Historic & Cultural in Osmaniye: Top Places

Karatepe is a Neo-Hittite fortress and open-air museum in Osmaniye Province in southern Turkey lying at a distance of about 23 km from the district center of Kadirli. It is sited in the Taurus Mountains, on the right bank of the Ceyhan River. The site is contained within Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park.

Anvarza Castle is an ancient castle in Adana Province, Turkey.

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Sarvandikar, also spelled Sarvanda k'ar. It was the Frankish castle of Savranda and is officially known today as Savranda Kalesi. The site is a medieval castle in the former Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, located in Turkey's Osmaniye Province approximately 115 kilometers east of Adana.

Kozan Castle, located on a 400-meter-high hill in the Kozan district of Osmaniye, is one of the oldest castles in Çukurova, with a history dating back to 3000 BC. Built in the shape of an amphitheater, the castle consists of 44 towers and bastions, and features gates connecting its six sections, including the inner castle. The castle also contains cellars and secret passages accessed by 20-30 step staircases, as well as large water cisterns. Inscriptions in Assyrian, Roman, and Armenian languages indicate that Kozan Castle changed hands many times throughout its history. Today, it remains in good condition and is open to visitors.

The Hemite relief is a Hittite rock relief at Gökçedam in the central district of Osmaniye Province in Turkey, about 20 km northwest of the provincial capital of Osmaniye. Rock reliefs are a prominent aspect of Hittite art.

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Zincirli Höyük is an archaeological site located in the Anti-Taurus Mountains of modern Turkey's Gaziantep Province. During its time under the control of the Neo-Assyrian Empire it was called, by them, Sam'al. It was founded at least as far back as the Early Bronze Age and thrived between 3000 and 2000 BC, and on the highest part of the upper mound was found a walled citadel of the Middle Bronze Age.

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Tatarlı Höyük is a mound located in Tatarlı Village, approximately 50 km east of Adana city center and 24 km east of Ceyhan District. The mound, together with the basalt elevation it sits on, is 35 meters high and measures 300 x 180 meters. Based on pottery finds, the mound is stated to be 100 meters in diameter. Before the excavation work began, there was a wedding hall on the mound. Later, the Adana Conservation Board decided to demolish the said wedding hall.

Kinet Höyük is a mound located 30 km north of İskenderun, northwest of Dörtyol district, 500 meters inland from the coast of İskenderun Bay. The mound, 26 meters high from the ground, spreads over an area of 33 decares. The settlement was inhabited from the Late Neolithic Age to the Hellenistic Period, between 5,000-50 BC. It is considered the largest ancient settlement in Cilicia. It had two harbors, one in the bay to its east and one in the estuary of Deliçay (Pinarus) Stream to its south. The İssos Plain, where the mound is located, is the easternmost edge of Ancient Cilicia. It is stated that the ancient name of the settlement was İssos. It is the mound where the first Neolithic settlement was seen within the borders of today's Hatay province, Dörtyol district.

Bodrumkale is a castle ruin in Osmaniye Province, Turkey. It is situated on a hill, about 12 kilometres away from Osmaniye. The castle is to the northeast of the ancient city of Castabala.

Domuztepe Mound is a mound located 35 km southeast of the Osmaniye city center. The prehistoric settlement layers of the mound, which is located on the shore of the Aslantaş Dam today, have been submerged.

Kurtkulağı Kervansarayı is a historical caravanserai in Adana Province, Turkey

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Tilmen Höyük is an archaeological mound located near the town of Islahiye, in the Gaziantep province of Turkey. It is 225 meters in diameter and 21 meters high on the shores of Karasu River. It is located on the western edge of the Sakçagözü Plain. It is very near the Amanos Mountains.

Toprakkale is a town in Osmaniye Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Toprakkale District. Its population is 11,411 (2022). It is located at 10 km to the west of Osmaniye. Its name comes from an Abbasid castle near the city.

The former Crusader castle of Amouda, in what was the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, and today close to the village of Gökçedam in the Turkish Province of Osmaniye. The castle was deeded by the Armenian king Levon I to the Teutonic Knights in 1212 and rebuilt by them in the 13th century. It earned revenue for the Teutonic Order from the surrounding land. According to contemporary sources, the castle provided shelter for 2,200 people during the invasion by the Mamluks in 1266.

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Castabala, also known as Hieropolis and Hierapolis was a city in Cilicia, near the Ceyhan River. The Turkish town of Kırmıtlı, in the Osmaniye district of Osmaniye Province, is about 3 miles wsw of the ancient city. The ruins were first identified from inscriptions in March 1890 by the British explorer J.

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Payas Castle is a historic site located in the Payas district of Hatay province. It is believed to have been initially built by the Genoese during the Crusades and was used by the Knights Templar to ensure the safety of pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. During the Ottoman period, it was rebuilt between 1567 and 1571 under the patronage of Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha. The castle has a roughly pentagonal plan with a single circuit wall featuring seven towers and is surrounded by a deep dry moat. The Payas Şehi̇r train stop is 633 meters away.