Agora of Smyrna
Smyrna
The Agora of Smyrna in Izmir’s Kemeraltı was the civic heart of the ancient city; it is known for its great Basilica, West Stoa, Faustina Gate and rich graffiti.
Archaeological and historic sites
Ancient cities in Turkey
Cities founded in antiquity whose remains can be visited.
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Aigai
Aigai, Aegae, Nemrutkale, Köseler Kalesi
Aigai is an Aeolian hill city on Mount Yunt in Manisa, known for its three-storey Hellenistic agora building, bouleuterion, theatre, macellum and Athena sanctuary.
Aizanoi
Aizanoi
Aizanoi is a Roman-era city in Çavdarhisar, Kütahya, known for its Temple of Zeus, an attached theatre-stadium complex and its macellum market building.
Alabanda
Alabanda, Antiocheia Chrysaoron, Khrysor Antiokhia
Alabanda is a Carian city in Çine, Aydın, on the Araphisar hillsides; it became a regional capital under Rome and has a theatre, council house and baths.
Alaşehir Archaeological Site (Philadelphia)
Philadelpheia, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, in Manisa's Alaşehir district, was founded by Attalos II Philadelphos; the East Gate and the monumental piers of the Byzantine-era Church of St. John survive.
Alexandria Troas
Antigoneia, Colonia Augusta Alexandria Troas, Alexandria Troas
Alexandria Troas is a planned harbour city founded in 310 BCE near Dalyan village in Ezine, covering 390 hectares and known for the Herodes Atticus bath and gymnasium.
Alinda
Alinda, Alexandria ad Latmum, Aleksandria
Alinda is a Carian city on two hills in Karpuzlu, remembered as the capital of Queen Ada and known for its agora, theatre, walls and Carian-type tombs.
Anazarbus (Anavarza)
Anazarbos, Anazarba, Anazarbus, Caesarea, Ioustinianoupolis, Aynızarba
Anazarbus, known in Turkish as Anavarza, is a large Roman-Byzantine city of the Cilician plain near Kozan, with a colonnaded street, the Ala Kapı gate and a medieval citadel.
Ancient Theatre of Halicarnassus (Bodrum)
Halikarnassos
The theatre on the southern slope of Göktepe in Bodrum belonged to ancient Halicarnassus; the Ministry dates it to the 4th century BCE, and it still hosts events.
Andriake
Andriake, Andriaca, Andriakos
Andriake was the harbour of Myra at Çayağzı in Demre; its Hadrianic granary now houses the Museum of Lycian Civilisations, and it also has murex workshops and a synagogue.
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.
UNESCO
Ani Archaeological Site
Ani near Kars is a medieval Bagratid capital with Armenian, Seljuk and Georgian monuments on the Armenian border; a World Heritage Site since 2016.