Miletus
Miletos, Millawanda, Milawanda, Palatia, Balat
Mother city of more than 80 colonies, capital of Ionia and home of Thales, Miletus now lies on a silted plain with its Lion Harbour, theatre and the Sacred Way to Didyma.
Period
Ottoman Period
1299 CE – 1922 CE
Ancient cities
UNESCO
Pergamon (Bergama)
Pergamon, Pergamum
Pergamon's steep 10,000-seat theatre and 200,000-volume library crowned Kale Hill above the Bakırçay plain, the capital of the Attalid kings and now a World Heritage Site.
Rumkale
Shitamrat, Kal-a Rhomayta, Hromklay, Ranculat, Kal-at el Rum, Kal-at el Muslimin, Kale-i Zerrin
Rumkale, in Gaziantep's Yavuzeli district, is a cliff-top fortress where the Merzimen stream meets the Euphrates, ringed on three sides by a reservoir and once an Armenian Catholicosate seat.
Sedir Island (Kedrai)
Kedreai, Kedrai, Kedrae, Cedrae
Sedir Island in the Gulf of Gökova holds the remains of the Carian town of Kedrai, with walls, a theatre and an agora; it is a first-degree archaeological and natural site reached by boat.
UNESCO
Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
Selimiye Camii
Edirne's Selimiye was raised by the architect Sinan for Selim II in 1569-1575 beneath one great dome; it has been a World Heritage site since 2011.
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.
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.
Tripolis
Apollonia, Antoniopolis, Tripolis
Tripolis, in the Buldan district of Denizli, was a Hellenistic city founded as Apollonia on a trade route at the edge of Lydia, excavated since 2012 for its colonnaded street, agora and fountain.