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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.
The ancient Greek city of Ephesus was famed for one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Temple of Artemis, which now lies in ruins. After coming under Roman control in the 2nd century BCE, the city flourished, leaving behind monumental structures such as the Library of Celsus.
Location of World Heritage Sites (tentative list) within Turkey (except Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs, Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization, Mountainous Phrygia, Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to Dogubeyazit, Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea).
The city corresponds to the ancient Assyrian city of Arbela. Settlement at Erbil can be dated back to possibly 6000 BC, but not urban life until c. 2300. [85] [86] Ankara: Anatolia Turkey: c. 2000 BC [87] The oldest settlements in and around the city center of Ankara belonged to the Hattic civilization which existed during the Bronze Age. Jaffa ...
Pages in category "Roman towns and cities in Turkey" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 573 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Cities of ancient Lycia. Red dots: mountain peaks, white dots: ancient cities. Myra (Ancient Greek: Μύρα, Mýra) was a city in Lycia.The city was probably founded by Lycian on the river Myros (Ancient Greek: Μύρος; Turkish: Demre Çay), in the fertile alluvial plain between, the Massikytos range (Turkish: Alaca Dağ) and the Aegean Sea.
This is a list of cities and towns founded by the Romans. It lists cities established and built by the ancient Romans to have begun as a colony, often for the settlement of citizens or veterans of the legions. Many Roman colonies in antiquity rose to become important commercial and cultural centers, transportation hubs and capitals of global ...
The wide range of its coinage throughout the ancient world indicates that, in the 5th century BC, Aspendos had become the most important city in Pamphylia. At that time, according to Thucydides, the Eurymedon River was navigable as far as Aspendos, [2] and the city derived great wealth from a trade in salt, oil and wool.