Although its name is Güdübeş, it is popularly known as Yaka referring to a former village to the east of the castle.

It can be reached by a short lane from the Turkish state highway D.400 which connects Mersin to Tarsus.

The castle was built by Crusaders in medieval times and nothing is known about its history.

But only two walls (north and west) are partially standing.

[1] Because the masonry is so dissimilar to that used by the Armenians and the Byzantines in Cilicia and because parts of this coastal region were occupied by the Knights Hospitaller in the late 12th and 13th centuries, it is possible that the site was constructed by the Crusaders.