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Anamur (Mamure Castle) 62 pictures 2 minutes HQ video It is situated nearly at the 7^th km southeast of Anamur city. The castle of Mamure is constructed on antique bases like many other Anatolian castels. Some remains, the basis of which are made up of marble fragments called "Ryg Monai", belonging to the late Roman city in 3^rd - 4^th centuries A.D. The Castle Its name was changed to "Mamure" after it was restored by Karamanogullari in the 14^th century A.D. According to the history of Sikari, Anamur and Taseli had been captured and destroyed by non-Muslims. Karamanioglu Mahmut Bey defeated the enemy with his chiefs and his 36,000 soldiers, then he captured the castle and developed it again, and he called it "Mamure" (1300-1308). Later, in the 15^th-16^th centuries A.D. the castle was restored a little, and in the 18^th century A.D. new additions were made by the Ottomans. The Castle The castle consists of inner court in the east, outer castle in the west, and in the south inner castle which is constructed upon rocks and all these are divided from each other by high walls. Starting from the high and many storied watch tower on the south coast which is called the main tower in the north east, there are five towers which are circular and consisting of four cornered forms: and there is lighthouse tower, the upper cover of which is totally destroyed near the corner bastion. There are seven bastions all of which have different shapes belonging to high rampart which constitutes the north east boundary of inner court. The southern side to the sea The Mosque of Mamure It is situated in the castle. In the mosque, the bricks and stones are laid harmoniously and an effect is created by the ornamentation on bricks in the entrance of the dome and on eaves. The first construction of the mosque having the classical elements of the 16^th century Ottoman architecture belongs to Karamanogullari. The Ditch Back to Turkey Index