UNESCO sites
Göbekli Tepe
A prehistoric site known for monumental T-shaped stone pillars.
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The places in Türkiye on the UNESCO World Heritage list, from Göbekli Tepe to Pamukkale, with what happened there and how each name is said.
7 pages in this category.
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Efes
An ancient settlement landscape with major Greco-Roman remains.
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İstanbul'un Tarihî Alanları
Four historic areas preserve important layers of İstanbul’s past.
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Kapadokya
Fairy chimneys, cave churches and hot-air balloons in central Anatolia.
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Pamukkale
White travertine terraces of warm water beside the ancient city of Hierapolis.
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Nemrut Dağı
Giant stone heads on a mountaintop tomb built by a king of Commagene.
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Troya
The many-layered city of the Trojan War, dug from the hill of Hisarlık.
Questions
How many World Heritage sites does Türkiye have?
More than twenty, and the list grows as new nominations are accepted. The pages here cover the ones a visitor is most likely to meet first, with a link to the official UNESCO entry on each.
Is Göbekli Tepe really older than Stonehenge?
Yes, by thousands of years. Its carved pillars are dated to roughly the tenth millennium BCE, which puts them before Stonehenge, before the pyramids, and before farming settled in the region.
Can you visit all of these places?
Most of them, yes. Ephesus, Cappadocia, Pamukkale and the historic areas of Istanbul are open daily and easy to reach. A few, such as the summit at Nemrut, are seasonal because of snow.