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  1. Aboniteichos: Aboniteichos was a town on the coast of Paphlagonia, memorable as the birthplace of the impostor Alexander, of whom Lucian has ...
  2. Adana: Adana (the ancient Antioch in Cilicia or Antioch on the Sarus) is the capital of Adana Province in Turkey. The city administrate...
  3. Adiyaman: Adiyaman (the ancient Perre or Pordonnium) is a city in southeastern Turkey, capital of the Adiyaman Province. It is one of the...
  4. Aegospotami: Aegospotami (Aigos Potamoi) or AegospotamosMish, Frederick C., Editor in Chief. Aegospotami. Websters Ninth New Collegiate Dicti...
  5. Aigai (Aeolian): Aigai is an ancient Greek site in Aeolis, modern North-West Turkey, situated at a rather high altitude almost on top of the Moun...
  6. Alatsata: Alatsata is an Ancient Greek settlement in West Asia Minor Ionia, in today's Izmir Province. ...
  7. Alexandria Troas: Alexandria Troas is an ancient Greek city situated on the Aegean coast at nearly the middle of the western side of Turkey, a li...
  8. Alinda: Alinda (Alinda) was an ancient inland city of Caria in Anatolia. It is situated on a hilltop which commands the modern-day town ...
  9. Allianoi: Allianoi is an ancient spa settlement situated near Bergama (ancient Pergamon) in Turkey's Izmir Province. The site is located ...
  10. Amasra: Amasra is a small Black Sea port town in the Bartin Province, Turkey. The town is today much appreciated for its beaches and na...
  11. Anazarbus: Anazarbus in Ancient Clicia (Adana) was an ancient Cilician city, situated in Anatolia in modern Turkey, in the Aleian plain ab...
  12. Antakya: Antakya is the seat of the Hatay Province in southern Turkey, near the border with Syria. In ancient times the city was known a...
  13. Antandrus: Antandrus was a Greek colony on the north side of the Adramyttian Gulf in the Troad region of Anatolia, near the modern village ...
  14. Antigonia (Syria): Antigonia also transliterated as Antigonea and Antigoneia was a Hellenistic city in Seleucis, Syria, on the Orontes, founded by...
  15. Antioch: Antioch on the Orontes was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It is near the modern city of Antakya, Tur...
  16. Antiochia ad Cragum: Antiochia ad Cragum also known as Antiochetta or Latin: Antiochia Parva (meaning "small Antiochia") is an ancient Hellenistic c...
  17. Antiochia ad Pyramum: Antiochia ad Pyramum was an ancient coastal city of Cilicia, on the Pyramus river, in Anatolia. The location of the city is o...
  18. Antiochia ad Taurum: Antiochia ad Taurum was an ancient city of Hellenistic foundation in the Taurus Mountains of Cilicia (later Commagene province)...
  19. Antiochia in Mesopotamia: Antiochia in Mesopotamia, Antiochia in Arabia, Antiochia Arabis was an ancient city founded after the death of Alexander the Gr...
  20. Antiochia Lamotis: Antiochia Lamotis or Antiochia in Isauria is a Hellenistic city in Cilicia, Anatolia at the mouth of Lamos (or Lamus) river. T...
  21. Antiochia Paraliou: Antiochia Parliou is an ancient city known only from its coinage which bears the legend "ANTIOXEON TIS PARALIOY". Although the...
  22. Antiochia, Lydia: Antiochia in Lydia was a Hellenistic city founded by Antiochus IV in Lydia, Anatolia . It is mentioned by the ancient geograph...
  23. Apamea (Euphrates): Apamea or Apameia was a Hellenistic city on the left bank of the Euphrates, opposite the famous city of Zeugma, at the end of a...
  24. Apamea (Phrygia): Apamea or Apameia – previously, Kibotos , he Kibotos or Cibotus – was an ancient city in Phrygia, Anatolia, founded...
  25. Apamea Myrlea: Apamea Myrlea, or Apamea Myrleon, was an ancient city on the Sea of Marmara, in Bithynia, Anatolia; the ruins are now found a fe...
  26. Apollonia (Mysia): Apollonia was an ancient city of Mysia, Anatolia, situated on an eminence east of Pergamum, on the way to Sardis.Strabo; Xen. A...
  27. Apollonia ad Rhyndacum: Apollonia was an ancient town astride the Rhyndacus river. According to Strabo, it lay in Mysia , a description which misled s...
  28. Architecture of Istanbul: The Architecture of Istanbul describes a large mixture of structures which reflect the many influences that have made an indelib...
  29. Atarneus: Atarneus was an ancient city in the region of Aeolis, Asia Minor. It lies on the mainland opposite the island of Lesbos, northe...
  30. Aydin: Aidin is a city in and the seat of Aydin Province in Turkey's Aegean Region. ...
  31. Bergama: Bergama refers to a city and its surrounding district in Izmir Province, in the Aegean Region of the Republic of Turkey. Known ...
