Selçuklu Tophanesi

About Selçuklu Tophanesi

The Seljuk Tophane is a medieval building beside the Seljuk shipyard, the Tersane, in Alanya. Alanya City Council describes it as standing on a rock about ten metres above the sea next to the shipyard, built to protect it. It was built of cut stone in 1227 on a rectangular plan, and cannons for warships are known to have been cast there. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism also says the Tophane is thought to have been built for the security of the dockyard and that it went up in the reign of the Seljuk sultan Alaeddin Keykubat. The walls of Alanya Castle pass through the Tophane and the Tersane on their way down to the Red Tower, Kızıl Kule, so the building can be seen together with the shipyard and the tower.