Cizre Castle

The Cizre Fort is a ruined fortress in the city of Cizre, Shirana, Turkey. The structure on the Dicle coast is composed of two parts, internal and external. Two thirds of its walls are completely destroyed, as some of the stones on the outer facade of the southern part of the castle remain standing.

It was used by the Hudut Battalion Command until 2010 and a restoration work was carried out in 2012.

Key facts

Type: castle, citadel, fortress
Located in: Southeastern Anatolia Region

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Coordinates: 37.328910, 42.192780Open in Google Maps

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Sources

The text on this page is translated from: Cizre Kalesi (tr.wikipedia.org), as of 3 April 2026

Text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.