Soğanlı Valley
Soğanlı is a valley site in Yeşilhisar district full of rock-cut churches, caves and dovecotes; eight churches can be visited and their frescoes follow a 10th to 12th century style.
Civilization
Byzantine
Ancient cities
Stratonikeia
Stratonikeia, Atriya, Khrysaoris, Idrias, Eskihisar
A Carian city near Yatağan whose ruins are reached along Ottoman paving stones past inhabited village houses: the largest gymnasium known from antiquity and a calendar carved in stone.
Sümela Monastery (The Monastery of Virgin Mary)
Panagia Sumela, Theotokos Sumela
Sümela Monastery in Maçka, Trabzon, is a Greek Orthodox complex built into a cliff in the Altındere Valley, known for its icon and frescoes from Alexios III's time.
Tios (Filyos)
Tios, Tieion, Tium
Tios (Tieion) is a Milesian colony at Filyos in Çaycuma, Zonguldak, just east of the mouth of the Filyos River, with harbour, theatre and acropolis remains.
Tlos
Tlos, Tlawa, Dalawa
Tlos is a Lycian city at the foot of the Akdağlar in Seydikemer, known for the Bellerophon tomb, theatre, stadium and acropolis, on UNESCO's Tentative List since 2009.
Uzuncaburç (Diocaesarea)
Diokaisareia, Diocaesarea, Diocaesarea (Tanrı-İmparator Kenti)
Uzuncaburç is ancient Diocaesarea in Rough Cilicia, north of Silifke, a city grown around the Zeus Olbios sanctuary and noted for its temple, Hellenistic tower and colonnaded streets.
UNESCO
Xanthos
Ksanthos, Arnna, Ξάνθος
Xanthos was the capital of ancient Lycia, known for its monumental tombs and the longest Lycian inscription; it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List with Letoon in 1988.