➥ Kaleköy Inscription The Urartian fortress located north of Kale village, which lies about 5 km east of the Mazgirt district center, takes its name from the village, and the village in turn takes its name from the fortress (Kaleköy means Fortress Village). It is not a settlement large enough to serve as a provincial … Read more
Kayalıdere Fortress, located about 1.5 km west of Kayalıdere village in the Varto district, is one of the provincial centers that controlled the western regions of the Urartian Kingdom. It was built on a rocky ridge extending in a northwest-southeast direction along the banks of the Murat River (Eastern Euphrates).The site was first identified during … Read more