  32. Birecik: Birecik , also formerly known during the Crusades as Bile, is a town and district of Sanliurfa Province of Turkey, on the River ...
  33. Birtha (Commagene): Birtha was an ancient town on the east bank of the Euphrates, at the upper part of a reach of that river, which runs nearly nort...
  34. Bithynia: {| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; width: 250px; border-...
  35. Bodrum: Bodrum (from Petronium; formerly Halicarnassus ) is a Turkish port town in Mugla Province, in the southwestern Aegean Region of ...
  36. Bolu: Bolu is a town in Turkey, and administrative center of the Bolu Province. The population is 84,565 (2000 census). ...
  37. Bursa: Bursa is a city in northwestern Turkey and the seat of Bursa Province. With a population of 1,562,828 (2007), it is Turkey's fo...
  38. Cabira: For the comb jelly genus, see Cabira (ctenophore). ...
  39. Candarli: Candarli is a sea-side township with own municipality within the district of Dikili and administratively depending the district ...
  40. Cankiri: Cankiri is capital city of Cankiri Province, in Turkey, about northeast of Ankara. It is situated in a rich well-watered valley...
  41. Carissa (Galatia): Carissa was an ancient town of the Trocmi in Galatia, Anatolia, located between Etonea and Amasya. ...
  42. Carura: Carura (Gr. ) was an ancient town of Asia Minor on the north-eastern border of Caria. ...
  43. Cebrene: Cebrene – also spelled Kebrene or Kevrin, and for a time called Alexandria and also Antiochia in Troad – was an a...
  44. Ceramus: Ceramus or Keramos was a city on the north coast of the Ceramic Gulf—named for this city—in Caria, in southwest Asi...
  45. Cius: Cius-Kios was an ancient Greek city bordering the Propontis (now known as the Sea of Marmara), in Bithynia, and had as such a l...
  46. Claudiopolis (Cappadocia): Claudiopolis was an ancient city of Cappadocia mentioned by Pliny (v. 24). From its name one can adduce that it was named for ...
  47. Claudiopolis (Cataonia): Claudiopolis was an ancient city of Cataonia mentioned by Ptolemy (v. 7).Its name suggests that it was named for the Roman empe...
  48. Claudiopolis (Cilicia): Claudiopolis also called Ninica and Ninica Claudiopolis, [*] was an ancient city of Cilicia. Ammianus (xiv. 25) mentions Silif...
  49. Claudiopolis (Galatia): Claudiopolis was an ancient city of Galatia mentioned by Ptolemy (v. 4) as belonging to the Trocmi. It sat on the Halys river,...
  50. Comana Pontica: Comana (Komana Pontika) was an ancient city of Pontus, said to have been colonized from Comana in Cappadocia. It stood on the ri...
  51. Corycus: Corycus was an ancient city in Cilicia Trachaea, Anatolia, located at the mouth of the Calycadnus (now Goksu); the site is now ...
  52. Cragus (Cilicia): Cragus or Cragos or Kragos was an ancient city in Cilicia, Asia Minor at the foot of Mount Cragus; its location is in modern-da...
  53. Cragus (Lycia): Cragus or Cragos or Kragos was an ancient city of Lycia, Asia Minor near or on Mount Cragus; its location is in modern-day Turk...
  54. Cyme (Aeolis): This article is about the ancient Ionian city. see also Kymi for the Greek form of Cyme ...
  55. Cyrrhus, Syria: This article is about the city in ancient Syria; for the city in ancient Macedon, see Cyrrhus, Macedonia ...
  56. Darieium: Darieium was an ancient city of Asia Minor. Stephanus of Byzantium mentions it as a city of Phrygia.Steph. B. s.v. . He has als...
  57. Docimium: Docimium, Docimia or Docimeium was an ancient city of Phrygia, Asia Minor where there were famous marble quarries.Steph. B. s. ...
  58. Dolichiste: For the island today, see Kekova ...
  59. Doric hexapolis: The doric hexapolis or Dorian Hexapolis was a federation of six cities of Dorian foundation, and included: ...
  60. Dorieium: Dorieium was an ancient city of Asia Minor. Stephanus of Byzantium mentions it as a city of Phrygia.Steph. B. s.v. . He has als...
  61. Doris (Asia Minor): Doris was a small region of ancient Asia Minor inhabited by Dorians; the territory is now in modern-day Turkey. Pliny (v. 28) s...
  62. Doron: Doron, or Dorio, as it is said to be written in some manuscripts, is a city mentioned only by Pliny and located in Cilicia Trach...
  63. Edessa, Mesopotamia: Edessa is the historical name of a Syriac town in northern Mesopotamia, refounded on an ancient site by Seleucus I Nicator. For...
  64. Elaea (Aeolis): Elaea or Elaia was an ancient city of Aeolis, Asia, the port of Pergamum; the site is not precisely determined but is near Zeyt...
  65. Ephesus: Ephesus was a city of ancient Anatolia. During the period known as Classical Greece it was located in Ionia, where the Cayster ...
