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Mahmut Bey Mosque (Kasaba Village)
Mahmud Bey Camii, Kasaba Köyü Camii, Kasabaköy Camii
In Kasaba village near Kastamonu, the Mahmut Bey Mosque of 1366-67 stands on four timber columns and is part of a World Heritage series since 2023.
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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Mausoleion, Maussolleion, Maussolleion von Halikarnass
Bodrum's main street follows the ancient road that ran past the Mausoleum to the Myndos Gate; of this wonder of the world, the foundation cutting and the excavated site remain.
Metropolis
Metropolis
Metropolis is an Ionian city at Torbalı beneath Mount Gallesion, known for its theatre, bouleuterion, stoa, Peristyle House and Lower Bath-Palaestra.
Midas Yazılıkaya
Midas City, Yazılıkaya
Midas Yazılıkaya, in Han district of Eskişehir, was the religious heart of Highland Phrygia, famed for rock-cut facades, altars and the Midas Monument.
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.
Monastery Valley (Selime)
Monastery Valley in Güzelyurt, Aksaray, is lined with rock-cut churches and likened to a smaller Ihlara; nearby Selime Cathedral is the largest cathedral complex in Cappadocia.
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Mount Nemrut Archaeological Site
On a 2,150 m summit in Adıyaman, King Antiochos I of Commagene built a huge tumulus ringed by terraces of seated colossal gods whose heads now lie on the ground.
Myra
Myra, Muri
Myra, in Antalya's Demre district, was a great Lycian League city and later the see of St Nicholas; relief-carved rock tombs flank its Roman theatre.
Nysa
Nysa, Athymbra
A Carian city split by a deep gorge in Sultanhisar: the place where Strabo studied, a two-storey Roman library, a theatre for 10,000, a U-shaped stadium and bridges across the valley.
Olympos
Olympus, Olympos, Hadrianopolis
Olympos, near Kumluca in Antalya, was one of the three-vote cities of the Lycian League, known for its pirate past, Byzantine churches and the eternal flames of Yanartaş.
Patara
Patara, Arsinoe, Patar, Pttara
Patara, capital of the Lycian League and birthplace of St Nicholas, stands at Gelemiş beside an 18 km beach, with a Roman arch, theatre, Nero Bath, lighthouse and granary.
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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.