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Derinkuyu Underground City
Derinkuyu is a multi-level underground city cut into Cappadocian tuff, known for its ventilation shafts, tunnels and stone cylinders; it is a UNESCO property component.
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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.
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Eşrefoğlu Mosque (Beyşehir)
Eşrefoğlu Süleyman Bey Camii, Eşrefoğlu Camisi
Standing by Lake Beyşehir, the Eşrefoğlu Mosque (1296-1299) has 41 timber columns and a tiled mihrab; it is part of a World Heritage series since 2023.
Euromos
Europos, Euromos, Philippoi, Hyromos, Kyromos, Eurome, Kyramos
Euromos is a Carian city on the slopes of Kızılbayır hill near Milas, best known for its 2nd-century CE Corinthian Temple of Zeus Lepsynos.
Gemiler Island
Lebissos
A small island at the head of Fethiye Bay near Ölüdeniz, with four ruined churches, the basilica-plan Church 3 and a stop on the Early Byzantine pilgrim route.
Germanicia Mosaic Site
Germanikeia, Caesarea Germanice, Germanicia Kaisareia
The Germanicia mosaic site in Dulkadiroğlu, Kahramanmaraş, holds late Roman and early Byzantine villa mosaics from the ancient city of Germanicia.
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Göbekli Tepe
Giant T-shaped pillars raised by hunter-gatherers some 12,000 years ago near Şanlıurfa: monumental architecture that predates farming. A World Heritage Site since 2018.
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Gordion
Gordium, Vindia, Yassıhöyük
Gordion near Polatlı was Phrygia's royal seat; the 300 m wide Midas Mound holds the oldest known upright timber building. It joined the World Heritage List in 2023.
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Göreme and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
Göreme in Cappadocia is known for churches and monasteries cut into tuff rock; its Open Air Museum lies at the heart of the mixed World Heritage property listed in 1985.
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Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
The Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği in Sivas, founded in 1228-1229 by the Mengücekid Ahmed Shah and his wife Turan Melek, is a UNESCO complex famed for its portals.