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Historic towns and quarters that preserve their traditional fabric.

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Bursa and Cumalıkızık UNESCO

Turkey Historic town

Bursa and Cumalıkızık

Eight sites in Bursa (complexes, a khan district, tombs) and the waqf village of Cumalıkızık record the first Ottoman capital; inscribed in 2014.

City of Safranbolu UNESCO

Turkey Historic town

City of Safranbolu

Safranbolu, a caravan-trade town in Karabük, keeps its Ottoman street pattern and timber-and-stone houses in the districts of Çukur, Kıranköy and Bağlar.

Historic Areas of Istanbul UNESCO

Turkey Historic town

Historic Areas of Istanbul

Constantinople, Byzantion

Four districts of old Istanbul (Sultanahmet, Süleymaniye, Zeyrek and the land walls) make up this World Heritage site, with Hagia Sophia and the Süleymaniye.

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