Agora of Smyrna
Smyrna
The Agora of Smyrna in Izmir’s Kemeraltı was the civic heart of the ancient city; it is known for its great Basilica, West Stoa, Faustina Gate and rich graffiti.
Period
Hellenistic Period
323 BCE – 30 BCE
Ancient cities
Aigai
Aigai, Aegae, Nemrutkale, Köseler Kalesi
Aigai is an Aeolian hill city on Mount Yunt in Manisa, known for its three-storey Hellenistic agora building, bouleuterion, theatre, macellum and Athena sanctuary.
Aizanoi
Aizanoi
Aizanoi is a Roman-era city in Çavdarhisar, Kütahya, known for its Temple of Zeus, an attached theatre-stadium complex and its macellum market building.
Alabanda
Alabanda, Antiocheia Chrysaoron, Khrysor Antiokhia
Alabanda is a Carian city in Çine, Aydın, on the Araphisar hillsides; it became a regional capital under Rome and has a theatre, council house and baths.
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.
Alanya Castle
Karakesion, Kalonoros, Alaiye
A medieval fortress on a rock 250 m above the sea, with 6.5 km of walls, the Red Tower and the only Seljuk shipyard to survive intact; people still live inside the walls.
Alaşehir Archaeological Site (Philadelphia)
Philadelpheia, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, in Manisa's Alaşehir district, was founded by Attalos II Philadelphos; the East Gate and the monumental piers of the Byzantine-era Church of St. John survive.
Alinda
Alinda, Alexandria ad Latmum, Aleksandria
Alinda is a Carian city on two hills in Karpuzlu, remembered as the capital of Queen Ada and known for its agora, theatre, walls and Carian-type tombs.
Anazarbus (Anavarza)
Anazarbos, Anazarba, Anazarbus, Caesarea, Ioustinianoupolis, Aynızarba
Anazarbus, known in Turkish as Anavarza, is a large Roman-Byzantine city of the Cilician plain near Kozan, with a colonnaded street, the Ala Kapı gate and a medieval citadel.
Andriake
Andriake, Andriaca, Andriakos
Andriake was the harbour of Myra at Çayağzı in Demre; its Hadrianic granary now houses the Museum of Lycian Civilisations, and it also has murex workshops and a synagogue.
Anemurium
Anemurium, Eski Anamur
An abandoned Roman harbour city on the slopes of Cape Anamur, with tombs standing to the roof, mosaic-floored baths and an odeon; its name means windy place.
UNESCO
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.