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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.

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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.

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Historic Areas of Istanbul

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.

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Sardis

Sardis, Sfar-, Sparda

The Lydian capital near Manisa where coinage was invented: the Temple of Artemis, the biggest synagogue of the ancient world and the huge Bin Tepe tumuli. World Heritage since 2025.

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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.

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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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Kaymaklı Underground City

Enegüp

Kaymaklı is a multi-level underground city cut into Cappadocian tuff, known for low narrow passages, a church and a stone with 57 holes; a UNESCO property component.

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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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Troy

Ilium, Troia, Hisarlık

Nine cities stacked on the Hisarlik mound: Troy, in Çanakkale, holds over three thousand years of unbroken settlement and the setting of the Iliad's siege.

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Zeugma Archaeological Site

Seleukeia pros to Euphrate, Zuqarri, Apameia

Zeugma at Nizip, Gaziantep, is an ancient Euphrates city with a Roman legion base and rich villas, famed for its mosaics and partly flooded by the Birecik Dam.

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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.

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Labraunda

Labraunda, Labranda, Lambraunda, Labraynda

A Carian mountain sanctuary above Milas, reached by a paved Sacred Way: a rock split as if by lightning, the double-axe Zeus, and the marble banqueting halls of the Hekatomnid satraps.