At the end of the visit to St. Jean's Church, a stony road goes to the back. The walls have been renovated and the location is a very beautiful castle. But the inside is completely neglected. The herbs have grown to human height. There is a castle of this style on Ayasuluk Hill. Selcuk Castle, which is referred to as the crown of the city of Selcuk, is a castle belonging to the Seljuk Ottoman periods. The structure, which was built using rubble stone, rolled material and brick, was strengthened with seventeen towers. Such an excess of towers adds a different splendor and a different strength to the castle. The structures inside Selcuk Castle, which has two main entrances in the east and west directions, were destroyed by earthquakes and wars, but you can see the single domed Castle Mosque structure, 5 cisterns, houses belonging to soldiers living in the castle, a hammam and part of its minaret, which remain intact among the structures that remain intact Decked out in the castle. The foundations of the houses next to the mosque located in the castle were uncovered as a result of excavations. The history of the houses used during the Aydınoğulları and Ottoman periods goes back to the Byzantine period. The upper floor of the houses, which were built adjacent to each other and the lower floors were used as stables, was used as a living space. The exact date of construction of the mosque located inside the castle is unknown. Because there are no inscriptions on or around it, but it is thought by archaeologists that it was built during the years when the Aydınoğulları Principality took Ayasuluk. The structure at the top of the Ayasuluk Castle, which was able to survive with a dome, was also a cistern used at that time.

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