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Adada Ancient City
Sütçüler, Isparta
A Roman-period Pisidian city in the foothills of the Taurus, with the Temple of Trajan and well-preserved buildings.
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Adramytteion Ancient City
Burhaniye, Balıkesir
Remains of the ancient port city in Ören that gave its name to Edremit and overlooks the Gulf of Edremit.
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Aphrodisias Ancient City (UNESCO)
Karacasu, Aydın
A UNESCO World Heritage Carian city dedicated to Aphrodite, famous for its school of sculpture, the Tetrapylon and its great stadium.
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Aigai Ancient City
Yunusemre, Manisa
The best-preserved ancient city of the Aeolis region, built at the top of Gün Dağı in the Yunt Mountains.
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Aizanoi Ancient City
Çavdarhisar, Kütahya
A Roman city built on both banks of the Penkalas stream, famous for its Temple of Zeus and theater-stadium complex.
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Alabanda Ancient City
Çine, Aydın
A Carian city in Doğanyurt village, built on a saddle between two hills, with its bouleuterion standing among village houses.
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Alexandria Troas Ancient City
Ezine, Çanakkale
The great port city of the Troad near Dalyan village, spread over 400 hectares, with a Roman bath and stadium.
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Alinda Ancient City
Karpuzlu, Aydın
Queen Ada's city on the hill above Karpuzlu, with its multistory market building and theater.
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Amorium Ancient City
Emirdağ, Afyonkarahisar
A Phrygian city that flourished on Byzantium's military road and declined after the Arab sack of 838; excavations continue at Hisarköy.
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Amos Ancient City
Marmaris, Muğla
A small Hellenistic-Roman settlement between Turunç and Kumlubük, with a theater and temple on a hill overlooking the sea.
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Anavarza (Anazarbos) Ancient City
Kozan, Adana
One of the most impressive ancient cities of Cilicia, with its triumphal arch, colonnaded street, mosaics and castle on a rocky hill.
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Andriake Ancient Harbor
Demre, Antalya
The harbor of Myra; an ancient city at Çayağzı with a Hadrianic granary, agora and synagogue remains.
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Anemurium Ancient City
Anamur, Mersin
An ancient city on Cape Anamur, the southern tip of Anatolia, famous for its necropolis of hundreds of tomb structures.
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Antandros Ancient City
Edremit, Balıkesir
A city of the Troad near Altınoluk, notable for its Roman terrace villa with wall paintings and mosaics.
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Antiocheia ad Cragum
Gazipaşa, Antalya
An ancient city near Güneyköy, built on slopes dropping steeply to the sea, named after King Antiochus IV of Commagene.
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Antiphellos Ancient Theater and Kaş Rock Tombs
Kaş, Antalya
Ancient Habesos, within Kaş, with a Hellenistic theater facing the island of Meis and Lycian tombs scattered across town.
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Apameia Kibotos (Kelainai) Ancient City
Dinar, Afyonkarahisar
Apameia, built over the Persian satrapal center of Kelainai, one of the region's largest cities after Ephesus.
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Aperlai Sunken City
Kaş, Antalya
A Lycian city on the Sıçak Peninsula that lived for 1,300 years, its shoreline remains partly under the sea.
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Aphrodisias (Tisan) Ancient City
Silifke, Mersin
A quiet coastal ancient city on the Ovacık Peninsula, known for the remains of a church with a mosaic.
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Apollonia Ancient City
Kaş, Antalya
A Lycian League city on the Kekova road, built on a hill in Sahilkılınçlı village.
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Arykanda Ancient City
Finike, Antalya
A Lycian city midway along the Elmalı–Finike road, built on five large terraces and famous for its views and baths.
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Aspendos Ancient City and Theater
Serik, Antalya
One of Pamphylia's richest cities, with one of the best-preserved Roman theaters of the ancient world.
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Assos Ancient City
Ayvacık, Çanakkale
The city where Aristotle also lived, on a volcanic hill facing Lesbos (Midilli), with its walls, theater and necropolis.
