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Roman

Ancient cities

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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

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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.

Tripolis

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Tripolis

Apollonia, Antoniopolis, Tripolis

Tripolis, in the Buldan district of Denizli, was a Hellenistic city founded as Apollonia on a trade route at the edge of Lydia, excavated since 2012 for its colonnaded street, agora and fountain.

Troy UNESCO

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Troy

Ilium, Troia, Hisarlık

Nine cities stacked on the Hisarlik mound: Troy, in Çanakkale, holds over three thousand years of unbroken settlement and the setting of the Iliad's siege.

Uzuncaburç (Diocaesarea)

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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.

Xanthos UNESCO

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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.

Zeugma Archaeological Site

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Zeugma Archaeological Site

Seleukeia pros to Euphrate, Zuqarri, Apameia

Zeugma at Nizip, Gaziantep, is an ancient Euphrates city with a Roman legion base and rich villas, famed for its mosaics and partly flooded by the Birecik Dam.