Tıkızlı Kalesi is at Tıkızlı village in Malazgirt, Muş. The provincial directorate states that research established the castle as Urartian.
The castle was built on a hilltop by piling large stones one on another, without mortar.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Muş as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -6.8 °C in January to 25.1 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June and September; rainfall is heaviest in March (109 mm) and lightest in August (6 mm). Long-term means for 1964-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
