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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.
Archaeological and historic sites
Ancient cities in Turkey
Cities founded in antiquity whose remains can be visited.
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Hadrianopolis
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.
Harran
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.
Hasankeyf
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.
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Hattusa (Boğazköy)
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.
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Hierapolis (Pamukkale)
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.
Iasos
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.
Kanlıdivane (Kanytella)
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.
Karatepe-Aslantaş
Azatiwataya, Azativataya
Karatepe-Aslantaş is Azatiwataya, a late Hittite border fortress on the Ceyhan River near Kadirli in Osmaniye, known for its relief-covered gates and bilingual inscription.
Kaunos
Kaunos, Caunus, Kbid, Cano
Across the Dalyan river, 167 rock-cut tombs on Balıklar Mountain line up like temple fronts; silt closed Kaunos's harbour and left the city 8 km from the sea.
Kibyra
Kibyra, Cibyra, Kibyratis
Kibyra is a Roman-era city on three hills in Gölhisar, Burdur, famed for its stadium, council hall with a Medusa mosaic, a very large mosaic floor and a long-running university excavation.
Knidos
Cnidus, Knidos, Palaia Knidos (Burgaz)
Knidos, on Cape Tekir in Datça, is a terraced Dorian city that filled in the sea to gain two harbours; famed for its wine and Praxiteles's Aphrodite, its theatre stone ended up in Istanbul and Cairo.