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Atarneus Ancient City
Dikili, İzmir
A city of Aeolis opposite Lesbos (Midilli), ruled by Hermias, where Aristotle lived for a time.
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Balbura Ancient City
Seydikemer, Muğla
A mountain city south of Altınyayla, a member of the Kibyra tetrapolis, with two theaters and an acropolis.
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Bathonea Ancient City
Avcılar, İstanbul
A Hellenistic–Byzantine city under excavation on the northwest shore of Lake Küçükçekmece, with two ancient harbors and traces of a lighthouse.
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Bergama Acropolis (Pergamon)
Bergama, İzmir
The capital of the Hellenistic Kingdom of Pergamon; UNESCO World Heritage with its theater set on a steep slope, the Temple of Trajan and its library.
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Blaundos Ancient City
Ulubey, Uşak
A Hellenistic-Roman city built on a canyon-ringed hill, founded in the time of the Macedonians.
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Bubon Ancient City
Gölhisar, Burdur
An ancient city on the hill above İbecik village, a member of the Kibyra tetrapolis; known for its bronze imperial statues.
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Temple of Apollo at Didyma
Didim, Aydın
One of the greatest oracle centers of the ancient world; the Temple of Apollo in Didim with its giant columns and Medusa head.
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Ancient City of Dionysopolis
Bekilli, Denizli
An ancient Phrygian city near Bekilli, whose founding is attributed to the Pergamene kings Attalus and Eumenes, and which became a bishopric.
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Dülük Ancient City and Dülükbaba Nature Park
Şehitkamil, Gaziantep
The ancient city of Doliche, birthplace of the cult of Jupiter Dolichenus; its underground Mithras temples and rock tombs lie within a nature park covered with pine forests.
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Ephesus Ancient City
Selçuk, İzmir
One of the best-preserved Roman cities in Anatolia, with the Library of Celsus, the Great Theater and Curetes Street; UNESCO World Heritage.
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Elaiussa Sebaste Ancient City
Erdemli, Mersin
A coastal city built on a peninsula that was once an island, notable for the remains of a theater, an agora and a Byzantine palace.
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Epiphaneia Ancient City
Erzin, Hatay
An ancient city in eastern Cilicia near Erzin, with remains of an aqueduct, a theater and a colonnaded street.
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Erythrai Ancient City (Ildırı)
Çeşme, İzmir
An Ionian city in Ildırı village opposite Chios (Sakız), its acropolis overlooking the coves.
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Euromos Ancient City and Temple of Zeus
Milas, Muğla
A Temple of Zeus with most of its columns standing among olive groves beside the Milas-Söke road.
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Gagai Ancient City
Kumluca, Antalya
A Lycian coastal city in Mavikent that gave its name to the "gagates" (jet) stone.
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Germanicia Ancient City and Floor Mosaics
Dulkadiroğlu, Kahramanmaraş
Roman-Byzantine floor mosaics that can be visited free of charge under protective roofs in the Bağlarbaşı and Dulkadiroğlu neighborhoods.
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Ruins of Germia and the Church of the Archangel Michael
Günyüzü, Eskişehir
The ruined remains of the great basilica dedicated to the Archangel Michael at Germia, an Early Byzantine pilgrimage town, in the village of Gümüşkonak.
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Gordion Ancient City
Polatlı, Ankara
The capital of Phrygia; the ancient settlement known as the city of King Midas, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2023.
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Gümüşlük and Myndos Ancient City
Bodrum, Muğla
Ancient Myndos, whose remains stretch toward the shore and Tavşan Adası, and the fishing village of Gümüşlük at the western tip of the Bodrum Peninsula.
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Hadrianopolis Ancient City
Eskipazar, Karabük
A Roman–Byzantine city of Paphlagonia near Eskipazar, with mosaic churches, baths and rock tombs, where excavation is ongoing.
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Herakleia (Latmos) Ancient City
Milas, Muğla
An ancient city and the village of Kapıkırı on the eastern shore of Lake Bafa, set among the granite rocks of the Beşparmak Mountains.
