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Gaziantep Castle is one of the most beautiful examples of surviving castles in Turkey. There is no definite information about when and by whom Gaziantep Castle was built. It was founded on a mound whose history dates back to 6000 years ago, to the Chalcolithic period, A.D. It is known that there was a small city named “Theban” in and around the castle in the 2nd and 3rd century BC. M.S. In the 2nd-4th century, it was understood from the archaeological excavations that the castle was first built as a watchtower in the Roman period and expanded over time. Its current form was taken during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian, known as the architect of the Castles. It was acquired in the 6th century. Again in this period, the castle underwent an important repair and in order to ensure leveling during the repair, the southern section was equipped with substructure (foundation) structures consisting of arched and vaulted galleries, towers connected with these galleries were built and the walls were extended to the west, south and east, up to the border of the hill. . As such, the castle has an irregular circular shape. There are 12 towers on the castle bodies. Evliya Çelebi mentions 36 bastions of the castle in his Travel Book. Today, we can only see 12 of them. It is thought that the remaining 24 bastions were located on the outer walls of the castle and did not survive until today. There is a moat around the castle and the passage to the castle is provided by a bridge. Before you cross the castle bridge and reach the main castle gate, there is a bastion on the left, which is called Imam-i Gazali’s Office by the people.