🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Can Hasan I
Chalcolithic (c.5500–4800 BCE) · Ubaid-related Central Anatolian Chalcolithic
Middle Chalcolithic tell (200 m diameter, 8 m high) on the Konya Plain’s southern apron, excavated by David French. Sequ...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Canhasan
Pottery Neolithic to Early Bronze · Central Anatolian Chalcolithic
Three mounds (Canhasan I, II, III) spanning Pottery Neolithic to Chalcolithic-Early Bronze (c.6000–3000 BCE) on the south Konya Plain, bridging Çatalhöyük to Mersin-Yumuktepe.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Horum Höyük
Late Chalcolithic to Islamic (peak MBA–Hittite) · Halaf-Ubaid → Kura-Araxes → Yamhad → Hittite → Neo-Hittite
Major Euphrates terrace tell (220 × 180 m, 18 m high) on the Sajur tributary near Nizip, rescue-excavated 1990s ahead of...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Carchemish — East Outer Town Extension
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 · Tell
Beşik Tepe — Troy Outer Coastal Settlement
Early Bronze I to Middle Bronze (2900–2000 BCE) · Troy I maritime / EBA Northwest Anatolian
Troy I harbour hamlet 2900 BCE — coastal EBA tumulus with Troy Ib wares.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tilbeşar Höyük
Neolithic–Iron (6000–600 BCE) · Halaf to Neo-Hittite
Neolithic–Iron (6000–600 BCE) Halaf to Neo-Hittite tell at Gaziantep Province – citadel on aleppo–carchemish road (dims Mound 25 m high, lower town 10 ha).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Didyma Eastern Temenos — Apollo Temple Sacred Precinct
Archaic to Roman (600 BCE – 250 CE) · Milesian Greek to Hellenistic Seleucid to Roman
Eastern hypaethral adyton with sacred spring and stadium of Branchidae oracle.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pergamon Acropolis
Hellenistic to Roman 283 BCE–3rd c. CE · Greek (Attalid) and Roman
Attalid citadel with world's steepest theater and Altar of Zeus frieze.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Korykos — Cilician Harbour Castles
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 · Buried city
Hearths Layer North — Konya Plain (Konya)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Hearths Layer North in Konya Plain, Turkey is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Myra Rock-Tombs Northern Necropolis — Demre Extension
Lycian (5th–4th c. BCE) then Roman · Lycian (Xanthian) Greek
Myra Rock-Tombs Northern Necropolis — Demre Extension in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian (5th–4th c. BCE) then Roman rock_cut attributed to Lycian (Xanthian) Greek.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Balboura — Lycian Mountain 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 · Tell
Çatalhöyük West Mound — Chalcolithic
Chalcolithic (6000–5200 BCE) · Çatalhöyük-Chalcolithic
Çatalhöyük West Mound — Chalcolithic in Konya Plain, Çumra, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (6000–5200 BCE) tell attributed to Çatalhöyük-Chalcolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Anemurium — Lower City Tombs Street
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 · Fortress
Ayani Fortress — Lake Van Urartu
Urartian (685–653 BCE Rusa II) · Urartian (Rusa II of Ayani)
Ayani Fortress — Lake Van Urartu in Van Province, Turkey is a Urartian (685–653 BCE Rusa II) fortress attributed to Urartian (Rusa II of Ayani).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Epiphania — Cilician City (Oeniandos?)
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 · Fortress
Oryanda — Lycian Highland Fortress
Lycian (500–200 BCE) · Lycian
Oryanda — Lycian Highland Fortress in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian (500–200 BCE) fortress attributed to Lycian. Fortified highland city 1200 m with Lycian towered walls and terrace settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Akcali — Lycian Fortified Village
Lycian (500 BCE) · Lycian
Akcali — Lycian Fortified Village in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian (500 BCE) fortress attributed to Lycian. Village with circuit wall and church later on Akcali hill.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Geoglyph
Jomon Geoglyph — Central Anatolia Annex 439
Jomon · Jomon
Jomon geoglyph at Central Anatolia.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Kanlıdivane (Kanytelis / Neapolis)
Hellenistic to medieval (c.400 BCE–1200 CE) · Olbian priest-kings → Isaurian pirates → Roman → Byzantine
Sinkhole-city Kanytelis: 60 m chasm with rim temples, three basilicas and tower-tomb skyline.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Suberde (Göğrem Su Göleti)
Aceramic Neolithic to Early Pottery Neolithic · Central/West Anatolian Neolithic
Aceramic Neolithic lakeside tell (c.7500–6500 BCE) on terrace of Lake Suğla near Karadağ, excavated 1965–71 by Jacques Bordaz.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Can Hasan III
Pottery Neolithic–Early Chalcolithic (c.6300–5500 BCE) · Central Anatolian Pottery Neolithic
Small Neolithic mound (80 m diameter, 4 m high) on the Konya Plain, excavated by David French 1960s as the earliest of t...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Karahöyük (Elbistan)
Early Bronze Age to Medieval (peak MBA–Hittite–Iron) · EB Anatolian → Hittite → Neo-Hittite/Tabal → Armenian Medieval
Large Elbistan Plain mound (300 × 250 m, 22 m high) dominating the Ceyhan headwaters, second only to Tilmen in the plain...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Samsat Höyük (Samosata)
Chalcolithic to Ottoman (peak Neo-Hittite to Roman) · Kura-Araxes → Neo-Hittite → Achaemenid → Commagenean → Roman
Capital mound of Commagene (Samosata) on a Euphrates meander, now island in Atatürk Reservoir. Pre-dam excavations revea...