Side
Side, Sidē, Sibdē, Selimiye
Side, a Pamphylian harbour town on a narrow peninsula near Manavgat, is known for a theatre on an artificial slope of arches and vaults, its Apollo and Athena temples and a museum in a Roman bath.
Period
Byzantine Period
395 CE – 1453 CE
Ancient cities
Stratonikeia
Stratonikeia, Atriya, Khrysaoris, Idrias, Eskihisar
A Carian city near Yatağan whose ruins are reached along Ottoman paving stones past inhabited village houses: the largest gymnasium known from antiquity and a calendar carved in stone.
Sümela Monastery (The Monastery of Virgin Mary)
Panagia Sumela, Theotokos Sumela
Sümela Monastery in Maçka, Trabzon, is a Greek Orthodox complex built into a cliff in the Altındere Valley, known for its icon and frescoes from Alexios III's time.
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
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.
UNESCO
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)
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.
UNESCO
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.