Afyonkarahisar Castle
Afyonkarahisar Castle, located on a volcanic rock mass at an altitude of 226 meters, was used as a fortified position during the Arzava Campaign during the reign of Hittite Emperor Mursil II in 1350 BC and was named Hapanuva. The castle was also the scene of important battles during the Byzantine and Seljuk periods.
On the summit of the castle, there are traces of the culture of the Phrygian Period, which lived in Anatolia between 1200-700 BC, and there are many places of worship dedicated to the Mother Goddess Kybele and 4 large cisterns (water pits). The walls were repaired in 1235 by Architect Bedrettin Gevhertaş, who was the castle warden during the reign of Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat, and a small mosque and a palace were built next to it. In 1573, its bastions, cisterns and tower were repaired by Mahmut Bey upon the order of Ottoman Sultan Selim II.
