Akkale

What kind of a head is writing your name with spray paint on a 2000-year-old structure?

Homeless, neglected. Again, they did not protect our history. They made the art of graffiti on the ruins. What a pity

It's a pity, it's almost gone, it's a wreck. But it can still be visited

Akkale Castle, though neglected, is a beautiful castle. I liked it very much, it was incredibly nice to wander there. A place I would like to see again

It has a very nice location, the view is very nice. However, it is incredibly neglected, a place that would be 5/5 if a little maintenance was done.

Akkale Located within the Erdemli district of Mersin province, Akkale is about 34 km from Silifke on the road to Mersin. It is located in the area where the modern Kumkuyu Marina is today. Akkale is situated in an important economic and strategic location, very close to the Lamos (Lemonlu) River, which forms the eastern border of the Eastern Mountainous Cilicia region. Akkale, which was founded in an area where the mountainous geography and topography that allowed the formation of natural harbors began to change markedly, also sits on ancient roadways associated with rural settlements in the wilderness of the region. The location and port of Akkale indicate that it is in an important location providing a link between the countryside and the city. Numerous remains found in the settlement also indicate that this place was founded as a port settlement and developed in this direction. Thanks to modern research that has been carried out in Akkala, new assumptions have been made about the structures here. In particular, it is important to conclude that the location that S. Ace used as the palace of the King of Cappadocia Archelaus I cannot be called a palace of the Roman period. A lighthouse has been identified and is believed to have been built as part of the building. A church and an olive oil workshop were discovered in the north of the settlement. New research results were also achieved with regard to the monument in the form of a domed tomb in Akkala. Contrary to the assumptions of S. Ace and R.W. Edwards, modern assumptions that the tombstone with a dome was built as three-story rather than two-story, which is important from the point of view of maintaining a typology of tombs that had not previously been found in the ancient world. During the study, a settlement plan was drawn up, which shows that the living quarters, a bathhouse and two large cisterns connected to each other, in general, have a common plan, which makes it possible to understand the structure of the settlement.