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  1. Adana: Adana (the ancient Antioch in Cilicia or Antioch on the Sarus) is the capital of Adana Province in Turkey. The city administrate...
  2. 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...
  3. Akdamar Island: Akdamar Island is a small island in Lake Van in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, about 0.7 km2 in size, situated abo...
  4. Akhisar: Akhisar is a county district and its town center in Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Western Turkey. Akhisar is also the...
  5. Alabanda: Alabanda – also he Alabanda, ta Alabanda, Alabandeus, Alabandensis, Alabandenus, and for a time, Antiochia of the Chrysaor...
  6. Alalakh: Alalakh (or Alalah, modern Tell Atchana near Antakya (ancient Antioch), Turkey), is the name of an ancient Amorite city and its ...
  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. Aliar: For the village in Azerbaijan, see Aliar, Azerbaijan. ...
  9. Allianoi: Allianoi is an ancient spa settlement situated near Bergama (ancient Pergamon) in Turkey's Izmir Province. The site is located ...
  10. Altintepe: Altintepe is an ancient Urartian site located in Uzumlu district of Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. ...
  11. Amuk, Antakya: The Amuk valley is located in the southern part of Turkey, in the Hatay Province, close to the city of Antakya (Antioch on the ...
  12. Amyzon: Amyzon is also a genus of Catostomid fishes. ...
  13. Anastasian Wall: The Anastasian Wall or the Long Walls of Thrace is an ancient, stone and turf fortification located 65 km west of Istanbul, Tu...
  14. Ani: Ani is a ruined and uninhabited medieval city-site situated in the Turkish province of Kars, beside the border with Armenia. It...
  15. 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...
  16. Antalya: Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. It is the capital city of Antalya Province. The population...
  17. Antigonia (Syria): Antigonia also transliterated as Antigonea and Antigoneia was a Hellenistic city in Seleucis, Syria, on the Orontes, founded by...
  18. 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...
  19. Antioch on the Maeander: Antiochia on the Maeander also Antioch on the Maeander , earlier Pythopolis, was a city of ancient Caria, in Anatolia. The city...
  20. Antioch, Pisidia: Antioch in Pisidia – alternatively Antiochia in Pisidia or Pisidian Antioch and in Roman Empire, Latin: Antiochia Caesare...
  21. Antiochia ad Cragum: Antiochia ad Cragum also known as Antiochetta or Latin: Antiochia Parva (meaning "small Antiochia") is an ancient Hellenistic c...
  22. 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...
  23. Antiochia Lamotis: Antiochia Lamotis or Antiochia in Isauria is a Hellenistic city in Cilicia, Anatolia at the mouth of Lamos (or Lamus) river. T...
  24. Antiochia, Lydia: Antiochia in Lydia was a Hellenistic city founded by Antiochus IV in Lydia, Anatolia . It is mentioned by the ancient geograph...
  25. Apamea (Phrygia): Apamea or Apameia – previously, Kibotos , he Kibotos or Cibotus – was an ancient city in Phrygia, Anatolia, founded...
  26. 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...
  27. Aphrodisias: ''This is the article about the town in Caria, for the goddess see Aphrodite ...
  28. Apros: Apros was an ancient city in Thrace, now in modern Turkey. Its exact location is not known, but it was near Rodosto , west of Is...
  29. Architecture of Istanbul: The Architecture of Istanbul describes a large mixture of structures which reflect the many influences that have made an indelib...
  30. Ariassos: Ariassos (or Ariasos) was a Pisidian city built at a height of 1050 meters in the Taurus Mountains. ...
  31. Arycanda: Arykanda (Arycanda) is an ancient Lycian city, built upon five large terraces ascending a mountain slope, located near the small...
  32. Catalhoyuk: Catalhoyuk was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in southern Anatolia, dating from around 7500 B.C. for t...
  33. Cayonu: Cayonu is a Neolithic settlement in southern Turkey inhabited around 7200 to 6600 BC. It is located forty kilometres north-west ...
  34. Cebrene: Cebrene – also spelled Kebrene or Kevrin, and for a time called Alexandria and also Antiochia in Troad – was an a...
  35. Ceramus: Ceramus or Keramos was a city on the north coast of the Ceramic Gulf—named for this city—in Caria, in southwest Asi...
  36. Corycus: Corycus was an ancient city in Cilicia Trachaea, Anatolia, located at the mouth of the Calycadnus (now Goksu); the site is now ...
