Mardin Kalesi

Mardin Castle is a castle in Mardin. Another name for Mardin Castle is "Eagle's Nest". It is a fortified place built on the upper part of the dungeon on which the large area of ​​the city rests. It is a very important castle that lived the periods of Subari, Sumerian, Babylonian, Mitanid, Assyrian, Persian, Roman, Byzantine, Umayyad, Abbasid, Hamdanid, Seljuk Dynasty, Artuklu, Karakoyunlu, Akkoyunlu, Safaviler and Ottomans. In 330 AD, a king named Şad Buhari, who worshiped fire and worshiped the sun, came and stayed in the Mardin castle. When the king, who was sick, got better when he lived in the castle, he had a pavilion built for him and continued his life here for 12 years. Then he brought many soldiers and civilians from his hometown of Persia and Babylon, and built a settlement for them in Mardin. Thanks to the influence of the people, progress is seen until the year 442 AD. The spread of plague in 442 AD caused the people in the castle to die. Mardin Castle was not used until 542 AD