Gökçedam (also known as Hemite ) is a village in the Osmaniye District in Osmaniye Province , Turkey . Its population is 586 (2022). The village is inhabited by Turkmens. It was the birthplace of the famous Turkish novelist of Kurdish origin Yaşar Kemal .
5-494: Its most conspicuous feature is a plug of rock in the centre of the village with a ruined castle perched on its summit. The Ceyhan river passes the outskirts of the village and there is a waterside park with a small museum to Yaşar Kemal (not always open). Originally a Roman castle , the settlement was listed as Al-ˁAmûdayn , meaning "two pillars" in Arabic, by Ibn Khordadbeh in 870. In 12th century, Matthew of Edessa referred to
10-528: A four-story keep with cisterns in the lowest level. The design of Amouda is similar to the Teutonic Knights's castle at Montfort with a keep guarding the entrance (Molin 2001). 37°11′19″N 36°05′40″E / 37.18861°N 36.09444°E / 37.18861; 36.09444 This article about a castle in Turkey is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
15-465: The place as Amuda or Amudan . According to Sevan Nişanyan , the original Turkish name of the village was borrowed from its Armenian form of Amuta . This article about a Mediterranean Region of Turkey location is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Amouda The castle of Amouda Crusader castle, formerly in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia , and today close to
20-465: The site, as well as a surveyed plan, were published. From atop the outcrop this castle has clear inter-visibility with at least five others forts. Based on an analysis of the masonry, there were at least three major periods of construction and/or repair, with the most prominent contribution from the Crusader occupation. Unlike Armenian designs, it has a simple rectangular plan dominated at the southwest by
25-734: The village of Gökçedam in the Turkish Province of Osmaniye . The castle was deeded by the Armenian king Levon I to the Teutonic Knights in 1212 (Barber 2008) and rebuilt by them in the 13th century. It earned revenue for the Teutonic Order from the surrounding land. According to contemporary sources, the castle provided shelter for 2,200 people during the invasion by the Mamluks in 1266. In 1987 an archaeological and historical assessment of
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