Aydos Kalesi

Aydos Castle, which is being renovated, has a very beautiful view and is being prepared on a huge oxygen-filled land that can be visited inside. After the renovations are over, you can take a tour, get plenty of oxygen, rest comfortably and spend a day with pleasure.

Entry is prohibited. There is work on the site. Unfortunately, this reform takes a long time. Access by car is not safe on cold days, in winter, in the rain. Aydos forest is still a shelter for those who want to escape the pollution and chaos of the city center. However, an educational effort is required so that visitors do not throw garbage in the forest. This behavior is unfortunate. Entry is prohibited. There is work on the site. Unfortunately, this reform takes a long time. Access by car is not safe on cold days, in winter, in the rain. Aydos forest is still a shelter for those who want to escape the pollution and chaos of the city center. However, an educational effort is required so that visitors do not throw garbage in the forest. This behavior is unfortunate.

The castle is being restored and entry is prohibited. However, it is possible to climb in some areas, but the officials said that climbing is not very safe. Too many stray dogs. We asked a lot, they accompanied us and we were able to go up to the castle. The view of the castle is beautiful, but it is not clear when the restoration will be completed. The castle was conquered by the Ottoman Army under the command of Abdurrahman Gazi and Konur Alp, on the order of Orhan Gazi, in 1328, about 125 years before the conquest of Istanbul. The plan of Abdurrahman Gazi, who was commissioned by Orhan Gazi, was to conquer the Gebze castle, to cut off the military aid to Byzantium and to facilitate the conquest of the castle. For this purpose, first Gebze Castle was conquered and then Aydos Castle was besieged. This siege also laid the groundwork for a love story to be told for generations. Namely; Aydos Castle Tekfuru's daughter falls into a fiery well in her dream. One of the Ottoman soldiers pulls himself out of the well. The Ottoman soldier Tekfur sees in his daughter's dream is Abdurrahman Gazi. Tekfur's daughter is so affected by this dream that she decides to help Abdurrahman Gazi, who besieged the castle. He writes on a piece of paper wrapped in stone that he saw Abdurrahman Gazi in his dream and that he will help him, and throws him outside the walls. According to the information leaked by Tekfur's daughter, Abdurrahman Gazi, who suddenly raided the castle at midnight, climbed from the wall and entered the castle by means of a rope that the Tekfur's daughter hung from the wall, and opened the castle door from the inside, allowing the castle to be conquered. After the conquest, he married the daughter of Abdurrahman Gazi Aydos Castle Tekfur. Thus, a love story that will be told for many years between Turks and Greeks was born.