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The site was first noted in a 1963 archaeological survey. German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt recognised its significance in 1994 and began excavations there the following year. After he died in 2014, work continued as a joint project of Istanbul University , Şanlıurfa Museum , and the German Archaeological Institute , under the direction of ...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1] Turkey accepted the convention on 16 March 1983, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list ...
For ancient sites, from the beginnings of written history to Alexander the Great's conquest, see Category:Archaeological sites of ancient Anatolia. For sites from the Greek and Roman eras, see Category:Archaeological sites of classical Anatolia. For Byzantine and medieval sites, see Category:Archaeological sites of medieval Anatolia.
Calibrated carbon-14 dates for Çatalhöyük, as of 2013 [1]. Çatalhöyük (English: Chatalhoyuk / ˌ tʃ ɑː t ɑː l ˈ h uː j ʊ k / cha-tal-HOO-yuhk; Turkish pronunciation: [tʃaˈtaɫhœjyc]; also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük; from Turkish çatal "fork" + höyük "tumulus") is a tell (a mounded accretion due to long-term human settlement) of a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic ...
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
Boncuklu Tarla (meaning "beaded field", in Turkish) is an archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia of Turkey.It is the remains of a settlement occupied from the Late Epipalaeolithic to Pre-Pottery Neolithic B periods, starting over 12,000 years ago.
This is a list of notable archaeological sites ... Library of Celsus in Ephesus Mount Güllük-Termessos National Park in Antalya Statues of Mount Nemrut in Eastern ...
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).