@article{article_919743, title={The Kurul Fortress and the Cult of Kybele as a City Protector}, journal={Colloquium Anatolicum}, pages={3–12}, year={2017}, author={Şenyurt, S. Yücel and Akçay, Atakan}, keywords={Doğu Karadeniz,Pontos,Helenistik Dönem,Kibele,VI. Mithradates}, abstract={The Black Sea region has always been a less known region due to a few archaeological research in comparison to the rest of Anatolia. The main era that uncovered the aforementioned darkness of the Black Sea through written sources was obviously the period of Hellenistic Pontic Kingdom. The Kurul Fortress, is the first example of the excavated fortresses dating back to the reign of Mithradates VI Eupator Dionysos. In the fortress, numerous archaeological data have been revealed under different groups of finds. This paper mainly focuses on the location of Kurul Fortress in the historical geography of the Pontic-eastern Black Sea region, as well as its excavated areas and settlement levels, and the city protectress role of the Mother Goddess through the marble statue unearthed in-situ at the main gate.}, number={16}, publisher={Türk Eskiçağ Bilimleri Enstitüsü}