TOKAT CASTLE

In Anatolia, the center of civilizations, slavery is a province that has been the area of ​​life and conquest of many principalities, states and empires because of its natural resources and strategic location. Tokat, which was believed to have been founded by Togayıts in the first ages, was dominated by the Hittites, Assyrians, Hurrians and Kimmers, and was dominated by the Persians, Macedonians, the Kingdom of Cappadocia, the Romans of the Pontus Kingdom and the Byzantine Empire. Tokat Castle, after the victory of Malazgirt Turkish domination by entering the castle has gained importance. The oldest traces of Tokat Castle belong to the 5th or 6th century and it is known that the castle existed in these years. While the building is a natural castle, the walls and the rooms inside the castle are made by people.

B.C. 30 - M.S. 395 The fortress, which was established for road safety during the Roman Period, remained under Byzantine rule for about 500 years. The castle, which was first conquered by Danişmend Melik Gazi in 1074, changed hands in short intervals and became dominated by Danişmendli, Selçuklu, İlhanlı, Eretna, Kadı Burhanettin and the Ottoman Empire respectively. The castle, built on steep and steep rocks, is a natural fortress. The dungeon called. Çardak-ı Bedevi olm in the time of the Ottoman Empire was the prisoner of many celebrities, especially the Byzantine Emperor A. Diogenis. The legendary heroine of the horror films, also known as the Prince of the Kingdom of Wallachia (Romania), who was defeated by the Ottomans. Vlad, in the time of Dracula, was sent with him and his brother to Kütahya Eğrigöz Castle, then to the castle of Tokat, and then to Şehzade Mehmet (Edirne) by Mehmet (Mehmet the Conqueror). To the southwest of the citadel is a very ancient rock-cut tomb. The grave has a column in its mouth and two large cells. In addition, a 362-step staircase leading to the bottom of the castle. Today this stairway is closed.