🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Karahan Tepe T-Pillar Structure AD
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Karahan Tepe T-Pillar Structure AD in Şanlıurfa, Karahantepe, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
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🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Karahan Tepe T-Pillar Structure AD in Şanlıurfa, Karahantepe, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Ubaid to Akkadian (4500–2200 BCE) · Ubaid-Uruk
Tell Kurban — Euphrates in Şanlıurfa Province, Euphrates rescue, Turkey is a Ubaid to Akkadian (4500–2200 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid-Uruk culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE) · Lycian
Idebessos — Lycian Tower City in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Boncuklu Höyük House 15 Terrazzo in Konya, Boncuklu, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Median to Persian (600–547 BCE destroyed by Cyrus) · Median Kingdom (Cyaxares?)
Kerkenes Dağ — Median Mountain City in Yozgat Province, Turkey is a Median to Persian (600–547 BCE destroyed by Cyrus) ancient-city attributed to Median Kingdom (Cyaxares?).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Roman to Byzantine (100–600 CE) · Roman Cilician
Anemurium — Lower City Tombs Street in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Roman to Byzantine (100–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Roman Cilician.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Lycian–Roman (500 BCE–300 CE) · Lycian
Arykanda Eastern Terrace — Arif Extension in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian–Roman (500 BCE–300 CE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Iron Age (3000–600 BCE) Mittani to Neo-Hittite · Hititte then Neo-Hittite (Carchemish kingdom Kup-Teshub)
Carchemish — East Outer Town Extension in Gaziantep Province, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Iron Age (3000–600 BCE) Mittani to Neo-Hittite ancient-city attributed to Hititte then Neo-Hittite (Carchemish…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–1200 CE) · Hellenistic (Tralles)
Tralleis — Aydın Terrace City West Annex in Aydın Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–1200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic (Tralles).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Phrygian to Persian (900–330 BCE) · Phrygian (Midas)
Gordion — Phrygian Outer Lower Town East in Ankara Province, Turkey is a Phrygian to Persian (900–330 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Phrygian (Midas).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Harran — University North Lecture Hall (Ruha) in Şanlıurfa, Harran, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronze…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Ephesus — Terrace House 2 Peristyle Court East in İzmir, Selçuk, Ephesus, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to …
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–600 CE) · Hellenistic–Roman (Aphrodisias)
Aphrodisias North Agora Pylon — Extension in Aydın Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic–Roman (Aphrodisias).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Atlit Yam Well Extension North in Lycia Coast, Turkey is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Medieval culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian (Balboura) Kibyra tetrapolis
Balboura — Lycian Mountain City in Burdur Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian (Balboura) Kibyra tetrapolis.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Beycesultan Palace West Bastion in Denizli, Çivril, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Classical (500 BCE) · Karian–Lycian border
Calynda — Karia-Lycia Border City in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Classical (500 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Karian–Lycian border.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Byzantine (170 BCE–500 CE) · Hellenistic then Roman (Archelaos)
Elaiussa Sebaste — Archaic Port and Agora in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (170 BCE–500 CE) ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic then Roman (Archelaos).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Ionian to Byzantine · Ionian Greek / Roman
Ephesus (Efes) in Izmir Province, Turkey is a Ionian to Byzantine ancient city attributed to Ionian Greek / Roman culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 1018).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic–Roman (200 BCE–300 CE) · Seleucid
Epiphania — Cilician City (Oeniandos?) in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic–Roman (200 BCE–300 CE) ancient-city attributed to Seleucid.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE) · Lycian
Isinda — Lycia Upland City in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian. Walled Lycian upland city at Belenli pass with rock tombs and agora.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–600 CE) · Olba kingdom then Byzantine
Kanytelis (Kanlıdivane) — Cilician Chasm City in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Olba kingdom then Byzantine.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Byzantine (200 BCE–1361 CE) then Armenian · Hellenistic / Armenian Cilicia
Korykos — Cilician Harbour Castles in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (200 BCE–1361 CE) then Armenian ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic / Armenian Cilicia.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hittite Mopsos to Roman (1300 BCE–400 CE) · Mopsos/House of Mopsos, Roman Mamistra
Mopsuestia — Pyramidal Pyramid Road Station in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hittite Mopsos to Roman (1300 BCE–400 CE) ancient-city attributed to Mopsos/House of Mopsos, Roman Mamistra.