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Herakleia Salbake Ancient City
Tavas, Denizli
An ancient Carian city on the Tavas plateau, named after Heracles.
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Hierapolis Ancient City
Pamukkale, Denizli
A Hellenistic-Roman city built on top of the Pamukkale travertines, famed for its thermal springs; highlights include its theater and vast necropolis.
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Hierapolis-Kastabala Ancient City
Merkez, Osmaniye
One of the impressive ancient cities of Çukurova, with its colonnaded street, theater, temple and Bodrumkale on the rocky hill.
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Hypaipa Ancient City
Ödemiş, İzmir
An ancient city north of the Küçük Menderes valley, dating from the Lydian period and known for its Artemis cult.
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Iasos Ancient City
Milas, Muğla
An ancient harbor city on a peninsula in the Gulf of Güllük, right beside the fishing village of Kıyıkışlacık.
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İotape Ancient City
Alanya, Antalya
A Cilician harbor city built around a small peninsula and cove right beside the Alanya–Gazipaşa road.
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Kadyanda Ancient City
Fethiye, Muğla
A Lycian city on a pine-forested hill above Üzümlü, with a stadium and a bath.
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Kanlıdivane (Kanytelis) Ancient City
Erdemli, Mersin
An impressive ancient settlement built around a deep karstic sinkhole, with its churches and monumental tombs.
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Karkamış Ancient City (Archaeopark)
Karkamış, Gaziantep
The great Late Hittite capital on the west bank of the Euphrates; part of the city, also excavated by T. E. Lawrence, has been open to visitors as an archaeopark since 2019.
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Kelenderis Ancient City
Aydıncık, Mersin
An ancient Phoenician–Samian colony at Aydıncık harbor, known for its famous mosaic depicting the harbor.
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Kerkenes (Pteria) Archaeological Site
Sorgun, Yozgat
A 6th-century BC Iron Age capital on Kerkenes Dağı, surrounded by 7 km of walls, thought to be Herodotus's Pteria.
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Kibyra Ancient City
Gölhisar, Burdur
A UNESCO-candidate ancient city with a 10,000-seat stadium, a large odeon and a Medusa mosaic.
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Kilistra Ancient City
Meram, Konya
An ancient settlement near Hatunsaray resembling Cappadocia, with rock-cut churches, chapels, cisterns and dwellings.
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Kisthene Ancient City (Kızçiftlik)
Gömeç, Balıkesir
The remains of Kisthene, an ancient Mysian coastal town known for its copper mines, on the Gömeç Plain opposite Lesbos (Midilli).
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Klazomenai Ancient City
Urla, İzmir
One of the twelve Ionian cities; known for its olive oil press dating to the 6th century BC, which has been reconstructed.
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Knidos Ancient City
Datça, Muğla
An ancient Carian city with two harbors at the tip of the Datça Peninsula.
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Kolophon Ancient City
Menderes, İzmir
The only Ionian city not founded on the coast; famed for its cavalry and the hometown of Xenophanes.
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Komana (Şar) Ancient City
Tufanbeyli, Adana
The remains of Cappadocian Komana, known for its great temple dedicated to the mother goddess Ma.
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Kremna Ancient City
Bucak, Burdur
One of the five Roman colonies in Pisidia, built on a steep hill overlooking the Aksu valley.
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Xanthos Ancient City
Kaş, Antalya
The capital of Lycia; the ancient city at Kınık on the UNESCO World Heritage list together with Letoon.
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Kyaneai Ancient City
Demre, Antalya
One of Lycia's well-preserved inland cities, on the hill above Yavu village, with many sarcophagi and rock tombs.
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Kyme Ancient City
Aliağa, İzmir
A port city on the shore of Nemrut Bay, known as the largest city of the Aeolis region.
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Kyzikos Ancient City
Erdek, Balıkesir
A powerful port city of the Propontis on the isthmus of the Kapıdağ Peninsula, with its giant Temple of Hadrian and amphitheater.
