Roman

UNESCO

Turkey Ancient city

Aphrodisias

Aphrodisias, Ninoe, Stauropolis

Aphrodisias, in Karacasu, Aydın: a Carian city of Aphrodite with a 270 m stadium, a marble sculpture school and the Sebasteion, a World Heritage Site since 2017.

UNESCO

Turkey Mound settlement

Arslantepe Mound

Melid, Meliddu, Malitiya

Arslantepe in Malatya is a mound whose Late Chalcolithic palace and Royal Tomb document early forms of administration; a World Heritage Site since 2021.

Turkey Ancient city

Arykanda

Arykanda, Arykawanda, Akalanda, Orykanda

Arycanda sits at the foot of a tall rock face, as its name says, and spreads over terraces: theatre, stadium, bath-gymnasium and monumental tombs rise up the slope above Finike.

Turkey Ancient city

Aspendos

Aspendos, Primoupolis, Estvediys, Belkıs

The two-storey stage building of the Aspendos theatre still stands to full height. This Pamphylian city near Serik also has an aqueduct arcade over a kilometre long.

Turkey Ancient city

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.

Turkey Sanctuary

Ayatekla (Meryemlik) Archaeological Site

Meryemlik, Hagia Thekla

Ayatekla (Meryemlik) near Silifke is an early Christian pilgrimage site built around the cave where Saint Thekla is said to have taken refuge, with church, bath and cistern remains.

Turkey Ancient city

Blaundos

Blaundos, Blaundus, Mlaundos, Blaundeon Makedonon

Blaundos is a Hellenistic and Roman city in Ulubey, Uşak, built on a headland cut off by deep valleys on three sides, near Sülümenli village.

Turkey Ancient city

Castabala (Kastabala-Hierapolis)

Hierapolis, Kastabala, Castabala, Hierapolis-Kastabala

Kastabala (Castabala-Hierapolis) is a Cilician city near Osmaniye on the Ceyhan plain, known for its colonnaded street, theatre, churches and Bodrum Castle.

Turkey Sanctuary

Didyma (Temple of Apollo)

Didyma, Branchidai, Ioustinianopolis, Didim

The Temple of Apollo at Didyma had no roof over its heart: an open court held a sacred spring and a tiny shrine. Built for an oracle, it was never finished; a Sacred Way led to it from Miletus.