# Kilitbahir Castle

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Fortification on the Dardanelles, Turkey

[40°08′52″N 26°22′46″E / 40.147656°N 26.379565°E / 40.147656; 26.379565](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kilitbahir_Castle&params=40.147656_N_26.379565_E_)

Kilitbahir Castle

**Kilitbahir Castle** ([Turkish](/source/Turkish_language): *Kilitbahir Kalesi*) is a [fortress](/source/Fortress) on the west side of the [Dardanelles](/source/Dardanelles), opposite the city of [Çanakkale](/source/%C3%87anakkale), where there is a corresponding fortress (*[Kale-i Sultaniye](/source/%C3%87imenlik_Castle)*), from which Çanakkale takes its name. The two castles were constructed by [Fatih Sultan Mehmet](/source/Fatih_Sultan_Mehmet) in 1463 to control the straits at their narrowest point. Kilitbahir's name, meaning "lock of the sea", reflects this defensive purpose.[1] Due to the [protracted siege](/source/Siege_of_Candia) against [Candia](/source/Heraklion), the castle and [Kale-i Sultaniye](/source/Kale-i_Sultaniye) were repaired in order to fortify the Dardanelles.[2]

## Gallery

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Kevin Fewster, Vecihi Başarin, Hatice Hürmüz Başarin. *A Turkish view of Gallipoli: Çanakkale*, p. 34. Hodja, 1985. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-949575-38-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-949575-38-8)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Akkemik, Ü.; Köse, N.; Çatalbaş, M.; Thys‐Şenocak, L. (April 2020). ["Dendrochronology and archival texts: Dating the Ottoman fortress of Seddülbahir on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey*"](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/arcm.12523). *Archaeometry*. **62** (2): 427–438. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1111/arcm.12523](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Farcm.12523). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0003-813X](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0003-813X).

## External links

- [Kilitbahir pictures group on Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/groups/829573@N25/)

- [Excellent site with information in detail](https://www.castles.nl/kilitbahir-castle)

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