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Laodikeia Ancient City
Pamukkale, Denizli
A wealthy Roman city on the Lykos (Çürüksu); one of the seven churches of the Book of Revelation, on the UNESCO tentative list.
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Larisa Ancient City
Menemen, İzmir
One of the oldest Aeolian cities of the Aegean, built on a hill commanding the Gediz valley.
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Letoon (UNESCO)
Seydikemer, Muğla
The sacred center of the Lycian League; with its temples of Leto, Apollo and Artemis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with Xanthos.
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Limyra Ancient City
Finike, Antalya
An impressive ancient city at the foot of the Taurus, once one of Lycia's royal capitals, with its theater and rock tombs.
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Loryma Ancient City
Marmaris, Muğla
Hellenistic fortress remains at the southern tip of the Bozburun Peninsula, overlooking Bozukkale bay.
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Magarsus Ancient City
Karataş, Adana
An ancient city on a hill on the Karataş coast, known for its theater overlooking the sea and the temple of Athena Magarsia.
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Magnesia Ancient City
Germencik, Aydın
An Ionian city near Ortaklar on the Menderes plain, with the Temple of Artemis Leukophryene and its stadium.
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Metropolis Ancient City
Torbalı, İzmir
The 'city of the Mother Goddess'; a settlement going back to the Neolithic, with its theater, mosaic hall and baths.
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Midas City and the Midas Monument (Yazılıkaya)
Han, Eskişehir
A Phrygian settlement consisting of the Midas Monument, a 17-meter Phrygian cult facade carved into the rock, and the acropolis, cisterns and rock steps.
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Miletus Ancient City
Didim, Aydın
The city of Thales; remains of Ionia's most powerful harbor city, with its giant theater and the Baths of Faustina.
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Milyas (Mylias) Ancient City
Bucak, Burdur
A Taurus mountain city near Kocaaliler with a small theater carved into the bedrock and cisterns.
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Misis (Mopsuestia) Ancient City and Mosaic Museum
Yüreğir, Adana
An ancient city on the banks of the Ceyhan River attributed to the legendary seer Mopsos, and a small museum housing the Noah's Ark mosaic.
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Myrina Ancient City
Aliağa, İzmir
A city of Aeolis at the mouth of the Güzelhisar Çayı, famous for its terracotta figurines.
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Neapolis Ancient City
Şarkikaraağaç, Isparta
The remains of a Pisidian city northwest of Lake Beyşehir, near Kılıçarslan.
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Nicomedia Ancient City
İzmit, Kocaeli
Ancient İzmit, capital of the Kingdom of Bithynia and later the eastern capital of the Roman Emperor Diocletian.
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Notion Ancient City
Menderes, İzmir
An ancient city on two hills overlooking the Gulf of Kuşadası, the harbor of Kolophon and Klaros.
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Nysa Ancient City
Sultanhisar, Aydın
A Hellenistic-Roman city among olive groves, built on both banks of a stream, known for its theater and library.
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Olbasa Ancient City
Kemer, Burdur
A Pisidian city near Belenli village, refounded as a Roman colony under Augustus.
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Olympos Ancient City
Kumluca, Antalya
A Lycian city in a deep valley, spread along a stream running to the seashore and intertwined with the forest.
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Parion Ancient City
Biga, Çanakkale
A city on the Marmara coast by Kemer village, coming to light through ongoing excavations with its theater, odeion and necropolis.
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Patara Ancient City
Kaş, Antalya
The harbor city where St. Nicholas was born, known for the assembly building of the Lycian League.
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Perge Ancient City
Aksu, Antalya
Once the capital of Pamphylia, one of the region's most magnificent ancient cities, with its colonnaded street, Hellenistic gates and stadium.
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Perinthos (Herakleia) Ancient City
Marmaraereğlisi, Tekirdağ
Perinthos-Herakleia, an ancient port city founded by colonists from Samos that served as capital of the Roman province of Thrace.
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Perre Ancient City
Merkez, Adıyaman
One of the five great cities of the Kingdom of Commagene; an ancient city in the Örenli (Pirin) neighborhood with hundreds of rock tombs and a Roman fountain that still flows.
