List of ancient settlements in Turkey

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 settlement	Province	Notes	Image
Aigai	Manisa
Aizanoi	Kütahya
Alabanda	Aydın
Alacahöyük	Çorum
Alalakh	Hatay
Alexandria Troas	Çanakkale
Alinda	Aydın
Alişar Hüyük	Yozgat
Allianoi	İzmir
Altıntepe	Erzincan
Amorium	Afyon
Amyzon	Aydın
Anazarbus	Adana
Anchiale	Mersin
Ancoz	Adıyaman
Ani	Kars
Antigonia	Hatay
Antioch	Hatay
Antioch on the Maeander	Aydın
Antioch, Pisidia	Isparta
Antiochia ad Taurum	Gaziantep
Antiochia Lamotis	Mersin
Antiochia ad Pyramum	Adana
Antiochia, Şanlıurfa	Şanlıurfa

Ap–Az

Name of the settlement	Province	Notes	Image
Apamea on Euphrates	Şanlıurfa
Apamea, Phrygia	Afyon
Apamea Myrlea	Bursa
Aphrodisias	Aydın
Aphrodisias of Cilicia	Mersin
Apollonia	İzmir
Apollonia ad Rhyndacum	Bursa
Apros	Tekirdağ
Ariassos	Antalya
Arsinoe	Mersin
Arycanda	Antalya
Aspendos	Antalya
Assos	Çanakkale
Atarneus	İzmir
Attuda	Denizli
Aulai	Mersin

B

Name of the settlement	Province	Notes	Image
Beycesultan	Denizli
Binbirkilise	Karaman
Carchemish	Gaziantep	Capital of Neo Hittite confederation
Cardia	Çanakkale
Caryanda	Muğla
Castabala	Osmaniye
Çatalhöyük	Konya
Çayönü	Diyarbakır
Cebrene	Çanakkale
Celaenae	Afyon
Ceramus	Muğla
Chalcedon	Istanbul
Charax	Yalova
Cius	Bursa	Modern town Gemlik
Colophon	İzmir
Comana	Adana	Capital of Kizzuwatna
Comana Pontica	Tokat
Corycus	Mersin
Cremna	Burdur
Cyme	İzmir
Cyzicus	Balıkesir
Dara	Mardin
Derbe	Konya
Didyma	Aydın
Diokaisareia	Mersin
Docimium	Afyon
Domuztepe	Kahramanmaraş
Dorylaeum	Eskişehir
Drusipara	Kırklareli

E

Name of the settlement	Province	Notes	Image
Edessa	Şanlıurfa
Elaiussa Sebaste	Mersin
Emirzeli	Mersin
Ephesus	İzmir	Was 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	Mersin
Erythrae	İzmir
Euchaita	Çorum
Euromus	Muğla
Faustinopolis	Niğde
Gambrion	İzmir
Germanicopolis	Bursa
Gordium	Ankara	Capital of Phrygia
Göbeklitepe	Şanlıurfa
Gözlükule	Mersin	Modern city Tarsus
Gryneion	İzmir
Hacilar	Burdur
Halicarnassus	Muğla	Modern city Bodrum and the home to the ancient wonder Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Harran	Şanlıurfa
Hattusa	Çorum	Capital of Hittite Empire
Heraclea Cybistra	Konya
Hierapolis	Denizli
Honaz	Denizli
Hüseyindede Tepe	Çorum
Hyllarima	Muğla	Religious centre in ancient Caria

I

Name of the settlement	Province	Notes	Image
Ibora	Tokat
Irenopolis	Karaman (?)
Issus	Hatay
Kalehöyük	Kırşehir
Kandyba	Antalya
Kanesh (Kültepe)	Kayseri
Karatepe	Osmaniye
Kaunos	Muğla
Kayaköy	Muğla
Kerkenes	Yozgat
Kibyra	Burdur
Kirshu (Meydancık Castle)	Mersin
Klazomenai	İzmir
Knidos	Mugla
Küstülü-Üçayak	Mersin
Labraunda	Muğla
Laodicea Combusta	Konya
Laodicea on the Lycus	Denizli
Lamponeia	Çanakkale
Laodicea Pontica	Samsun
Latmus	Aydın
Lebedus	İzmir
Limantepe	İzmir
Limnai or Limnae	Çanakkale
Lysimachia	Çanakkale

M

Name of the settlement	Province	Notes	Image
Magnesia on the Maeander	Aydın
Mallus	Adana
Melid	Malatya
Mamure Castle	Mersin
Marpessos	Çanakkale
Metropolis	İzmir
Mezgitkale	Mersin
Miletus	Aydın	Leading city of Ionian League
Mobolla	Mugla
Mokissos	Kırşehir
Mopsuestia	Adana
Mylasa	Muğla	Modern town Milas
Myndus	Muğla
Myra	Antalya	Modern town Demre
Myriandrus	Hatay
Myus	Aydın
Neandreia	Çanakkale
Nevalı Çori	Şanlıurfa
Nicomedia	Kocaeli	Modern city İzmit and Capital of Bithynia
Nicopolis	Sivas
Niksar	Tokat
Notion	Aydın
Nysa	Aydın
Nyssa	Aksaray

O

Name of the settlement	Province	Notes	Image
Oenoanda	Muğla
Olba	Mersin
Olympus	Antalya
Orestias	Edirne
Patara	Antalya
Pepuza	Uşak
Perga	Antalya
Pergamon	İzmir	Former capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon
Perperene	İzmir
Pessinus	Eskişehir
Phaselis	Antalya
Phocaea	İzmir
Pinara	Muğla
Pitane	İzmir
Pompeiopolis	Kastamonu
Priene	Aydın
Purushanda	Aksaray
Rhosus	Hatay

S

Name of the settlement	Province	Notes	Image
Sagalassos	Burdur
Sakçagözü	Gaziantep
Samal	Gaziantep
Samosata	Adıyaman	Capital of Commagene
Sapinuwa	Çorum
Sardis	Manisa	Capital of Lydia
Seleucia (Pamphylia)	Antalya
Seleucia Pieria	Hatay
Seleucia Sidera	Isparta
Selge	Antalya
Sestos	Çanakkale
Side	Antalya
Sigeion	Çanakkale
Sillyon	Antalya
Sinuri	Muğla	Religious centre in ancient Caria
Skepsis	Çanakkale
Smyrna	İzmir
Soli	Mersin
Stratonicea	Manisa
Stratonicea	Muğla
Sultantepe	Şanlıurfa

T

Name of the settlement	Province	Notes	Image
Tapureli	Mersin
Tavium	Yozgat
Tabae	Denizli
Telmessos	Muğla	Modern town Fethiye
Tell Tayinat	Hatay
Temnos	İzmir
Teos	İzmir
Termessos	Antalya
Tille	Adıyaman
Tlos	Antalya
Tokmar Castle	Mersin
Trapezopolis	Babadağ
Troy (Hisarlik)	Çanakkale	Troy of Homer. Capital of Wilusa.
Tripolis on the Meander	Denizli
Tushhan	Diyarbakır
Tushpa	Van	Capital of Urartu
Tyana	Niğde
Tymion	Uşak
Xanthos	Antalya
Yazılıkaya	Çorum	There are two settlements named Yazılıkaya. The other one (also called Midas city) is in Eskişehir Province.
Yeniyurt Castle	Mersin
Yumuktepe	Mersin	Modern city Mersin
Zaliches	Samsun
Zeugma	Gaziantep

See also

• Ancient kingdoms of Anatolia