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Ani Archaeological Site
Ani near Kars is a medieval Bagratid capital with Armenian, Seljuk and Georgian monuments on the Armenian border; a World Heritage Site since 2016.
Period
Byzantine Period
395 CE – 1453 CE
Ancient cities
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
Dara
Dara, Daras, Anastasiopolis
Dara is an East Roman garrison city near Mardin, built against the Sasanians; it is known for four kilometres of walls, giant cisterns, rock-cut tombs and a market district under excavation.
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Derinkuyu Underground City
Derinkuyu is a multi-level underground city cut into Cappadocian tuff, known for its ventilation shafts, tunnels and stone cylinders; it is a UNESCO property component.
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.
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Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
Amida, Amidi
Diyarbakır's 5.8 km of walls, Inner Castle and the Hevsel Gardens by the Tigris span Roman to Ottoman history; a World Heritage Site since 2015.
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Ephesus
Ephesos, Arsinoeia, Arsinoe, Apaša, Ayasuluk, Ufsus
Ephesus is an ancient city beside Selçuk in İzmir, home of the Temple of Artemis, a Seven Wonders monument, and a World Heritage Site since 2015.
Euromos
Europos, Euromos, Philippoi, Hyromos, Kyromos, Eurome, Kyramos
Euromos is a Carian city on the slopes of Kızılbayır hill near Milas, best known for its 2nd-century CE Corinthian Temple of Zeus Lepsynos.
Gemiler Island
Lebissos
A small island at the head of Fethiye Bay near Ölüdeniz, with four ruined churches, the basilica-plan Church 3 and a stop on the Early Byzantine pilgrim route.