: Belen Keşlik
: Turkey
: Cilicia, South-Central Turkey
: 36° 58’ N, 34° 33’ E
: Armenian
:

Belen Keşlik is a rectangular fortified estate house of Armenian construction without the typical rounded salients to protect the corners.  The upper level has eight embrasures loopholes.  This was one of the many sites that guarded a route between the Mediterranean Sea and the Hetʽumid stronghold of Çandır (Papeṙōn).

 

Ref: Fortifications, pp. 90-91; Expedition, Ch. 9; Châteaux, pp. 205-206.

 

(Site description written and references compiled by Robert W. Edwards)

: Soğucak, Belen Keslik


Site Album Images Description Author Year Cultures
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Site Plan(s)
Robert W. Edwards
1979
Armenian
7
Color Transparencies
Robert W. Edwards
1979
Armenian
10
B&W Photographs
Robert W. Edwards
1979
Armenian