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Acemhöyük
Merkez, Aksaray
A large mound in Yeşilova, one of the important centers of the Assyrian Trade Colonies Period, where two palaces have been uncovered.
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Akpınar Mound (Höyük)
Kumlu, Hatay
A mound where the Amik Plain meets the foothills of Kurt Dağı, inhabited from the Chalcolithic Age to the Ottoman period.
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Alacahöyük Archaeological Site and Museum
Alaca, Çorum
A mound where four layers of civilization have been uncovered, famous for its Sphinx Gate and Early Bronze Age royal tombs; an excavation museum stands at its entrance.
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Alişar Höyük
Sarıkaya, Yozgat
A city visited by Assyrian merchants, with layers stretching from the Neolithic to the Phrygian period, very probably the Kuššara of Hittite sources.
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Arslantepe Mound
Battalgazi, Malatya
A large mound toured as an open-air museum, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021, with settlement layers from the Chalcolithic Age to the Byzantine period.
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Aşağı Pınar Mound
Merkez, Kırklareli
A Neolithic mound south of Kırklareli bearing traces of one of Europe's earliest farming villages.
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Aşıklı Höyük
Gülağaç, Aksaray
An Aceramic Neolithic village on the banks of the Melendiz, dated to 8200–7500 BC, documenting the transition to settled life; an experimental archaeology site.
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Boncuklu Höyük
Karatay, Konya
One of the world's oldest village settlements, dated to 8300–7800 BC and considered the forerunner of Çatalhöyük; open-air reconstructed houses.
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Büyüktepe Höyük
Demirözü, Bayburt
A mound near the village of Çiftetaş, consisting of two hills joined by a neck, with layers from the 4th millennium BC to the Middle Ages.
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Çadır Höyük
Sorgun, Yozgat
A mound on the Kanak Suyu plain with settlement from 5200 BC to Byzantium, proposed to be the Hittite cult city of Zippalanda.
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Çatalhöyük Neolithic Town
Çumra, Konya
A Neolithic town where thousands of people lived between 7400 and 6000 BC; a UNESCO World Heritage Site with its wall paintings and houses entered from the roof.
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Çayönü Tepesi
Ergani, Diyarbakır
A Neolithic settlement about 12,000 years old that continuously documents the transition from hunting and gathering to farming.
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Çine-Tepecik Mound
Çine, Aydın
A trade-center mound on the Çine Plain, continuously settled from the Late Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age and excavated since 2004.
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Dedekuyusu (Deştepe) Mound
Efeler, Aydın
Aydın's oldest known settlement; one of the large mounds of the Büyük Menderes Plain, spanning 4500-1200 BC.
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Derbe (Kerti Höyük)
Merkez, Karaman
Kerti Höyük, accepted as the site of the ancient city of Derbe, visited by Paul on his missionary journeys.
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Domuztepe Archaeological Site
Düziçi, Osmaniye
A Late Hittite settlement on the east bank of the Ceyhan River, opposite Karatepe; the site where the famous storm god statue was found.
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Gırnavaz Mound (Höyük)
Nusaybin, Mardin
A mound and place of pilgrimage on the bank of the Çağ Çağ River, inhabited from the 4th millennium BC to the 7th century BC and associated with the jinn in folk belief.
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Göbeklitepe
Haliliye, Şanlıurfa
One of the world's oldest monumental structures, dated to around 9600 BC and known for its T-shaped pillars with reliefs; a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2018.
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Göksun Mound (Höyük)
Göksun, Kahramanmaraş
A mound on the Göksun plain associated with the ancient settlement of Kokussos.
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Gözlükule Mound (Höyük)
Tarsus, Mersin
Tarsus's oldest settlement mound, inhabited from the Neolithic Age to the Roman period.
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Hacılar Höyük (Mound)
Merkez, Burdur
A Neolithic–Chalcolithic settlement of one of Anatolia's earliest farming communities; famous mother goddess figurines.
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Hoca Çeşme Mound
Enez, Edirne
A mound on a rocky ridge near Enez, home to one of the oldest known Neolithic settlements in Thrace.
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İkiztepe Mound
Bafra, Samsun
A mound near Bafra that has yielded more than ten thousand artifacts from the pre-Hittite Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age.
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Kaman Kalehöyük
Kaman, Kırşehir
A mound 280 meters in diameter east of Kaman, excavated by Japanese archaeologists since 1986, with layers stretching through the Bronze, Iron and Ottoman ages.
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Kanlıgeçit Mound
Merkez, Kırklareli
A mound west of Aşağı Pınar with a walled Early Bronze Age settlement and megaron buildings.