  37. Cremna, Pisidia: "Cremna" redirects here. This was also a genus of metalmark butterflies, now a junior synonym of Napaea (butterfly). ...
  38. Digda: This article is about the Lydian town in Anatolia, Turkey. For pokemon see Diglett ...
  39. Dorylaeum: Dorylaeum was an ancient city in Anatolia. It is now in ruins near the city of Eskiehir, Turkey. ...
  40. Edessa, Mesopotamia: Edessa is the historical name of a Syriac town in northern Mesopotamia, refounded on an ancient site by Seleucus I Nicator. For...
  41. Elaiussa Sebaste: Elaiussa Sebaste or Elaeousa Sebaste was an ancient Roman town located 55 km from Mersin in the direction of Silifke in Cilicia...
  42. Emirdag: Emirdag is a town and district of Afyonkarahisar Province in Turkey, on the road from the city of Afyon to Eskiehir. It covers a...
  43. Ephesus: Ephesus was a city of ancient Anatolia. During the period known as Classical Greece it was located in Ionia, where the Cayster ...
  44. Epiphania, Cilicia: Epiphania was a city in Cilicia Secunda (Cilicia Trachea), in Anatolia. ...
  45. Euromus: Euromus – also, Eunomus and Eunomos; earlier Kyromus and Hyromus – was an ancient city in Caria, Anatolia; the ruins...
  46. Germencik: Germencik is a town and a district of Aydin Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. ...
  47. Geyre: Geyre is the ruins of the ancient city Aphrodisias in the province of Aydin. It is a popular tourist attraction for Turkish peop...
  48. Gobekli Tepe: Gobekli Tepe (Turkish for "Hill with a Belly") is a hilltop sanctuary built on the highest point of an elongated mountain ridge ...
  49. Gordium: Gordium was the capital of ancient Phrygia. It was located at the site of modern Yassihuyuk, about 70-80 km southwest of Anka...
  50. Hacilar: Hacilar is an early human settlement in southwestern Turkey, 25 km southwest of present day Burdur. It has been dated back 7040 ...
  51. Harran: Harran, also known as Carrhae, is a district of Sanliurfa Province in the southeast of Turkey. ...
  52. Hasankeyf: Hasankeyf is a city located along the Tigris River in the Batman Province of southeastern Anatolia, Turkey or Kurdistan of Turk...
  53. Hierapolis: For the Syrian city called Hierapolis Bambyce, see Manbij. ...
  54. Hoap Castle: Hoap Castle is a large medieval castle in the village of Hoap , official name Guzelsu, located in southeastern Turkey. Most of ...
  55. Iopolis: Iopolis or Ione was a town on Mount Silpion near Antioch, where Io was worshipped as a moon goddess. ...
  56. 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...
  57. Ivriz: Ivriz is an Iron Age archaeological site of a Neo-Hittite rock-relief monument and cult place in south-central Anatolia . The ro...
  58. Kadirli: For places in Azerbaijan, see Qdirli. ...
  59. Kaman-Kalehoyuk: Kaman-Kalehoyuk is a Bronze Age archaeological site in Turkey, around 100km south east of Ankara. Since 1986 it has been investi...
  60. Karaman: For the village in Azerbaijan, see Qaraman. ...
  61. Karatepe: Karatepe, ("Black Hill") is a Late Hittite fortress and open air museum in Osmaniye Province in southern Turkey. It is sited in ...
  62. Karun Treasure: Karun Treasure is the name given to a collection of 363 valuable Lydian artifacts dating from the 7th century BC and originating...
  63. Kayseri: Kayseri , named in the antiquity Mazaka or Mazarca, Eusebia, Caesarea Cappadociae, and later Kaisariyah, is a large and industri...
  64. Kerkenes: Kerkenes (or Kerkenes Dag) is the largest pre-Hellenistic site from the Anatolian Plateau (Turkey) – 7 km of strong ...
  65. Kestel: Kestel is a city and district of Bursa Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. ...
  66. 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...
  67. Kura-Araxes culture: The Kura-Araxes culture or the Early trans-Caucasian culture, was a civilization that existed from 3400 B.C until about 2000 B.C...
  68. Kutul Monastery: Kutul Monastery (, Greek: Meaning: "Holy Monastery of Saint George Peristereota" (formal name). The name "Peristereota" derives ...
