Bayburt Castle

As Dede Korkut tells it, Bamsı Beyrek was ambushed on his wedding night, taken captive, and held prisoner in the fortress of Bayburt for sixteen long years. While his beloved Banu Çiçek waited for him and his people believed him dead, Beyrek gazed each day from behind these walls toward the road to his people… So what does a castle strong enough to keep a man waiting sixteen years look like?