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Karahantepe
Haliliye, Şanlıurfa
A Neolithic settlement in the Tek Tek Mountains contemporary with Göbeklitepe, with a ritual structure with a human head carved into the bedrock and hundreds of pillars.
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Karahöyük (Elbistan)
Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş
A mound going back to the Bronze Age, where a stele with a Hittite hieroglyphic inscription was found.
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Kilise Tepe Mound (Höyük)
Mut, Mersin
A mound in the Göksu valley known for its layers stretching from the Early Bronze Age to Byzantium.
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Kinet Höyük (Ancient Issos)
Dörtyol, Hatay
A mound on the shore of the Gulf of İskenderun, identified with the ancient city of Issos, showing continuous settlement from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages.
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Kınık Höyük
Altunhisar, Niğde
One of the largest mounds of southern Cappadocia in Altunhisar, 20 meters high with a 24-hectare lower city; associated with the ancient kingdom of Tuwana.
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Köşk Höyük
Bor, Niğde
A mound at Bahçeli, just east of the Roman Pool, known for its Neolithic and Chalcolithic skull burials with clay-modeled faces.
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Küllüoba Mound (Höyük)
Seyitgazi, Eskişehir
A key mound of Western Anatolian prehistory with a palace and walls, continuously settled from the Late Chalcolithic to the end of the Early Bronze Age.
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Kültepe (Kanesh-Karum) Archaeological Site
Kocasinan, Kayseri
The mound and lower city of Kanesh-Karum, the Assyrian trading colony where 23,500 cuneiform tablets, Anatolia's first written documents, were found.
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Kuruçay Höyük (Mound)
Merkez, Burdur
A mound south of Burdur Lake with layers from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.
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Kusura Mound (Höyük)
Sandıklı, Afyonkarahisar
The mound that gave its name to the schematic "Kusura-type" idols of the Early Bronze Age.
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Oylum Höyük
Merkez, Kilis
One of the region's largest mounds on the Kilis Plain, with a 460×320-meter base and a height of up to 37 meters; traces of settlement from the Chalcolithic to the Iron Age.
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Resuloğlu Höyük and Necropolis
Uğurludağ, Çorum
An Early Bronze Age mound and cemetery west of Uğurludağ, where more than 200 graves dated to before the Hittites (mid-3rd millennium BC) have been excavated.
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Samuha (Kayalıpınar) Hittite City
Yıldızeli, Sivas
The remains of the city of Samuha on the bank of the Kızılırmak, an important Hittite religious center and for a time a military base.
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Şarhöyük (Dorylaion)
Tepebaşı, Eskişehir
Eskişehir's oldest settlement; the mound of the ancient city of Dorylaion, now within the city.
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Sirkeli Höyük and Hittite Rock Relief
Ceyhan, Adana
A mound on the banks of the Ceyhan with the oldest known Hittite rock relief in Anatolia, belonging to the Hittite king Muwatalli II.
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Tavşanlı Mound
Tavşanlı, Kütahya
A large western Anatolian mound that looks heart-shaped from the air, bearing traces of about 8,000 years of settlement.
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Tayinat Mound (Höyük)
Reyhanlı, Hatay
A Bronze and Iron Age mound at the bend of the Asi River on the Amik Plain; the remains of the Late Hittite city of Kunulua.
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Tell Dhahab (Altıntepe) Mound
Reyhanlı, Hatay
The 'golden hill' mound near Reyhanlı, settled since the Neolithic Age.
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Tepebağ Mound (Höyük)
Seyhan, Adana
Adana's oldest settlement, continuously inhabited since the Early Bronze Age.
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Ters Tepe Mound (Ters Tepe Höyüğü)
Selendi, Manisa
A settlement 1.5 km west-southwest of Selendi spanning the Chalcolithic to the Roman period; at 18 hectares, the largest mound in Manisa.
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Tilmen Höyük
İslahiye, Gaziantep
A mound surrounded by branches of the Karasu, whose Middle Bronze Age palace and walls have been repaired and laid out like an open-air archaeological park.
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Uşaklı Höyük
Sorgun, Yozgat
A mound north of Kerkenes Dağı, a strong candidate for Zippalanda, the cult city of the Storm God, with monumental Hittite buildings.
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Yeşilova Mound
Bornova, İzmir
İzmir's oldest known settlement; the remains of a Neolithic village dating back about 8500 years.
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Yumuktepe Mound (Höyük)
Yenişehir, Mersin
A mound that is one of Anatolia's oldest continuous settlements, with layers going back to about 6300 BC.
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Zincirli Höyük (Sam'al)
İslahiye, Gaziantep
The capital of the Late Hittite and Aramean Kingdom of Sam'al; a large mound with the remains of a palace and citadel surrounded by a double wall.