[1] Other names include Karia (in Latin) and Kızılhisar (literally "a red castle").

Turkmens (from Oghuz Turks' Avsar and Kayi tribe) were settled in the district in this period.

The castle fell into ruin in the Ottoman period and was broken up for building materials, being finally demolished in 1954.

During the Second Crusade in 1148 the French king was proceeding eastwards having crossed the Menderes River but was stalled at the pass of Kazıkbeli, near Kızılhisar, by the Seljuk armies.

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