Map of Turkish Unesco Heritage Sites
Click any of the markers above to learn more about the corresponding heritage site and learn more about Turkey in Asia. The list below is ordered by name. The oldest site is Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia. On the list since 1985. The youngest site is Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire. On the list since 2014.
Name | Since |
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Archaeological Site of Troy Troy, with its 4,000 years of history, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. The first excavations at the site were undertaken by the famous archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in... |
1998 |
Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire This property is a serial nomination of eight component sites in the City of Bursa and the nearby village of Cumalıkızık, in the southern Marmara region. The site illustrates the creation of an urb... |
2014 |
City of Safranbolu From the 13th century to the advent of the railway in the early 20th century, Safranbolu was an important caravan station on the main East–West trade route. The Old Mosque, Old Bath and Süleyman Pa... |
1994 |
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia In a spectacular landscape, entirely sculpted by erosion, the Göreme valley and its surroundings contain rock-hewn sanctuaries that provide unique evidence of Byzantine art in the post-Iconoclastic p... |
1985 |
Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği This region of Anatolia was conquered by the Turks at the beginning of the 11th century. In 1228–29 Emir Ahmet Shah founded a mosque, with its adjoining hospital, at Divrigi. The mosque has a single... |
1985 |
Hattusha: the Hittite Capital The archaeological site of Hattusha, former capital of the Hittite Empire, is notable for its urban organization, the types of construction that have been preserved (temples, royal residences, fortifi... |
1986 |
Hierapolis-Pamukkale Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) an unreal landscape, made up of mineral forests, petrified wate... |
1988 |
Historic Areas of Istanbul With its strategic location on the Bosphorus peninsula between the Balkans and Anatolia, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, Istanbul has been associated with major political, religious and artistic ... |
1985 |
Nemrut Dağ The mausoleum of Antiochus I (69–34 B.C.), who reigned over Commagene, a kingdom founded north of Syria and the Euphrates after the breakup of Alexander's empire, is one of the most ambitious constr... |
1987 |
Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük Two hills form the 37 ha site on the Southern Anatolian Plateau. The taller eastern mound contains eighteen levels of Neolithic occupation between 7400 bc and 6200 bc, including wall paintings, rel... |
2012 |
Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape This site rises high above the Bakirçay Plain in Turkey’s Aegean region. The acropolis of Pergamon was the capital of the Hellenistic Attalid dynasty, a major centre of learning in the ancient worl... |
2014 |
Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex The square Mosque with its single great dome and four slender minarets, dominates the skyline of the former Ottoman capital of Edirne. Sinan, the most famous of Ottoman architects in the 16th century,... |
2011 |
Xanthos-Letoon This site, which was the capital of Lycia, illustrates the blending of Lycian traditions and Hellenic influence, especially in its funerary art. The epigraphic inscriptions are crucial for our underst... |
1988 |