List of World Heritage Sites in Turkey (Tentative list)
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Below is the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Turkey
. (For the criteria see the Selection criteria)
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. (For the criteria see the Selection criteria)
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| Alahan Monastery Alahan Monastery The Alahan Monastery is a one hour walking distance from the village of Alahan, located in the province of Mersin, Turkey. The site is being considered to be put on the World Heritage list of sites who have "outstanding universal value" to the world.... |
25/02/2000 | I,III,IV | Mersin Mersin Province The Mersin Province is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana. The provincial capital is the city of Mersin and the other major town is Tarsus, birthplace of St Paul... |
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| Alanya Alanya Alanya , formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort city and a component district of Antalya Province in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey, from the city of Antalya. On the southern coast of Turkey, the district has an area of 1,598.51 km2 and 248,286 inhabitants... |
25/02/2000 | III,IV | Antalya Antalya Province Antalya Province is located on the Mediterranean coast of south-west Turkey, between the Taurus Mountains and the Mediterranean sea.Antalya Province is the centre of Turkey's tourism industry, attracting 30% of foreign tourists visiting Turkey. The province of Antalya corresponds to the lands of... |
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| Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization Lycia Lycia Lycian: Trm̃mis; ) was a region in Anatolia in what are now the provinces of Antalya and Muğla on the southern coast of Turkey. It was a federation of ancient cities in the region and later a province of the Roman Empire... |
06/02/2009 | III,IV | Antalya ( and Muğla Mugla Province Muğla Province is a province of Turkey, at the country's south-western corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its seat is Muğla, about inland, while some of Turkey's largest holiday resorts, such as Bodrum, Ölüdeniz, Marmaris and Fethiye, are on the coast in Muğla.... ) |
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| Archaeological Site of Aphrodisias Aphrodisias Aphrodisias was a small city in Caria, on the southwest coast of Asia Minor. Its site is located near the modern village of Geyre, Turkey, about 230 km from İzmir.... |
06/02/2009 | II,IV | Aydın Aydin Province Aydın Province is a province of southwestern Turkey, located in the Aegean Region. The provincial capital is the city of Aydın which has a population of approx. 150,000 . Other towns in the province include the summer seaside resorts of Didim and Kuşadası.-History:Aydın was founded by the ancient... |
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| Archaeological Site of Perge Perga Perga was an ancient Greek city in Anatolia and the capital of Pamphylia, now in Antalya province on the southwestern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Today it is a large site of ancient ruins east of Antalya on the coastal plain. Located there is an acropolis dating back to the Bronze Age... |
06/02/2009 | II | Antalya |  |
| Archaeological Site of Sagalassos Sagalassos Sagalassos is an archaeological site in southwestern Turkey, about 100 km north of Antalya , and 30 km from Burdur and Isparta... |
06/02/2009 | II, III | Burdur Burdur Province Burdur Province is a province of Turkey, located in the southwest and bordering Muğla and Antalya to the South, Denizli to the West, Afyon to the North, and Isparta to the East... |
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| Bergama Pergamon Pergamon , or Pergamum, was an ancient Greek city in modern-day Turkey, in Mysia, today located from the Aegean Sea on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus , that became the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon during the Hellenistic period, under the Attalid dynasty, 281–133 BC... |
15/04/2011 | I,II,III,IV | İzmir Izmir Province İzmir Province is a province of Turkey in western Anatolia on the Aegean coast, whose capital is the city of İzmir. On the west it is surrounded by the Aegean sea, and it encloses the Gulf of İzmir. Its area is 11,973 km.2, population 3.948.848 . The population was 3,370,866 in 2000... |
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| Bursa and Cumalikizik Cumalikizik Cumalıkızık is a village located 10 kilometers east of Bursa, at the foot of Mount Uludağ. Its history goes back to the Ottoman Empire's foundation period. The village is within the border of the Yıldırım county. Cumalıkızık was founded by a waqf village... Early Ottoman urban and rural settlements |
25/02/2000 | I,III,IV | Bursa Bursa Province Bursa Province is a province in western Turkey, along the Sea of Marmara. Its adjacent provinces are Balıkesir to the west, Kütahya to the south, Bilecik and Sakarya to the east, Kocaeli to the northeast and Yalova to the north. The province has an area of 11,043 km2 and a population of 3,187,000... |
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| Ephesus Ephesus Ephesus was an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city, on the west coast of Asia Minor, near present-day Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey. It was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League during the Classical Greek era... |
01/02/1994 | I,II,III,V | İzmir |  |
| Eşrefoğlu Mosque Eşrefoğlu Mosque Eşrefoğlu Mosque is a 13th century mosque in Beyşehir, Konya Province, TurkeyIt is situated north of the Beyşehir Lake- History :During the last years of Seljuks of Rum, various governors of Seljuks enjoyed a partial independency. They established their own semi independent principalities named... |
15/04/2011 | II,IV | Konya Konya Province Konya Province is a province of Turkey located in central Anatolia. The provincial capital is the city of Konya. It is the largest province by area of Turkey.-Districts:... |
