🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tülintepe
Halaf to Middle Ages (c.5800 BCE–1200 CE; Halaf-Ubaid transition type) · Halaf → Ubaid → Uruk → Early Bronze → Medieval
Altınova Halaf-Ubaid type mound (5800 BCE) 1 km from Norşuntepe, now under Keban Lake.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tepebağ Mound — Adana
Neolithic to Ottoman (6000 BCE–1500 CE) continuous Adana · Kizzuwatna / Cilician
Tepebağ Mound — Adana in Adana Province, Turkey is a Neolithic to Ottoman (6000 BCE–1500 CE) continuous Adana tell attributed to Kizzuwatna / Cilician.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Cave
Öküzini Cave
Upper Palaeolithic to Early Neolithic (c.21,000–6000 BCE; intensive 17,000–11,800 cal BP) · Anatolian Epipalaeolithic → Early Neolithic
Epipalaeolithic flagship 900 m from Karain (17–11.8 ka) with engraved plaquettes and marine network.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Xanthos — Nereid Monument Terrace
Archaic Lycian (550–500 BCE) to Byzantine · Lycian (Xanthian dynasts) → Persian
Kınık Lycia excavated by Demargne 1950–, Harpy Tomb reliefs (British Museum) and bilingual Lycian-Greek stele.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Nysa — Gymnasium Annex Hill
Hellenistic (300 BCE–30 BCE) · Seleucid Hellenistic
Nysa — Gymnasium Annex Hill in Aydın Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic (300 BCE–30 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Seleucid Hellenistic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Claudiopolis — Mut Plateau Temple
Roman (Claudian 41–54 CE) · Roman Cilician
Claudiopolis — Mut Plateau Temple in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Roman (Claudian 41–54 CE) temple-complex attributed to Roman Cilician.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Trbmsa (Telmessos inland) — Telmessos Upland Fort
Lycian (600 BCE) · Lycian
Trbmsa (Telmessos inland) — Telmessos Upland Fort in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Lycian (600 BCE) fortress attributed to Lycian.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Geoglyph
Harappan Geoglyph — Central Anatolia Annex 423
Harappan · Harappan
Harappan geoglyph at Central Anatolia.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Pinara — Rock Tombs Minaret Extension
Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian (Pinara)
Pinara — Rock Tombs Minaret Extension in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) rock_cut attributed to Lycian (Pinara). Minaret village rock tombs 20+ pigeon-hole tombs.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Cave
Üçağızlı Cave
Initial Upper Palaeolithic to Epipalaeolithic (c.43,000–17,000 BP) · Early Ahmarian → Aurignacian (Levantine IUP)
Hatay sea cave (43 ka) — Initial Upper Palaeolithic Ahmarian with Nassarius beads.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Troy (Hisarlik)
Early Bronze Age to Byzantine (Troy I c.3000 BCE – Troy IX 85 CE–500 CE) · Anatolian / Mycenaean-associated / Greek / Roman
Mound of Hisarlik with 9 settlement layers Troy I–IX (3000 BCE–500 CE) plus Homeric epic city Troy VI/VII.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Fortress Citadel Submerged 71 — Turkey Region 11
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Fortress Citadel Submerged 71 — Turkey Region 11 in Turkey Region 11, Turkey is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Beşik-Sivritepe
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Beşik-Sivritepe — buried prehistoric tell/village at Çanakkale Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tepecik (İnegöl)
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Tepecik (İnegöl) — buried prehistoric tell/village at Bursa Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Cave
Karaburun Cave
Middle Palaeolithic – Neolithic (70,000–6000 BCE) · Middle Palaeolithic to Epipalaeolithic
Middle Palaeolithic – Neolithic (70,000–6000 BCE) cave of Middle Palaeolithic to Epipalaeolithic in Antalya Province, Teke Peninsula (c.70000 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Toprakkale (Rusahinili)
Urartian (735–714 BCE) · Urartian (Rusa I)
Urartian (735–714 BCE) fortress of Urartian (Rusa I) in Van Province, Van Plain (c.735 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kusura Höyük
Early Bronze I–III (3000–2300 BCE) · Early Bronze Western Anatolian
Early Bronze I–III (3000–2300 BCE) tell of Early Bronze Western Anatolian in Afyon Province, Sandıklı Plain (c.3000 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Temple of Zeus at Aizanoi
Roman Imperial (High Empire) · Roman Phrygia (Aezanitai polis under Rome)
Hadrianic Ionic pseudodipteral 9×15 with intact vaulted cryptoporticus, Phrygian Roman gem.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Gre Virike
Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze (4000–1600 BCE) · Middle Bronze Ammian
Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze (4000–1600 BCE) tell of Middle Bronze Ammian in Şanlıurfa Province, Halfeti (c.4000 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Arzashkun
Iron Age Urartian (880–780 BCE) · Urartian Early Kingdom
Iron Age Urartian (880–780 BCE) ancient-city of Urartian Early Kingdom in Muș Province, Malazgirt (c.880 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Dilkaya Höyük
Early Bronze III – Urartian (2700–600 BCE) · Van–Urmia EB–Urartian
Early Bronze III – Urartian (2700–600 BCE) tell of Van–Urmia EB–Urartian in Van Province, Edremit Plain (c.2700 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Myus Temple of Dionysus — Avşar Kalesi Peninsula
Archaic to Roman · Ionian, Hellenistic, Carian
Avşar Peninsula white marble Dionysus 2nd BCE (Hermogenes) with theatre above Maeander silt gulf, smallest Ionian League city.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Temple of Apollo at Patara
Archaic to Antonine (Lycia) · Lycian Greek and Roman Lycia
Lycian League capital oracle Ionic 6×11, winter seat of Delos Apollo equal to Delphi.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Karahan Tepe Pillared Structure East Ridge — Southern Extension
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9500-8500 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Karahan Tepe Pillared Structure East Ridge — Southern Extension in Southeastern Anatolia, Sanliurfa, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9500-8500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Pre-Pottery…