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Explore selected sites in Türkiye through maps, chronology, method and bibliography.
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Updated: 2026-08-22ArchaeologyBathonea
On the western shore of Lake Küçükçekmece, the site connects Istanbul's prehistoric, Roman and Byzantine past with a protected lagoon, harbour activity and production.
Updated: 2026-08-22ArchaeologyTroy
Troy combines a long settlement sequence, a strategic position near the Dardanelles and the Homeric tradition, making it a key meeting point between archaeology and cultural memory.
Updated: 2026-08-22ArchaeologyPergamon
The acropolis above the Bakırçay Plain was an Attalid capital and centre of learning. UNESCO treats the acropolis, Asklepieion, sanctuaries, tumuli and living Bergama as one landscape.
Updated: 2026-08-22ArchaeologyEphesus
Around the former Kaystros estuary, Ephesus preserves shifting harbours, Roman monuments, the cult of Artemis and early Christian heritage within one long settlement system.
Updated: 2026-08-22ArchaeologyStone Hills
Stone Hills is not one ancient city. It brings Göbeklitepe, Karahantepe, Sayburç and other Neolithic settlements into a regional programme studying different paths from mobile lifeways toward settlement.
Updated: 2026-08-22ArchaeologyHattusa
Set across the rocky highlands of Boğazkale, Hattusa brings the Lower and Upper City, Büyükkale, fortification gates, temples, Yazılıkaya and cuneiform archives into one account of Hittite politics, belief and urban order.
Updated: 2026-08-22ArchaeologyŠarišša (Sarissa)
At roughly 1,650 metres above sea level, Kuşaklı reveals the Hittite city of Šarišša through its walls, gates, temples, houses, water system and tablet archive—a planned provincial centre in the Upper Land.
Updated: 2026-08-22ArchaeologyŠamuha (Samuha)
On the north bank of the upper Kızılırmak, Kayalıpınar is a multi-period river settlement identified with ancient Šamuha through Old Assyrian exchange, Hittite monumental buildings and cuneiform tablets.
Updated: 2026-08-22ArchaeologyNerik
At inland Central Black Sea, Oymaağaç Höyük investigates the Hittite holy city of Nerik through tablets, monumental temple architecture and a subterranean water structure, together with northern frontier and Kaška relations.
Updated: 2026-08-22