125 ancient sites across Anatolia, spanning from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic to the medieval period.
9600 BCE – 8000 BCE
The world's oldest known monumental sanctuary, predating Stonehenge by roughly 6,000 years. Massive carved T-shaped pillars arranged in circles suggest complex ritual activity among pre-agricultural communities.
3000 BCE – 500 CE
The legendary city of Homer's Iliad, located at Hisarlık in northwestern Türkiye. Multiple settlement layers spanning over 4,000 years make it one of the most storied archaeological sites in the world.
500 CE – 1400 CE
A medieval Armenian capital on the Turkish-Armenian border, once home to over 100,000 people. Its ruins include magnificent churches, mosques, and fortifications spanning centuries of multicultural history.
300 BCE – 1268 CE
One of the four great cities of the ancient world and a cradle of early Christianity. Antioch's extraordinary mosaics rival those of Pompeii, and its layered history spans Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic civilizations.
1000 BCE – 700 CE
One of the greatest cities of the ancient Mediterranean world. Home to the Temple of Artemis (one of the Seven Wonders), the Library of Celsus, and a theatre seating 25,000.
800 BCE – 1923 CE
The deepest known underground city in the world, extending 85 meters below the surface with 18 levels. It could shelter approximately 20,000 people along with livestock and food stores.
7400 BCE – 5600 BCE
One of the world's earliest known proto-urban settlements, occupied from roughly 7400 to 5600 BCE. Famous for its densely packed mudbrick houses, wall paintings, and evidence of a remarkably egalitarian Neolithic community.
3000 BCE – 2000 CE
One of the oldest continuously inhabited places on Earth, where Abraham paused on his journey to Canaan, where the last pagan temple of the Moon God survived into the Islamic era, and where distinctive beehive houses dot the Mesopotamian plain.
9500 BCE – 8000 BCE
A Pre-Pottery Neolithic site near Şanlıurfa, contemporary with Göbekli Tepe. Features T-shaped pillars, carved human heads, and a remarkable underground chamber with phallus-shaped pillars.
756 BCE – 1461 CE
Capital of the Empire of Trebizond — the last Greek empire to fall to the Ottomans — home to a stunning Hagia Sophia church and a 2,700-year history as the gateway between the Mediterranean and the Silk Road.
800 BCE – 700 CE
A major Hellenistic capital perched on a dramatic acropolis, renowned for its Great Altar, its library rivaling Alexandria, and the Asclepion healing center.
1500 BCE – 700 CE
Birthplace of Western philosophy — home to Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes. One of the greatest Ionian cities, with a massive theatre, baths, and the ancient world's first grid-planned city layout.
