Culturel Heritages (UNESCO)

Turkey in World Heritage List

Turkey in World Heritage List
1.Divriği Ulu Camii ve Darüşşifası (1985) 2.İstanbul'un Tarihi Alanları (1985) 3.Göreme Millî Parkı ve Kapadokya (1985) (Karma Miras Alanı) 4.Hattuşa: -Hitit Başkenti (1986) 5.Nemrut Dağı (1987) 6.Hieropolis-Pamukkale (1988) (Karma Miras Alanı) 7.Xanthos-Letoon (1988) 8.Safranbolu Şehri(1994) 9.Truva Arkeolojik Alanı (1998) 10.Edirne Selimiye Camii ve Külliyesi (2011) 11.Çatalhöyük Neolitik Alanı (2012) 12.Bursa ve Cumalıkızık: Osmanlı İmparatorluğunun Doğuşu…
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Archaeological Site of Ani

Archaeological Site of Ani
2016 This site is located on a secluded plateau of northeast Turkey overlooking a ravine that forms a natural border with Armenia. This medieval city combines residential, religious and military structures, characteristic of a medieval urbanism built up over the centuries by Christian and then Muslim dynasties. The city flourished in the 10th and 11th…
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Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empir

Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empir
2014 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 urban and rural system establishing the Ottoman Empire in the early 14th century. The property embodies the key functions of the…
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Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape

Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
2015 Located on an escarpment of the Upper Tigris River Basin that is part of the so-called Fertile Crescent, the fortified city of Diyarbakır and the landscape around has been an important centre since the Hellenistic period, through the Roman, Sassanid, Byzantine, Islamic and Ottoman times to the present. The site encompasses the Inner castle,…
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Ephesus

Ephesus
2015 Located within what was once the estuary of the River Kaystros, Ephesus comprises successive Hellenistic and Roman settlements founded on new locations, which followed the coastline as it retreated westward. Excavations have revealed grand monuments of the Roman Imperial period including the Library of Celsus and the Great Theatre. Little remains of the famous…
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Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape

Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
2014 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 world. Monumental temples, theatres, stoa or porticoes, gymnasium, altar and library were set into the sloping terrain surrounded by an extensive city…
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Archaeological Site of Troy

Archaeological Site of Troy
1998 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 1870. In scientific terms, its extensive remains are the most significant demonstration of the first contact between the civilizations of Anatolia…
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City of Safranbolu

City of Safranbolu
1994 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 Pasha Medrese were built in 1322. During its apogee in the 17th century, Safranbolu's architecture influenced urban development throughout much…
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Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği

Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
1985 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 prayer room and is crowned by two cupolas. The highly sophisticated technique of vault construction, and a creative, exuberant…
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Hattusha: the Hittite Capital

Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
1986 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, fortifications), the rich ornamentation of the Lions' Gate and the Royal Gate, and the ensemble of rock art at Yazilikaya. The city enjoyed considerable influence in…
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