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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.
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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.
Simena Archaeological Site (Kaleköy)
Simena, Kaleköy
Simena, the Lycian town beneath today's Kaleköy on the peninsula facing Kekova Island, is known for its castle, a tiny rock-cut theatre, a necropolis and partly submerged remains.
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Sivrihisar Great Mosque
Sivrihisar Ulu Cami, Sülpük Mescidi (annexed prayer room)
Sivrihisar's Great Mosque holds a ceiling up on 63 timber columns in a broad hall; a 13th-century building in the 2023 World Heritage series.
Soğanlı Valley
Soğanlı is a valley site in Yeşilhisar district full of rock-cut churches, caves and dovecotes; eight churches can be visited and their frescoes follow a 10th to 12th century style.
St Paul's Well, Tarsus
A historic well in a courtyard among old houses in Tarsus, traditionally taken as the site of Saint Paul's house; a Christian pilgrimage stop on UNESCO's Tentative List since 2020.
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.
Syedra Ancient City
Syedra, Syedreon, Sedre, Syagra
Syedra, east of Alanya, combines mountain and coastal character; it is known for a 250 m colonnaded street, a bath, a gymnasium and cave cisterns.
Teos
Teos, Athamantis
Teos is a two-harbour Ionian port city at Seferihisar, known for its Hellenistic wall, Temple of Dionysus, theatre and bouleuterion; Ankara University runs the excavation.
Termessos
Termessos, Τερμησσὸς
Termessos stands about 1,050 m up in Güllük Mountain National Park north of Antalya: a Pisidian city that Alexander the Great could not take, still full of walls, tombs and a theatre.
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.