Karacahisar castle
Karacahisar Castle (sometimes spelled as Karajahisar Castle) is a Byzantine castle built on a plateau. It is near the Porsuk River, southwest of Eskişehir, Turkey. Karacahisar Castle stands 1,010 metres (3,310 ft) above sea level. It is surrounded with walls and covers an area of 60,000 square meters.
The Turks settled in the region and called it Karajshahir. In 1299 Osman I appointed judge and imam . After possessing the Karacahisar castle, Osman advanced on the Byzantine lands and expanded the borders of the emirate. The conquest of Karacahisar was important in laying the foundation for the Ottoman Empire.[1][2][3]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Karacahisar Kalesi (Osmanlı'nın İlk Fethettiği Kale) -". eskisehir.ktb.gov.tr.
- ↑ "Karacahisar Kalesi nerde? - Galeri - Kültür Sanat - 25 Eylül 2019 Çarşamba". web.archive.org. 25 September 2019. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Castle findings point toward tolerance of Ottoman state". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
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