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Afyonkarahisar Kalesi - Afyonkarahisar Fortress
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Afyonkarahisar şehir merkezinde volkanik özellikli, yerden yüksekliği 226 metre olan doğal yükseltili bir kaya kütlesi üzerindedir. MÖ 1350 yıllarında Hitit imparatoru II. Murşil zamanında Arzava seferinde mustahkem mevki olarak kullanılmış olan kale önce Hapanuva; Roma ve Bizans dönemlerinde Akroenos; Selçuklular'dan itıbaren ise Karahisar adı ile anılmıştır. Tarihi dokusu korunamamış olsa da hala eski kalıntılar mevcuttur.
Selçuklu sultanı I. Alaeddin Keykubat'n hazineleri bu kalede saklandığından, kale Hisar-ı Devlet olarak da adlandırıldı. Selçuklu vezirlerinden Sahip Ata Fahrettin Ali döneminde kalenin ismi Karahisar-ı Sahip oldu. 1573'te burayı tamir ettiren II. Selim ise yörede yetiştirilen meşhur afyondan ötürü kaleye Afyonkarahisar adını vermişti.
ENGLISH text excerpted from WIKIPEDIA:
The name Afyon Kara Hisar (literally opium black castle in Turkish), since opium was widely grown here and there is a castle on a black rock.
The top of the rock in Afyon has been fortified for a long time. It was known to the Hittites as Hapanuwa, and was later occupied by Phrygians, Lydians and Achaemenid Persians until it was conquered by Alexander the Great. After the death of Alexander the city (now known as Akroinοn (Ακροϊνόν) or Nikopolis (Νικόπολις) in Ancient Greek), was ruled by the Seleucids and the kings of Pergamon, then Rome and Byzantium. The Byzantine emperor Leo III after his victory over Arab besiegers in 740 renamed the city Nicopolis (Greek for "city of victory"). The Seljuq Turks then arrived in 1071 and changed its name to Kara Hissar ("black castle") after the ancient fortress situated upon a volcanic rock 201 meters above the town. Following the dispersal of the Seljuqs the town was occupied by the Sâhib Ata and then the Germiyanids.
The castle was much fought over during the Crusades and was finally conquered by the Ottoman Sultan Beyazid I in 1392 but was lost after the invasion of Timur Lenk in 1402. It was recaptured in 1428 or 1429.
Afyonkarahisar Kalesi - Afyonkarahisar Fortress
VIKIPEDI'den iktibas edilmiştir:
Afyonkarahisar şehir merkezinde volkanik özellikli, yerden yüksekliği 226 metre olan doğal yükseltili bir kaya kütlesi üzerindedir. MÖ 1350 yıllarında Hitit imparatoru II. Murşil zamanında Arzava seferinde mustahkem mevki olarak kullanılmış olan kale önce Hapanuva; Roma ve Bizans dönemlerinde Akroenos; Selçuklular'dan itıbaren ise Karahisar adı ile anılmıştır. Tarihi dokusu korunamamış olsa da hala eski kalıntılar mevcuttur.
Selçuklu sultanı I. Alaeddin Keykubat'n hazineleri bu kalede saklandığından, kale Hisar-ı Devlet olarak da adlandırıldı. Selçuklu vezirlerinden Sahip Ata Fahrettin Ali döneminde kalenin ismi Karahisar-ı Sahip oldu. 1573'te burayı tamir ettiren II. Selim ise yörede yetiştirilen meşhur afyondan ötürü kaleye Afyonkarahisar adını vermişti.
ENGLISH text excerpted from WIKIPEDIA:
The name Afyon Kara Hisar (literally opium black castle in Turkish), since opium was widely grown here and there is a castle on a black rock.
The top of the rock in Afyon has been fortified for a long time. It was known to the Hittites as Hapanuwa, and was later occupied by Phrygians, Lydians and Achaemenid Persians until it was conquered by Alexander the Great. After the death of Alexander the city (now known as Akroinοn (Ακροϊνόν) or Nikopolis (Νικόπολις) in Ancient Greek), was ruled by the Seleucids and the kings of Pergamon, then Rome and Byzantium. The Byzantine emperor Leo III after his victory over Arab besiegers in 740 renamed the city Nicopolis (Greek for "city of victory"). The Seljuq Turks then arrived in 1071 and changed its name to Kara Hissar ("black castle") after the ancient fortress situated upon a volcanic rock 201 meters above the town. Following the dispersal of the Seljuqs the town was occupied by the Sâhib Ata and then the Germiyanids.
The castle was much fought over during the Crusades and was finally conquered by the Ottoman Sultan Beyazid I in 1392 but was lost after the invasion of Timur Lenk in 1402. It was recaptured in 1428 or 1429.