Dolmens
Dolmens in Adıyaman are ancient megalithic structures built from upright stones supporting a large capstone.
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Ancient Cities
Fifty-one ancient cities across Anatolia, from Ephesus and Troy to sites most visitors never hear of, such as Sagalassos, Aphrodisias and Perge. Each entry covers what the city was, what still stands today, and how to reach it. Many of the quietest ruins are the best preserved, simply because fewer people go.
This category lists 51 places in Türkiye on istambul.com, including Synnada Ancient City, Perre Ancient City, Misis Ruins, Magarsus Ruins, Kastabala Ancient City, Ipsus Ancient City, Dolmens and Docimium Ancient City.
Düzce
Düzce travel guide: the Roman theatre and museum at Konuralp, Güzeldere and Samandere waterfalls, Akçakoca’s beaches,…
Ephesus
Ephesus near Selçuk, one of the best-preserved Roman cities in the Mediterranean: the Library of Celsus,…
Eskişehir
Eskişehir travel guide: the Ottoman houses of Odunpazarı, meerschaum, Sazova Park, Sivrihisar’s wooden mosque, Phrygian sites,…
Gaziantep
Gaziantep travel guide: Zeugma Mosaic Museum, the castle and copper bazaars, Rumkale, baklava and kebabs, how…
Göbeklitepe
Göbeklitepe near Şanlıurfa: UNESCO-listed Neolithic enclosures of carved T-shaped pillars from 9600 BC. How to get…
Gümüşhane
Gümüşhane travel guide: Karaca Cave, the Santa ruins, Roman Satala, Artabel lakes, Zigana, pestil and köme,…
Hadrianopolis
Hadrianopolis near Eskipazar, Karabük: Roman and Byzantine baths, churches and mosaics of the four rivers of…
Halicarnassus
Halicarnassus, ancient Bodrum: the Mausoleum of Mausolus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World,…
Harran
Harran near Şanlıurfa: conical mudbrick beehive houses, the 8th-century Great Mosque, a brick castle and the…
Hatay
Hatay travel guide: Antakya (Antioch) after the 2023 earthquake, St Peter’s cave church, Titus Tunnel, Harbiye,…
Hattusa
Hattusa, the Hittite capital near Boğazkale in Çorum: the Lion Gate, the Great Temple and the…
Hierapolis
Hierapolis above Pamukkale: the Roman theatre, the necropolis, the Plutonium and the Antique Pool, part of…
Ipsus Ancient City
Ipsus Ancient City, also known as Ipsos, was an ancient city located in Anatolia and modern-day…
Karaman
Karaman travel guide: Binbirkilise on Karadağ, Karaman Castle, the Hatuniye Madrasa, Yunus Emre's tomb, Taşkale granaries…
Kars
Kars travel guide: the UNESCO ruins of Ani, Kars Castle, Russian-era streets, skiing at Sarıkamış, the…
Kastabala Ancient City
Hierapolis-Kastabala in Osmaniye: the colonnaded street, theatre and castle of the city of Artemis Perasia, with…
Kayalıdere
Kayalıdere, an 8th-century BC Urartian fortress near Varto in Muş: the 1965 excavation, the bronze lion,…
Kaymakli Underground City
Kaymaklı Underground City in Cappadocia: a multi-level city carved into soft volcanic rock, with stables, churches…
Kerkenes
Kerkenes near Yozgat: a 7 km circuit of Iron Age walls, the city of Pteria taken…
Kütahya
Kütahya travel guide: the Roman city of Aizanoi, hand-painted tiles, the castle and Germiyan Street, thermal…
Laodicea
Laodicea on the Lycus near Denizli, one of the Seven Churches of Revelation: its colonnaded streets,…
Lycaonia
Lycaonia, the ancient region north of the Taurus Mountains around Konya, where Paul the Apostle preached…
Lydia
Lydia, the ancient kingdom of western Anatolia credited with the first coins: its capital Sardis, King…
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