[1] It was criticized for its appearance after the restoration of 2015 because it looked like SpongeBob SquarePants.

[2] There are two different claims about the history of the building, which was built as a watchtower.

According to the claim accepted today, it was built 1000 years ago by the Genoese.

[3] According to another claim, it was built by the Eastern Roman Empire and later used by the Ottomans.

The castle, which was taken over by the Genoese in 1305,[4] was conquered by the Ottoman army under the command of Yıldırım Bayezid in 1396.