  66. Ermenek: Ermenek is a town and district of Karaman Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, populatio...
  67. Erythrae: Erythrae or Erythrai later Litri, was one of the twelve Ionian cities of Asia Minor, situated 22 km north-east of the port of C...
  68. Eskiehir: Eskiehir is a city in northwest Turkey and the capital district of Eskiehir Province. According to 2007 census, population of t...
  69. Faustinopolis: Faustinopolis (also Colonia Faustinopolis and Halala) was an ancient city in the south of Cappadocia, about 20 km south of Tyana...
  70. Gaziantep: Gaziantep , previously and as still used informally; Antep), is the capital city of Gaziantep Province in Turkey. It is conside...
  71. Gaziura: Gaziura , was a town in Pontus, on the river Iris, near the point where its course turns northwards. It was the ancient residenc...
  72. Germanicopolis (Bithynia): Germanicopolis also Caesarea Germanica, was an ancient town in Isauria, Bithynia, on the Gelbes river,William Hazlitt, The Clas...
  73. Halicarnassus: Halicarnassus was an ancient Greek city on the southwest coast of Caria, Anatolia (Asia Minor), on a picturesque, advantageous ...
  74. Hasankeyf: Hasankeyf is a city located along the Tigris River in the Batman Province of southeastern Anatolia, Turkey or Kurdistan of Turk...
  75. Heraclea Pontica: Heraclea Pontica , an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor, at the mouth of the river Lycus. It was founded by th...
  76. Hierapolis: For the Syrian city called Hierapolis Bambyce, see Manbij. ...
  77. History of Anatolia: The History of Anatolia encompasses the region known as Anatolia , known by the Latin name of Asia Minor, considered to be the w...
  78. Iasos: [[Image:IasosHarita.gif|thumb|150px|Location of Iasos in the Gulf of Gulluk in southwestern Turkey. Source: ]] ...
  79. Ibora (titular see): Ibora is a titular see in the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical province of Helenopont, suffragan of Amasia. Its site is at Turhal, ...
  80. Ildiri: Ildiri formerly known as Lytri is a picturesque sea-side village belonging to the administrative district of Ceme in Turkey's I...
  81. Imbros: Imbros, officially referred to as Gokceada in Turkey , is the largest island of Turkey, part of Canakkale Province. It is locate...
  82. Irenopolis: Irenopolis is a Catholic titular see of Isauria, suffragan of Seleucia. ...
  83. Iskenderun: Iskenderun, also Iskenderon , is a city and district in the province of Hatay on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. ...
  84. Isparta: Isparta is a city in western Turkey and the provincial capital of the Isparta Province. The city's population is 150,000 and ele...
  85. Issus (town): Issus is an ancient settlement on the strategic coastal plain straddling the small Pinarus river (a fast melt-water stream sever...
  86. Istanbul: Istanbul is the largest city of Turkey and the third largest city in the world. The city covers 27 districts of the Istanbul pr...
  87. Izmir: Izmir, historically Smyrna, is the third most populous city of Turkey and the country's largest port after Istanbul. It is locat...
  88. Izmit: Izmit (ancient Nicomedia) is a city in Turkey, administrative center of Kocaeli Province as well as the Kocaeli Metropolitan Mun...
  89. Iznik: Iznik is a city in Turkey which is known primarily as the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea, the first and sevent...
  90. Kastamonu: Kastamonu is the capital district of the Kastamonu Province, Turkey. According to a 2000 census, it has a population of 103,340 ...
  91. Kaunos: Kaunos was a city of ancient Caria, Anatolia, a few km west of the modern town of Dalyan, Mugla Province, Turkey. Kaunos was sa...
  92. Klazomenai: Klazomenai was an ancient Greek city of Ionia and a member of the Ionian Dodecapolis (Confederation of Twelve Cities), it was o...
  93. Knidos: Cnidus or Knidos was an ancient Greek city in Anatolia, part of the Dorian Hexapolis. It was situated at the extremity of the l...
  94. Lagina: Lagina is an ancient cult site of important archaeological and touristic value dating from the Carian period and extended under...
  95. Laodicea Combusta: Laodicea or Laodicea Combusta – Greek: Laodikeia), also transliterated as Laodiceia or Laodikeia; also Laodikeia Katakekau...
  96. Laodicea on the Lycus: Laodicea on the Lycus was the ancient metropolis of Phrygia Pacatiana (also attributed to Caria and Lydia), built on the river ...
  97. Laodicea Pontica: Laodicea Pontica or Laodicea , also transliterated as Laodiceia and Laodikeia was a Hellenistic town in Pontus; the site is now ...
  98. Latmus: Latmus is a ridge of many spurs running in an east-west direction along the the north shore of the former Latmian Gulf on the c...
  99. Lycia: "Sidyma" redirects here. For the moth genus named thus, see Sidyma (moth). ...
  100. Lysimachia (Thrace): Lysimachia was an important hellenistic Greek town on the north-western extremity of the Thracian Chersonese (the modern Gallip...

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