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.
Period
Roman Period
27 BCE – 395 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.
Aspendos
Aspendos, Primoupolis, Estvediys, Belkıs
The two-storey stage building of the Aspendos theatre still stands to full height. This Pamphylian city near Serik also has an aqueduct arcade over a kilometre long.
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.
Blaundos
Blaundos, Blaundus, Mlaundos, Blaundeon Makedonon
Blaundos is a Hellenistic and Roman city in Ulubey, Uşak, built on a headland cut off by deep valleys on three sides, near Sülümenli village.
Castabala (Kastabala-Hierapolis)
Hierapolis, Kastabala, Castabala, Hierapolis-Kastabala
Kastabala (Castabala-Hierapolis) is a Cilician city near Osmaniye on the Ceyhan plain, known for its colonnaded street, theatre, churches and Bodrum Castle.
Claros
Klaros, Claros
Claros near Izmir was an oracle sanctuary of Apollo, known for the only Doric temple in Ionia, its altar, a hundred-animal tethering block and giant cult statues found in place.
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.