nın Yanıbaşında Görkemli Bir Hitit Kült Alanı Gavur Kalesi" (PDF). jmo.org.
4. "Gavur Kalesi - Haymana Ankara". www.neredekal.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-05-03.
5. İnce, Mustafa (2021-06-30). "Atatürk'ün gazeteciliğe ilgisi üzerine bir inceleme". Uluslararası Kültürel ve Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi (in Turkish). 7 (1): 249–258. doi:10.46442/intjcss.877508. S2CID 237871805.