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Aspendos Aqueduct
Serik, Antalya
A Roman aqueduct that carried water to Aspendos, famous for its pressure towers.
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Binbirdirek Cistern
Fatih, İstanbul
A Byzantine cistern dated to the 4th–6th centuries, known for its tall double-shafted columns.
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Bozdoğan Aqueduct (Aqueduct of Valens)
Fatih, İstanbul
A 4th-century Roman–Byzantine aqueduct spanning Atatürk Boulevard.
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Büyük Bent (Great Dam), Belgrad Forest
Sarıyer, İstanbul
A historic dam in the Belgrad Forest, the largest reservoir of the Ottoman Kırkçeşme system that carried water to İstanbul.
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Cirimbolu Aqueduct
Uluborlu, Isparta
The surviving section of an arched water channel that carried water to ancient Apollonia.
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Delikkemer (Patara Aqueduct)
Kaş, Antalya
A Roman pressurized water line of pierced stone blocks that carried water to Patara from 22.5 km away.
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Eflatunpınar Hittite Water Monument
Beyşehir, Konya
A sacred water monument of the Hittite Imperial Age on the edge of the pool where spring water is collected, with reliefs of gods and winged suns.
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Ferhat Water Channel
Merkez, Amasya
A Hellenistic–Roman water channel at the foot of Mount Ferhat, cut into the rock and tunneled through it, and the subject of the legend of Ferhat and Şirin.
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Güzelce Aqueduct (Güzelce Kemer)
Sultangazi, İstanbul
An aqueduct in Cebeci built by Mimar Sinan on the Kırkçeşme water supply line.
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İncekaya Aqueduct
Safranbolu, Karabük
A historic aqueduct over the Tokatlı Canyon, 116 meters long and reaching a height of 60 meters.
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Karakuyu Hittite Dam
Pınarbaşı, Kayseri
An earth-embankment dam from the 13th century BC near the village of Karakuyu in Pınarbaşı, known for its block stones inscribed in the name of the Hittite king Tudhaliya IV.
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Kızılçullu Aqueducts
Karabağlar, İzmir
Historic arches in Şirinyer crossing the Meles Çayı valley, which once carried water to the city.
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Mağlova Aqueduct
Eyüpsultan, İstanbul
A monumental two-tiered aqueduct built by Mimar Sinan in the Alibey Stream valley for the Kırkçeşme water line.
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Olba Aqueduct
Silifke, Mersin
A two-story Roman aqueduct 25 m high, built in 199 in the time of Septimius Severus.
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Pisidian Antioch Aqueduct
Yalvaç, Isparta
The surviving piers of the Roman aqueduct that carried water to the ancient city from springs to the north.
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Pişirici Kastel
Şahinbey, Gaziantep
One of the best-known examples of 'kastels', the underground water structures unique to Gaziantep; it combines a fountain, an ablution area and a masjid.
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Şamran (Menua) Canal
Edremit, Van
An ancient water canal commissioned by the Urartian King Menua about 2800 years ago, flowing between the gardens of Edremit and still used for irrigation.
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Trajan Aqueduct
Defne, Hatay
The surviving arches of the Roman-period waterway that carried water from the Daphne springs to ancient Antakya.
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Uzunkemer Aqueduct
Eyüpsultan, İstanbul
An Ottoman aqueduct in Kemerburgaz, the longest of the Kırkçeşme water line, attributed to Mimar Sinan.
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Vespasian Titus Tunnel
Samandağ, Hatay
A Roman-period tunnel carved into the rock to protect the harbor of Seleucia Pieria from flood waters; it came through the earthquake undamaged and is open to visitors.
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Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı)
Fatih, İstanbul
A giant 6th-century Byzantine underground reservoir where hundreds of columns rise from the water in dim light.