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Pessinus Ancient City
Sivrihisar, Eskişehir
A Phrygian and Roman city in the village of Ballıhisar, one of the most important centers of the cult of the Mother Goddess Cybele.
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Phaselis Ancient City
Kemer, Antalya
A Lycian harbor city among pine forests, with three harbors, an aqueduct and a main street running down to the shore.
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Phokaia (Eski Foça)
Foça, İzmir
The city of the seafaring Ionians who founded Marseille; theater and temple remains beneath Foça.
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Pisidian Antioch (Pisidia Antiokheia) Ancient City
Yalvaç, Isparta
An ancient city famous for the Temple of Augustus and its aqueducts, where St. Paul gave his first recorded sermon.
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Pınara Ancient City
Seydikemer, Muğla
A large Lycian city at the foot of a huge rock mass carved with hundreds of rock tombs.
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Pompeiopolis Ancient City
Taşköprü, Kastamonu
A Paphlagonian city founded in the 1st century BC by the Roman general Pompey, with excavations ongoing on Zımbıllı Tepe opposite Taşköprü.
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Priene Ancient City
Söke, Aydın
One of the most orderly Ionian cities, laid out on a grid on the steep slope of Mykale, with its Temple of Athena and bouleuterion.
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Prostanna Ancient City
Eğirdir, Isparta
The remains of a Pisidian city that minted its own coins, on the slopes southwest of Eğirdir.
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Prusias ad Hypium Ancient Theater
Merkez, Düzce
The ancient theater, popularly called 'Kırk Basamaklar', of the Bithynian city of Prusias ad Hypium, known as 'the Ephesus of the Western Black Sea'.
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Rhodiapolis Ancient City
Kumluca, Antalya
A compact Roman-era Lycian city planned on narrow terrain on a hill 2.5 km north of Kumluca.
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Sagalassos Ancient City
Ağlasun, Burdur
Pisidia's most magnificent city, 1,500 m up in the Taurus, where water still flows from the Antonine Fountain.
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Sardis Ancient City
Salihli, Manisa
The capital of the Lydian Kingdom; an ancient city added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2025 together with Bin Tepe.
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Sarissa (Kuşaklı) Hittite City
Altınyayla, Sivas
An important Hittite city mentioned in the Treaty of Kadesh as 'the Storm God of Sarissa', with a large temple and a Hittite dam.
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Satala Ancient City
Kelkit, Gümüşhane
The remains of a legionary camp in the village of Sadak, home to Rome's Fifteenth Apollinaris legion, and of the ancient city that grew around it.
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Ancient City of Sebastopolis
Sulusaray, Tokat
The ancient city of Sebastopolis lying beneath Sulusaray, where a Roman bath and a Byzantine church have been brought to light by excavations.
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Seleukeia (Lyrbe) Ancient City
Manavgat, Antalya
A Pamphylian mountain city near Bucakşeyhler in a pine forest, with a well-preserved agora and baths.
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Seleucia Pieria Ancient City
Samandağ, Hatay
The ancient port city of Antakya; remains of walls, the harbor basin and a necropolis spread around Çevlik.
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Seleukeia Sidera Ancient City
Atabey, Isparta
A Pisidian city near the village of Bayat (Selef), founded in the Seleucid period.
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Selge Ancient City
Manavgat, Antalya
A Pisidian mountain city at 1,250 meters in the Taurus, intertwined with Altınkaya village.
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Selinus Ancient City and Gazipaşa Castle
Gazipaşa, Antalya
A Cilician harbor city where Roman Emperor Trajan died in 117, spread over the hill and beach at the mouth of the Musa Stream.
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Sia Ancient City
Bucak, Burdur
A Pisidian city within the boundaries of Karaot village, with walls, a tower and monumental tombs preserved in pine forests.
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Side Ancient City
Manavgat, Antalya
One of the best-known cities of the classical period, with a theater, agora and wall gates intertwined with modern Side on the peninsula.
