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2013 , Vol. 2 >Issue 2: 209 - 221

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2013.04.003

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Castle architecture in Anatolia: Fortifications of Diyarbakir

  • Fatma Meral Halifeoglu
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  • Department of Architecture, Dicle University, Diyarbakir 21280, Turkey

Received date: 04 Feb 2013

Accepted date: 12 Apr 2013

Published date: 05 Jun 2013

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2014 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Abstract

The ancient walls of Diyarbakir are the city's most important urban element, exhibiting an artistic grace through the arrangement of the towers, architectural values, dimensions, materials, and decorations. Diyarbakir is located at the crossroads of important trade routes, one connecting the Western World to the Far East and the other connecting North to South. Architecturally, its defensive walls and towers make it one of the most important surviving castles. In this study, the history, location, architectural and building properties of fortifications of Diyarbakir were explained and technical dimensioning typology studies on towers and city walls were submitted.

Key words： Diyarbakir; Fortifications of Diyarbakir; Castle; Citadel; Tower plans; Typology

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Fatma Meral Halifeoglu . Castle architecture in Anatolia: Fortifications of Diyarbakir[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2013 , 2(2) : 209 -221 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2013.04.003

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