Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0
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TÜRKİYE’S SHARED HERITAGE
World Heritage.New discoveries.
From ancient cities and living neighbourhoods to rock-cut settlements and timber mosques. Read the stories of Türkiye’s UNESCO World Heritage properties and shape your own journey.
22 properties shown
Clear filtersImages come from the related province guides; a photograph may show the wider province rather than the heritage property itself.
Panegyrics of Granovetter · CC BY-SA 2.0
Cathedral of Ani, Kars Province.jpg · Resized and cropped. Image source · Licence
Archaeological Site of Ani
Trade routes and architectural traditions meeting on a plateau.
KarsDiscover the story
Jorge Láscar from Australia · CC BY 2.0
View of surrounding plains - Troy (8708440361).jpg · Resized and cropped. Image source · Licence
Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0
Malatya museum Arslantepe pottery 2025.jpg · Resized and cropped. Image source · Licence
Kadı · CC BY 4.0
Cumalıkızık, Bursa 5.jpg · Resized and cropped. Image source · Licence
Bursa and Cumalıkızık
Reading an early capital through its urban and rural links.
BursaDiscover the story
Uğur Başak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Safranbolu traditional houses.jpg · Resized and cropped. Image source · Licence
R Prazeres · CC BY-SA 4.0
Diyarbakir city walls DSCF9396.jpg · Resized and cropped. Image source · Licence
Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens
A cultural landscape linking walls, gardens and the Tigris.
DiyarbakırDiscover the story
Giorgio Galeotti · CC BY-SA 4.0
Library of Celsus - Ephesus, Selçuk, İzmir Province, Turkey - October 7, 2025.jpg · Resized and cropped. Image source · Licence
Beytullah eles · CC BY-SA 4.0
Göbeklitepe Şanlıurfa.jpg · Resized and cropped. Image source · Licence
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Anıtkabir, Ankara, Turquía, 2024-10-03, DD 25.jpg · Resized and cropped. Image source · Licence
Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
Stone craftsmanship from monumental portals to vaulted interiors.
SivasDiscover the story
Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lion Gate, Hattusa 01.jpg · Resized and cropped. Image source · Licence
Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
The Hittite world through gateways and rock reliefs.
ÇorumDiscover the story
Филип Романски · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Historic Areas of Istanbul
Urban heritage made up of distinct historic areas.
İstanbulDiscover the story
Mkrc85 · CC BY-SA 4.0
APOLLON NEMRUT MOUNTAIN.jpg · Resized and cropped. Image source · Licence
Niels Elgaard Larsen · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük
Roof-access houses and the organisation of early settled life.
KonyaDiscover the story
Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
A hilltop city connected to the landscape below.
İzmirDiscover the story
Fred Cherrygarden · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe
A Lydian capital and its monumental burial landscape.
ManisaDiscover the story
User:Ggia · CC BY-SA 3.0
20120604 Edirne view from the top of the Minaret of Selimiye Mosque Edirne Turkey Panoramic.jpg · Resized and cropped. Image source · Licence
Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
Reading Sinan’s architectural ensemble in Edirne.
EdirneDiscover the story
Nabbegat · CC BY-SA 4.0
Afyonkarahisar Kalesi havadan.jpg · Resized and cropped. Image source · Licence
Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia
A timber-column tradition represented across five provinces.
Afyonkarahisar · Eskişehir · Ankara · Konya · KastamonuDiscover the story
Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0
Antalya Harbour from high East flank ın 2011 01.jpg · Resized and cropped. Image source · Licence
Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
A landscape where natural formations and rock-cut habitation meet.
NevşehirDiscover the story
Slyronit · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Hierapolis–Pamukkale
A shared story of travertine terraces and an ancient city.
DenizliDiscover the story