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Kaisareia, Hadrianopolis, Proseilemmene, Kaisareis Proseilemmentiai, Kaisareis Hadrianopoleitai
Hadrianopolis is a Paphlagonian city in Eskipazar, Karabük, inhabited in Roman and Early Byzantine times and known for its mosaic-floored churches and Saint Alypius.
Ziata Castellum, Kharpete, Hısn-ı Ziyad, Süt Kalesi
Harput Castle in Elazığ has layers from the Urartians to the Ottomans, with rock-cut cisterns, an Artuqid palace and mosque, and a dug-up Ottoman quarter.
Carrhae, Harran, Ḥarrān, Charris
Harran, 44 km south of Şanlıurfa in the middle of its own plain, is an ancient settlement known for its walls, citadel, Great Mosque and beehive-style mudbrick houses.
Riskepha, Kephas, Kepha, Hasankeyf, Ḥıṣnıkeyf
Hasankeyf is an old Tigris-side town in Batman known for its rock citadel, cave dwellings and Artuqid heritage; a number of its monuments were moved to a new cultural park.
UNESCO
Hattusha, Hattuš, Hattuşaş, Boğazköy, Boğazkale
Hattusa near Çorum was the walled capital of the Hittite Empire: Lion Gate, Sphinx Gate, the Great Temple and the Yazılıkaya reliefs. A World Heritage Site since 1986.
UNESCO
Hierapolis is an ancient spa and pilgrimage city beside the Pamukkale terraces near Denizli; with the travertines it has been a World Heritage Site since 1988.
UNESCO
Constantinople, Byzantion
Four districts of old Istanbul (Sultanahmet, Süleymaniye, Zeyrek and the land walls) make up this World Heritage site, with Hagia Sophia and the Süleymaniye.
Iasos
Iasos is a harbour city on a peninsula in Güllük Bay at Kıyıkışlacık, Milas, with sea on three sides; it is known for its agora, bouleuterion, walls and Roman monumental tomb.
Peristremma
Ihlara is a roughly 14 km canyon in Aksaray's Güzelyurt district, cut by the Melendiz stream; its rock-hewn frescoed churches make it a major centre of early Christian history.
Ishak Pasha Palace in Doğubayazıt, Ağrı, is an Ottoman palace complex begun in 1685 and finished in 1784, blending Ottoman, Seljuk and Persian features.
Kanytella, Kanytellis, Kanlı Divane
Kanlıdivane is a Rough Cilicia settlement near Erdemli built around a huge sinkhole, known for its Hellenistic tower, rock reliefs, monumental tombs and churches.
A Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement in the Tek Tek Mountains near Şanlıurfa, known for special buildings cut into bedrock, a carved human head and T-shaped pillars.
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