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.
| Gavur Castle | |
|---|---|
Gavur Kalesi | |
 | |
 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Haymana, Dereköy |
| Town or city | Ankara |
| Country | Turkey |
| Construction started | 1600-1700 BC |
History
editResearchers 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
edit-
Reliefs -
Male gods -
Sitting goddess -
The goddess in the upper right
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Ankara'nın gizemli yapısı: Gavur Kalesi". Ankara Masası (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ^ "Ankara'nın Yanıbaşında Görkemli Bir Hitit Kült Alanı Gavur Kalesi" (PDF). jmo.org.
- ^ "Gavur Kalesi - Haymana Ankara". www.neredekal.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ^ 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.
 | This castle-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |