Ancient & archaeological sites in Turkey
Detourmap maps 354 ancient & archaeological sites worth the detour in Turkey — ruins, stone circles, dolmens, pyramids, hillforts. The best known is Troy. The 150 most notable are listed here; the rest are on the map. Each has a photo and a Wikipedia article.
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Troy
Ancient & megalithic · 30th century BC · Iconic
Ancient Homeric-era city in northwest Asia Minor; it is known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan war
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Temple of Ephesian Artemis
Ancient & megalithic · 4th century BC · Iconic
Temple in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Ancient & megalithic · 4th century BC · Iconic
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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Göbekli Tepe
Ancient & megalithic · 100th century BC · Iconic
Neolithic archaeological site in Turkey
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Pergamon
Ancient & megalithic · 8th century BC · Renowned
Ancient city of Ionia in modern-day Turkey and UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Miletus
Ancient & megalithic · 11th century BC · Renowned
Ancient city of Ionia, in modern-day Turkey
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Çatalhöyük
Ancient & megalithic · 75th century BC · Renowned
Archaeological site in Konya Province, Turkey
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Sardis
Ancient & megalithic · Renowned
Ancient city in Anatolia, today an archaeological site at Sart, Turkey
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Ani
Ancient & megalithic · Renowned
Ruined medieval Armenian city in Kars, Turkey, and UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Halicarnassus
Ancient & megalithic · 11th century BC · Renowned
Ancient Greek city in Caria, present day Bodrum in Turkey
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Side, Turkey
Ancient & megalithic · Renowned
Mahalle (administrative quarter) in Manavgat, Antalya, southwestern Turkey
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Edessa
Ancient & megalithic · 4th century BC · Renowned
Ancient city in upper Mesopotamia, modern day Urfa, Southeast Turkey
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Xanthos
Ancient & megalithic · Renowned
Ancient city of Ionia in modern-day Turkey and UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Library of Celsus
Ancient & megalithic · Renowned
Library constructed over the burial of the Roman senator Ti. Iulius Celsus Polemaeanus in Ephesus
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Letoon
Ancient & megalithic · Notable
Ancient Lycian city and part of UNESCO World Heritage site in Turkey
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House of the Virgin Mary
Ancient & megalithic · 1st century · Notable
Catholic and Muslim shrine located on Mt. Koressos
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Perge
Ancient & megalithic · 10th century BC · Notable
Ancient city of Pamphylia in modern-day Turkey
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Sümela Monastery
Ancient & megalithic · 4th century · Notable
Greek Orthodox monastery and Tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site in Turkey
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Monastery of Stoudios
Ancient & megalithic · 5th century · Notable
Greek Orthodox monastery in Constantinople
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Heraclea Pontica
Ancient & megalithic · 6th century BC · Notable
Ancient city of Bithynia in modern-day Turkey
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Colophon
Ancient & megalithic · 11th century BC · Notable
Ancient city of Ionia, in modern-day Turkey
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Phaselis
Ancient & megalithic · 7th century BC · Notable
Greek and Roman city on the coast of ancient Lycia; ruins north of the modern town Tekirova in the Kemer district of Antalya Province in Turkey
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Yazılıkaya
Ancient & megalithic · 13th century BC · Notable
Sanctuary of Hattusa, the capital city of the Hittite Empire
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Zeugma
Ancient & megalithic · 3rd century BC · Notable
Ancient city of Commagene, in modern-day Turkey
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Sagalassos
Ancient & megalithic · Notable
Ancient city of Pisidia in modern-day Turkey; tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Nevalı Çori
Ancient & megalithic · 84th century BC · Notable
Early Neolithic settlement and archaeological site
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Hacılar Mound
Ancient & megalithic · 71st century BC · Notable
Archaeological site in Burdur, Turkey
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Erythrae
Ancient & megalithic · Notable
Ruined city of the Ionian League in present day Izmir, Turkey
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The Stone of Million
Ancient & megalithic · 4th century · Notable
Byzantine mile-marker monument in Constantinople
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Pessinus
Ancient & megalithic · Notable
Ancient city and archaeological site in Turkey at modern Ballıhisar
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Zincirli Höyük
Ancient & megalithic · 30th century BC · Notable
Former country and archaeological site in Islahiye, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Sangarius Bridge
Ancient & megalithic · 6th century · Notable
Late Roman (562) bridge in Serdivan, Sakarya, Turkey
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Saint Karapet Monastery, Muş
Ancient & megalithic · 4th century · Notable
Former Armenian monastery in Turkey
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Ktuts monastery
Ancient & megalithic · 15th century · Notable
Former Armenian monastery on an island in Lake Van, Turkey
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Varagavank
Ancient & megalithic · 7th century · Hidden gem
Monastery in Bakraçlı, İpekyolu, Van, Turkey
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Aşiyan Museum
Ancient & megalithic · 20th century · Hidden gem
Museum in Beşiktaş, İstanbul, European Turkey
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Saint Bartholomew Monastery
Ancient & megalithic · 13th century · Hidden gem
Medieval Armenian monestery in present-day Başkale, Van, Turkey
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Aşıklı Höyük
Ancient & megalithic · 82nd century BC · Hidden gem
Neolithic archaeological site near Aksaray, Turkey
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Trabzon Museum
Ancient & megalithic · 21st century · Hidden gem
House museum, archeological museum, ethnographic museum in Trabzon, Turkey
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Kuştul Monastery
Ancient & megalithic · 8th century · Hidden gem
Monastery in Maçka, Trabzon, Turkey
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Church of St. Polyeuctus
Ancient & megalithic · 6th century · Hidden gem
Byzantine church in Istanbul
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Alahan Monastery
Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem
Tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mut, Mersin, Turkey
