Monastery Valley (Selime)
Monastery Valley in Güzelyurt, Aksaray, is lined with rock-cut churches and likened to a smaller Ihlara; nearby Selime Cathedral is the largest cathedral complex in Cappadocia.
Civilization
Roman
Ancient cities
Myra
Myra, Muri
Myra, in Antalya's Demre district, was a great Lycian League city and later the see of St Nicholas; relief-carved rock tombs flank its Roman theatre.
Nysa
Nysa, Athymbra
A Carian city split by a deep gorge in Sultanhisar: the place where Strabo studied, a two-storey Roman library, a theatre for 10,000, a U-shaped stadium and bridges across the valley.
Olympos
Olympus, Olympos, Hadrianopolis
Olympos, near Kumluca in Antalya, was one of the three-vote cities of the Lycian League, known for its pirate past, Byzantine churches and the eternal flames of Yanartaş.
Patara
Patara, Arsinoe, Patar, Pttara
Patara, capital of the Lycian League and birthplace of St Nicholas, stands at Gelemiş beside an 18 km beach, with a Roman arch, theatre, Nero Bath, lighthouse and granary.
UNESCO
Pergamon (Bergama)
Pergamon, Pergamum
Pergamon's steep 10,000-seat theatre and 200,000-volume library crowned Kale Hill above the Bakırçay plain, the capital of the Attalid kings and now a World Heritage Site.
Perge
Perge, Parha
Two Hellenistic towers from the 3rd century BCE greet visitors to Perge. This Pamphylian city near Aksu is known for its colonnaded street, theatre and stadium.
Perrhe (Perre) Ancient City
Perrhe, Me'arath, Gazze, Pörön, Pirin, Perin, Hierapolis
Perrhe in the Örenli district of Adıyaman ranked among Commagene's five leading cities and is known for the region's largest necropolis, its mosaics and the Roman Fountain.
Pessinus
Pessinous, Iustinianoupolis, Ballıhisar, Pesinunte
Pessinus is an ancient city of Phrygian origin in Ballıhisar, Eskişehir, known for the Mother Goddess cult, a Roman imperial temple and the Theatre with Steps.
Phaselis
Phaselis
A 125 m paved street links two of Phaselis's three harbours; Roman aqueducts, a small theatre and Hadrian's gateway stand in the pine woods of this Lycian coast port.
Pinara
Pinara, Pinale
Pinara is a Lycian city near Minare village below Mount Babadağ in Fethiye, known for its round acropolis, hundreds of rock tombs, odeon, agora and theatre.
Pisidian Antioch
Antiochia, Col. Caesarea, Antiochia Pisidia
Pisidian Antioch (Pisidia Antiokheia) is a Seleucid-founded city near Yalvaç, Isparta, noted for its Temple of Augustus, theatre and the Basilica of St Paul.