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Garipçe Kalesi is a stone defensive structure from the Ottoman period located on the Garipçe ridges in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul. It is positioned opposite the Poyraz Kalesi on the Anatolian shore, at the point where the Bosphorus opens into the Black Sea. The primary purpose of the structure was to protect the Ottoman capital from potential military threats coming from the north and via the Black Sea. History The construction of the fortress dates to the reign of the 26th Ottoman sultan,