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| Güllük Dagi-Termessos National Park Termessos Termessos or Thermessos was a Pisidian city built at an altitude of more than 1000 meters at the south-west side of the mountain Solymos in the Taurus Mountains . It lies 30 kilometres to the north-west of Antalya... |
25/02/2000 | Mixed | Antalya | |
| Harran Harran Harran was a major ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia whose site is near the modern village of Altınbaşak, Turkey, 24 miles southeast of Şanlıurfa... and Sanliurfa Sanliurfa Şanlıurfa, , often simply known as Urfa in daily language , in ancient times Edessa, is a city with 482,323 inhabitants Şanlıurfa, , often simply known as Urfa in daily language (Syriac ܐܘܪܗܝ Urhoy,Armenian Ուռհա Owr'ha, Arabic الرها ar-Ruhā), in ancient times Edessa, is a city with 482,323... |
25/02/2000 | I,II,III,IV | Şanlıurfa Sanliurfa Province Şanlıurfa Province or simply Urfa Province is a province in Southeast Anatolia, Turkey. The city of Şanlıurfa is the capital of the province which bears its name. The population is 1,663,371 .... |
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| Hatay, St. Pierre Church Church of St Peter The Church of Saint Peter near Antakya , Turkey, is composed of a cave carved into the mountainside on Mount Starius with a depth of 13 m, a width of 9.5 m and a height of 7 m... |
15/04/2011 | III,IV | Hatay Hatay Province Hatay Province is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast. It is bordered by Syria to the south and east and the Turkish provinces of Adana and Osmaniye to the north. The province is part of Çukurova, a geographical, economical and cultural region that covers the provinces of... |
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| Ishak Pasha Palace Ishak Pasha Palace Ishak Pasha Palace is a semi-ruined palace and administrative complex located in the Doğubeyazıt district of Ağrı province of eastern Turkey.... |
25/02/2000 | I,III,IV | Ağrı Agri Province The Ağrı Province is a province in eastern Turkey, bordering Iran to the east, Kars to the North, Erzurum to the Northwest, Muş and Bitlis to the Southwest, Van to the south, and Iğdır to the northeast. Area 11,376 km². Population 542,022 .... |
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| Karain Cave Karain Cave Karain Cave is a cave and a Paleolithic archaeological site located at Yağca village 27 km northwest of Antalya city in the Mediterranean region of Turkey.... |
01/02/1994 | III-IV | Antalya |  |
| Kekova Kekova Kekova, also named Caravola , is a small Turkish island near Kaş district of Antalya province which faces the villages of Kaleköy and Üçağız... |
25/02/2000 | Mixed | Antalya |  |
| Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization Konya Konya is a city in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. The metropolitan area in the entire Konya Province had a population of 1,036,027 as of 2010, making the city seventh most populous in Turkey.-Etymology:... |
25/02/2000 | I, II, IV | Konya |  |
| Mardin Cultural Landscape | 25/02/2000 | II, III, IV | Mardin Mardin Province Mardin Province is a province of Turkey with a population of 744,606. The population was 835,173 in 2000. The capital of the Mardin Province is Mardin... |
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| Neolithic Site of Catalhoyuk Çatalhöyük Çatalhöyük was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7500 BCE to 5700 BCE... |
06/02/2009 | II,III,IV | Konya |  |
| Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to Dogubeyazit | 25/02/2000 | II, III, IV |  |
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| St. Nicholas Church St. Nicholas Church, Demre St. Nicholas Church, Demre is an ancient Byzantine Church located in modern day town of Demre Antalya Province, . It's usage is dated between 5th - 12th centuries. It is most notable for being the burial place of St... |
25/02/2000 | III,IV | Antalya | |
| St.Paul Church, St.Paul's Well and surrounding historic quarters Saint Paul's Church, Tarsus Saint Paul's Church is a church in Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey.- Tarsus and the churches :Tarsus, in Cilicia of the antiquity, what is now South Turkey, was an important city during both ancient and medieval ages. The tombs of Daniel of the Bible and Al-Ma'mun , the caliph, are in Tarsus. Saint... (Tarsus Tarsus, Mersin Tarsus is a historic city in south-central Turkey, 20 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Turkey with a population of 2.75 million... ) |
25/02/2000 | II,III,IV | Mersin | |
| Sümela Monastery (The Monastery of Virgin Mary) Sumela Monastery The Sümela Monastery , , i.e. monastery of the Panaghia at Melá mountain) is a Greek Orthodox monastery, standing at the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altındere valley, in the region of Maçka in Trabzon Province, modern Turkey... |
25/02/2000 | I,III, | Trabzon Trabzon Province Trabzon Province is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Located in a strategically important region, Trabzon is one of the oldest trade port cities in Anatolia. Neighbouring provinces are Giresun to the west, Gümüşhane to the southwest, Bayburt to the southeast and Rize to the east. The... |
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| The Archaeological Site of Göbeklitepe Göbekli Tepe Göbekli Tepe [ɡøbe̞kli te̞pɛ] is a hilltop sanctuary erected on the highest point of an elongated mountain ridge in southeastern Turkey, some northeast of the town of Şanlıurfa . It is the oldest human-made religious structure yet discovered... |
15/04/2011 | I,II,III,IV,VI | Şanlıurfa | |
| The Citadel and the Walls of Diyarbakir | 25/02/2000 | I,III,V | Diyarbakır Diyarbakir Province Diyarbakır Province is a province in eastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355 km² and the population is 1,528,958. The provincial capital is Diyarbakir... |
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| The Tombstones of Ahlat the Urartian and Ottoman citadel | 25/02/2000 | I,III | Bitlis Bitlis Province Bitlis Province is a province of eastern Turkey, located to the west of Lake Van.-History:Bitlis was formed as an administrative district in the 17th Century... |