Currently the Yedikule fortress is in excellent condition and impresses visitors with strong walls, high towers, dark and dark cellars, which were intended for the enemies of the Ottoman Empire and to keep the Treasury.

Once, in the days of Constantinople, the fortress was the edge of the city and the gates of the city. Gate was called the Gold and protected the city from invaders. In the 9th century the city was besieged by the Slavs in the 7th century Arabs, but both left with a foreclosure and did not win the city. Before the siege was shot, the enemies nailed their shields over the city gates.

Despite its grandiose name, the Golden gate is very modest marble structure built in the form of a triumphal arch and having a little secret. And the secret is that sash arches that shone as gold, were made of brass. Next to the Golden gate Small gate that has been preserved to our times.

History of the fortress of Yedikule begins, through the Golden gate as the invaders were able to enter the city. Sultans decided not to build walls, and a fortress. Just a few years, this decision became a reality, and a fortress was built, which had seven towers and a large courtyard. From the superstitions of the Golden gate laid the bricks.

The city wall was built during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II. The thickness of the internal walls are 5 m, every 50 m in the wall built defensive tower. On the outside wall, with a thickness of 2 m, was 96 towers. Almost all interior wall has survived to our time, but the outer wall is almost completely collapsed. In Turkish "Yedikule" means seven-towered. Four towers was built by the Byzantines, and three towers (internal) – Muslims. In one of the towers survived the dark and gloomy dungeons in which prisoners were sultans. On the walls are still visible signs of Greek, Turkish, Arabic. One of the towers served as a place of execution. Today the Museum of torture, it presents the various implements of torture that much worse than the tools of the Inquisition. Another tower was intended to hold Treasury. This tower was a well, having a height greater than 300 meters and a diameter of 20 metres. So this is the tower was filled to the brim with jewels and gold. Stairs in the wall leads up to the fortress walls, which can be go through several towers and reach the Belgrade gate or gate of Silivri.

In the 19th century the fortress of Yedikule has become a warehouse for food, for a while it even had a zoo. In the late 60-ies of the Yedikule fortress became a Museum. In the courtyard of the Museum, Yedikule festivals, concerts, fashion shows. An interesting fact is that during the concert, you must comply with the specified noise level. This ban is to prevent the destruction of the old walls of the castle.