: Anacık
: Turkey
: Cilicia, South-Central Turkey
: 37° 23’ N, 36° 20’ E
: Armenian
:

Anacık is an Armenian fortified estate house which has a rectangular plan of two stories with small round towers in the corners and additional salients in the center of each longitudinal wall.  This site is located at the extreme northeast edge of Cilicia Pedias, approximately 25 km east of Kadirli, and is positioned to guard a secondary route north to Geben and Cappadocia.

 

Ref: Fortifications, p. 62; Châteaux, pp. 178-179.

 

No plan was executed.

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

: Anacik


Site Album Images Description Author Year Cultures
8
Color Transparencies
Robert W. Edwards
1973
Armenian