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Sillyon Ancient City
Serik, Antalya
A Pamphylian hill-fortress city built on a flat-topped rock mass between Perge and Aspendos.
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Sobesos Ancient City
Ürgüp, Nevşehir
A Roman–Byzantine city in Şahinefendi village, excavated since 2002, with 4th-century buildings and 1,500-year-old colorful floor mosaics.
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Soli Pompeiopolis Ancient City
Mezitli, Mersin
One of the important coastal cities of Cilicia, with its colonnaded street and ancient harbor.
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Stratonikeia
Yatağan, Muğla
A city bearing the traces of uninterrupted life from antiquity to the Ottoman period.
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Şuayb City (Şuayb Şehri)
Harran, Şanlıurfa
An ancient settlement from the Roman period with rock-cut houses and tombs, where the Prophet Shuaib is believed to have lived.
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Syedra Ancient City
Alanya, Antalya
A harbor city between Alanya and Gazipaşa, built on a slope facing the sea and dating back to the 7th century BC.
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Tabai Ancient City
Kale, Denizli
An ancient Carian city on top of the Kale district center; the name Tavas comes from this city's old name.
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Tavium Ancient City
Merkez, Yozgat
The largest city of the Galatians' Trocmi tribe, in the village of Büyüknefes; an important road junction in the Roman period.
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Teos Ancient City
Seferihisar, İzmir
An Ionian port city near Sığacık with a Temple of Dionysus, a theater and a council house.
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Termessos Ancient City
Döşemealtı, Antalya
A Pisidian city hidden among pine forests on the slope of Güllük Dağı at about 1,000–1,150 m.
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Thyateira (Tepe Mezarı Archaeological Site)
Akhisar, Manisa
The ancient city lying beneath Akhisar; the center of one of the seven churches of early Christianity mentioned in the Book of Revelation.
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Ancient City of Tieion (Filyos)
Çaycuma, Zonguldak
The ancient city of Tieion, founded by the Milesians where the Filyos Çayı flows into the Black Sea, with its acropolis, theater and harbor under ongoing excavation.
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Tlos Ancient City
Seydikemer, Muğla
One of the oldest cities of Lycia, with a rocky acropolis facing the Akdağlar, rock tombs and a stadium.
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Tralleis Ancient City
Efeler, Aydın
An ancient city on the plateau north of Aydın, with the gymnasium arches known as "Üç Gözler."
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Trebenna Ancient City
Konyaaltı, Antalya
An ancient city on the Lycia–Pamphylia border, built on a mountain slope near Geyikbayırı.
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Tripolis Ancient City
Buldan, Denizli
A trading city on the borders of Lydia, Phrygia and Caria overlooking the Büyük Menderes valley, with its theater and streets opened by excavation.
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Troy Ancient City
Merkez, Çanakkale
The legendary city on Hisarlık Tepesi showing nine superimposed layers of more than four thousand years of settlement; UNESCO World Heritage.
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Tyana Ancient City and Roman Aqueducts
Bor, Niğde
The ancient city at Kemerhisar, the Hittites' Tuwanuwa and Rome's Tyana; about 1.5 km of its aqueducts, which carried water from the Roman Pool to the city, are still standing.
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Uzuncaburç (Diocaesarea) Ancient City
Silifke, Mersin
The sacred center of the Olba Kingdom, with the Temple of Zeus Olbios, its theater and five-story tower.
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Zengibar Castle (Isaura)
Bozkır, Konya
The impressive remains of the walls and buildings of the ancient city of Isaura, on a 1,800-meter hill on Asar Dağı surrounded by cliffs on three sides.
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Zernaki Tepe
Erciş, Van
A walled ancient settlement on the plateau just north of Erciş, considered one of the earliest grid-plan cities of the Middle East with its right-angled streets.
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Zeugma Ancient City
Nizip, Gaziantep
An ancient city on the banks of the Euphrates, founded by Seleucus I and famous for its mosaic-decorated Roman villas; the excavated villas are toured under protective roofs.