Assos
Assos, Apollonia, Behramkale
A city on an extinct volcano at Behramkale where Aristotle lived for three years: Anatolia's only Archaic Doric temple, city walls, agora, theatre and a sarcophagus necropolis.
Civilization
Lydia
Ancient cities
UNESCO
Sardis
Sardis, Sfar-, Sparda
The Lydian capital near Manisa where coinage was invented: the Temple of Artemis, the biggest synagogue of the ancient world and the huge Bin Tepe tumuli. World Heritage since 2025.
Side
Side, Sidē, Sibdē, Selimiye
Side, a Pamphylian harbour town on a narrow peninsula near Manavgat, is known for a theatre on an artificial slope of arches and vaults, its Apollo and Athena temples and a museum in a Roman bath.