Karahisar-ı Teke

Karahisar-ı Teke occupied the fortified hill of ancient Sillyon above the Pamphylian plain, between Antalya and Alaiye. Its walls and steep approaches continued to shelter a settlement under Turkish rule. A mosque on the acropolis dates to the thirteenth or fourteenth century, and buildings inherited from the Byzantine town were adapted for continued use.

The fortress belonged to the region's changing network of beyliks and Ottoman commands. In 1415, after Mehmed I appointed Firuz Bey governor of Antalya, Firuz placed his son Hamza Bey in command at Karahisar-ı Teke. Ceramics from the fortress mosque include early Ottoman wares and imports from Cyprus, reflecting connections beyond the hilltop. The settlement lost importance during the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and disappeared from Ottoman land registers, although occupation continued into the eighteenth century. Its history followed a gradual shift from a defended high settlement toward life on the surrounding open plain.