Below is the list of ancient settlements in Turkey. There are innumerable ruins of ancient settlements spread all over the country. While some ruins date back to Neolithic times, most of them were settlements of Hittites, Phrygians, Lydians, Ionians, Urartians, and so on.
List of settlements
In the table below, only the settlements which have articles in this encyclopaedia are shown, with the exception of the following: A few ancient settlements are still in use (Adana, Amasya, Ankara, Istanbul, Tarsus etc.) These settlements are not included in the list unless separate articles for the ancient sites exist. Some ancient settlements which were well documented are known by name, but so far they have not been unearthed and their exact locations are obscure. (For example; Washukanni, the capital of Mittani.)
A–An
Name of the settlementProvinceNotesImageAigaiManisaAizanoiKütahyaAlabandaAydınAlacahöyük ÇorumAlalakh HatayAlexandria TroasÇanakkaleAlinda AydınAlişar HüyükYozgatAllianoiİzmirAltıntepe ErzincanAmoriumAfyonAmyzon AydınAnazarbusAdanaAnchialeMersinAncozAdıyamanAniKarsAntigoneiaHatayAntioch HatayAntioch on the MaeanderAydın Antioch, PisidiaIsparta Antiochia ad TaurumGaziantepAntiochia Lamotis MersinAntiochia ad Pyramum AdanaAntiochia, ŞanlıurfaŞanlıurfa
Ap–Az
Name of the settlementProvinceNotesImageApamea on EuphratesŞanlıurfaApamea, PhrygiaAfyonApamea Myrlea BursaAphrodisiasAydınAphrodisias of CiliciaMersinApollonia İzmirApollonia ad Rhyndacum BursaAprosTekirdağAriassosAntalyaArsinoe MersinArycanda AntalyaAspendos AntalyaAssos ÇanakkaleAtarneusİzmirAttudaDenizliAulaiMersin
B
Name of the settlementProvinceNotesImageBeycesultan DenizliBinbirkilise KaramanCarchemishGaziantepCapital of Neo Hittite confederationCardia ÇanakkaleCaryandaMuğlaCastabalaOsmaniyeÇatalhöyük KonyaÇayönü DiyarbakırCebrene ÇanakkaleCelaenae AfyonCeramus MuğlaChalcedon IstanbulCharaxYalovaCius BursaModern town GemlikColophonİzmirComanaAdanaCapital of KizzuwatnaComana PonticaTokatCorycus MersinCremna BurdurCyme İzmirCyzicus BalıkesirDara MardinDerbeKonyaDidymaAydınDiokaisareiaMersin Docimium Afyon Domuztepe Kahramanmaraş Dorylaeum Eskişehir Drusipara Kırklareli
E
Name of the settlementProvinceNotesImageEdessaŞanlıurfa Elaiussa SebasteMersinEmirzeliMersin EphesusİzmirWas home to the ancient wonder Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. House of the Virgin Mary is believed to be near the settlement (Mt. Koressos; Turkish: Bülbüldağı).Epiphania MersinErythraeİzmirEuchaita ÇorumEuromusMuğla FaustinopolisNiğdeGambrionİzmir Germanicopolis Bursa Gordium AnkaraCapital of PhrygiaGöbeklitepeŞanlıurfaGözlükule MersinModern city TarsusGryneion İzmir Hacilar Burdur Halicarnassus MuğlaModern city Bodrum and the home to the ancient wonder Mausoleum of HalicarnassusHarran ŞanlıurfaHattusa ÇorumCapital of Hittite EmpireHeraclea Cybistra KonyaHierapolisDenizli Honaz Denizli Hüseyindede Tepe Çorum Hyllarima MuğlaReligious centre in ancient Caria
I
Name of the settlementProvinceNotesImage Ibora Tokat IrenopolisKaraman (?) Issus Hatay Kalehöyük Kırşehir Kandyba AntalyaKanesh (Kültepe) Kayseri Karataş-Semayük Antalya Karatepe OsmaniyeKaunos Muğla Kayaköy Muğla Kerkenes YozgatKibyraBurdurKirshu (Meydancık Castle)MersinKlazomenai İzmirKnidos MuglaKüstülü-ÜçayakMersinLabraundaMuğla Laodicea Combusta Konya Laodicea on the Lycus DenizliLamponeiaÇanakkale Laodicea Pontica Samsun Latmus Aydın Lebedus İzmir Limantepe İzmir Limnai or Limnae Çanakkale Lysimachia Çanakkale
M
Name of the settlementProvinceNotesImage Magnesia on the Maeander Aydın Mallus Adana MelidMalatyaMamure CastleMersinMarpessosÇanakkale Metropolis İzmir MezgitkaleMersin Miletus AydınLeading city of Ionian League Mobolla Mugla Mokissos Kırşehir Mopsuestia Adana Mylasa MuğlaModern town Milas Myndus Muğla Myra AntalyaModern town Demre Myriandrus Hatay Myus AydınNeandreiaÇanakkale Nevalı Çori Şanlıurfa Nicomedia KocaeliModern city İzmit and Capital of Bithynia Nicopolis SivasNiksarTokat Notion Aydın Nysa Aydın Nyssa Aksaray
O
Name of the settlementProvinceNotesImage Oenoanda MuğlaOlbaMersinOlympusAntalya Orestias Edirne Patara Antalya Pepuza Uşak Perga Antalya Pergamon İzmirFormer capital of the Kingdom of PergamonPerperene İzmir Pessinus Eskişehir PhaselisAntalyaPhocaeaİzmir PinaraMuğla Pitane İzmir PompeiopolisKastamonu Priene AydınPurushandaAksaray Rhosus Hatay
S
Name of the settlementProvinceNotesImage Sagalassos BurdurSakçagözüGaziantep SamalGaziantep Samosata AdıyamanCapital of Commagene Sapinuwa Çorum SardisManisaCapital of Lydia Seleucia (Pamphylia) Antalya Seleucia Pieria Hatay Seleucia Sidera Isparta SelgeAntalya Sestos Çanakkale Side AntalyaSigeionÇanakkale Sillyon Antalya Sinuri MuğlaReligious centre in ancient Caria SkepsisÇanakkaleSmyrna İzmir Soli Mersin StratoniceaManisa StratoniceaMuğla Sultantepe Şanlıurfa
T
Name of the settlementProvinceNotesImageTapureliMersin TaviumYozgatTabaeDenizliTelmessosMuğlaModern town FethiyeTell TayinatHatayTemnos İzmirTeos İzmirTermessos AntalyaTilleAdıyamanTlos AntalyaTokmar CastleMersin Trapezopolis BabadağTroy (Hisarlik)ÇanakkaleTroy of Homer. Capital of Wilusa.Tripolis on the Meander DenizliTushhan DiyarbakırTushpaVanCapital of Urartu TyanaNiğdeTymionUşak Xanthos AntalyaYazılıkayaÇorumThere are two settlements named Yazılıkaya. The other one (also called Midas city) is in Eskişehir Province.Yeniyurt CastleMersin Yumuktepe MersinModern city MersinZalichesSamsun ZeugmaGaziantep
See also Ancient kingdoms of Anatolia
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