UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Turkey
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Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque
UNESCO World Heritage Site and architectural masterpiece originally completed in 537 as a Byzantine basilica. It features a massive pendentive dome and has historically functioned as a cathedral, museum, and mosque.
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Topkapı Palace
Historic Ottoman palace and former royal residence featuring centuries-old architecture and extensive imperial collections, now functioning as a museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Göreme Open Air Museum
Göreme is a district of the Nevşehir Province in Turkey. After the eruption of Mount Erciyes about 2.6 million years ago, ash and lava…
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Pamukkale Travertines
A natural wonder and a UNESCO World Heritage site - this geological phenomenon is an absolute must-see.
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Catalhoyuk
Çatalhöyük is a tell of a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from…
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Pergamon
Pergamon or Pergamum, also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos, was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Aeolis.
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Nimrud Dag
Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is a 2,134-metre-high mountain in southeastern Turkey, notable for the summit where a number of large statues are…
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Divriği Great Mosque
Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital is a mosque and hospital complex built in 1228–1229 by the local dynasty of the Mengujekids in the small…
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Archaeological Site of Troy
Ancient city and national park featuring nine layers of archaeological history spanning over 4,000 years. It is recognized for its uninterrupted stratigraphy and as the setting for the legendary conflict described in Homer's Iliad.
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Pamukkale Natural Park
Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey.
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Ani
Ani is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia.
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Hattusa
Hattusa, also Hattuşa, Ḫattuša, Hattusas, or Hattusha, was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age during two distinct…
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Çatalhöyük
Çatalhöyük is a tell of a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from…
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