Alacahöyük
Alaca Höyük, Alacahöyük
Alacahöyük is a settlement mound in Alaca district, Çorum, known for its Early Bronze Age royal tombs, the Hittite Sphinx Gate and the museum on the site.
Archaeological and historic sites
Mounds
Settlement mounds built up from successive occupation layers, and prehistoric settlements.
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UNESCO
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.
Aşıklı Höyük
Near Aksaray, the first known village of Central Anatolia: the earliest mud-brick architecture, signs of the shift to farming and rebuilt Neolithic houses at the entrance.
UNESCO
Çatalhöyük
Çatalhöyük is a Neolithic settlement on two mounds in the Konya plain, founded about 9,000 years ago, famous for streetless roof-entered houses and wall paintings; listed by UNESCO in 2012.
UNESCO
Çukuriçi Mound
Çukuriçi Mound near Ephesus is a prehistoric settlement tell reaching back to the 7th millennium BC, and one of the three components of the Ephesus World Heritage property.
UNESCO
Göbekli Tepe
Giant T-shaped pillars raised by hunter-gatherers some 12,000 years ago near Şanlıurfa: monumental architecture that predates farming. A World Heritage Site since 2018.
Karahan Tepe
A Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement in the Tek Tek Mountains near Şanlıurfa, known for special buildings cut into bedrock, a carved human head and T-shaped pillars.
Kültepe (Kanesh-Karum)
Kaniş, Neşa, Kanesh, Nesha
At the foot of Mount Erciyes near Kayseri, ancient Kanesh: a capital mound and its Karum lower town, hub of the Assyrian merchants and source of thousands of cuneiform tablets.