  69. Lake Amik: Lake Amik or the Lake of Antioch was a large freshwater lake in the basin of the Orontes River in Hatay Province, Turkey; it w...
  70. Lake Van: Lake Van (, , , ("Lake of Van")) is the largest lake in Turkey, located in the far east of the country. It is a saline and soda...
  71. Laodicea Combusta: Laodicea or Laodicea Combusta – Greek: Laodikeia), also transliterated as Laodiceia or Laodikeia; also Laodikeia Katakekau...
  72. 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 ...
  73. Laodicea Pontica: Laodicea Pontica or Laodicea , also transliterated as Laodiceia and Laodikeia was a Hellenistic town in Pontus; the site is now ...
  74. Library of Pergamum: Library of Pergamum in Pergamum, Turkey, was one of the most important libraries in the ancient world. ...
  75. Lydia: {| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; width: 250px; border-...
  76. Lysimachia (Thrace): Lysimachia was an important hellenistic Greek town on the north-western extremity of the Thracian Chersonese (the modern Gallip...
  77. Mausoleum of Maussollos: The Tomb of Mausolus, Mausoleum of Mausolus or Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnas...
  78. Metropolis (Anatolia): The classical city of Metropolis is situated in western Turkey near Torbali - approximately 40 km SE of Izmir. The city was firs...
  79. Monumentum Ancyranum: The name Monumentum Ancyranum refers to the Temple of Augustus and Rome in Ancyra , or to the inscription Res Gestae Divi August...
  80. Myra: Myra is an ancient town in Lycia, where the small town of Kale (Demre) is situated today in present day Antalya Province of Turk...
  81. Nevali Cori: Nevali Cori was an early Neolithic settlement on the middle Euphrates, in the province of Sanliurfa (Urfa), eastern Turkey. The ...
  82. Nusaybin: Nusaybin ancient Nisibis, Nisibia, Nisibin) is a city in Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey populated by Turks, Aramean-Syria...
  83. Oenoanda: Oenoanda or Oinoanda, The site is marked today by the Turkish village of Incealiler. in the upper valley of the River Xanthus, w...
  84. Ortakoy, Corum: Ortakoy is a district of Corum Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, located at 57 km from the city of Corum. ...
  85. Pamphylia: {| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; width: 250px; border-...
  86. Panionium: The Panionium was an Ionian sanctuary dedicated to Poseidon Helikonios and the meeting place of the Ionian League. It was on th...
  87. Patara: This article is about the ancient city named Patara in Lycia, Turkey, for the city named Patara in Cappadocia, Turkey, see Patar...
  88. Pednelissus, Pisidia: Pednelissus (in Greek Pednilissos) is a town in the interior of Pisidia, in Anatolia, near the Eurymedon River, above Aspendus.S...
  89. Pepuza: Pepuza (also spelled Pepouza) was a town in the Phrygia region of Asia Minor which was proclaimed in the 3rd century by the Mon...
  90. Perga: Perga, ...
  91. Pergamum: Pergamon or Pergamum was an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey, in Mysia, north-western Anatolia, 16 miles from the Aegea...
  92. Phaselis: Phaselis is an ancient Lycian city in the province of Antalya in Turkey. It is located between the Bey Mountains and the forests...
  93. Pinarbai Golu: Pinarbai Golu is located former Anatolia and present Turkey. It is an archaeological site. ...
  94. Pompeiopolis: Pompeiopolis was a Roman city-state and a titular see in ancient Paphlagonia, situated today in the Takopru district, Kastamonu,...
  95. Rusahinili: Rusahinili ("city of (King) Rusa (II)", modern Toprakkale, Turkey) is an ancient Urartian fortress built by Rusa II, located nea...
  96. Sagalassos: Sagalassos is an archaeological site in southwestern Turkey, about 100 km north of Antalya (ancient Attaleia), and 30 km from Bu...
  97. Sam'al: '''Sam'al''' was a Syro-Hittite city located in the Anti-Taurus Mountains of modern south-central Turkey. ...
  98. Sardis: Sardis, also Sardes , modern Sart in the Manisa province of Turkey, was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, one of the ...
  99. Selcuk: Selcuk is the central town of Selcuk district, Izmir Province in Turkey, northeast of Kuadasi, northeast of Ephesus. Its origi...
  100. Seleucia (Pamphylia): Seleucia – also transliterated as Seleukeia or Seleukheia – was an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast of Pamph...

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