An Aegean of labour, memory and narrative.
Follow culture beyond museums and monuments through craft, material, music, ritual, architecture and everyday practice.
162 narratives and 268 place records connect to this discovery world through thematic and geographic relationships.
Four gateways into this world
- Craft and material — Forms given to stone, timber, clay, thread, metal and plant material through local knowledge.
- Ritual and memory — Connections made by belief, commemoration, celebration and community memory with place.
- Music and narrative — The movement of epic, lament, zeybek, oral history and literature through geography.
- Architecture and everyday life — The relationship of house, street, workshop, market and public building with living culture.
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Story and event network
- 1865 Establishment of Ottoman Urla Quarantine Station and Maritime Lazaretto System
- The 1923 Population Exchange and Transformation of Ayvalık-Cunda Olive Industry
- 1923 Population Exchange and Evacuation of Kayaköy (Levissi) Greek Community
- Reconstruction of Smyrna by Emperor Marcus Aurelius Following the Plea of Aelius Aristides (178 AD)
- From Afyonkarahisar Synnada Leo Telegraph to Halicarnassus Leochares Mausoleum and Knidos Chrysermus Pharmacology: Beacon Telegraphy, Mausoleum Sculpture, and Alexandrian Pharmacology
- Aizanoi Macellum World's First Inflation Price Edict Inscription (301 CE)
- From Akmonia Mosaics to Hamamboğazı Springs and Lydian Hoard: Royal Road Athletes, 68°C Waters, and Gold Seahorse Brooch
- Alabanda Karian League Sacred Council Assembly and Zeus Chrysaoreus Festival (200 BCE)
- From Alabanda to Amyzon Sanctuary and Piginda Fortress: Zeus Chrysaoreus Temple, Satrap Mausolus Decree, and 3,000-Seat Mountain Theater
- The Port of Alexandria Troas and Saint Paul's Passage to Macedonia
- Opening of Anatolia's First Railway Line and Çamlık Aziziye Station (1856 CE)
- Establishment of Apameia Kibotos Caravan Market and the Marsyas Myth (3rd c. BCE)
- The long work of stone at Aphrodisias: from quarry to apprentice, Aphrodite to Geyre
- Hiding of Aristotle's and Theophrastus's Manuscripts in Skepsis Underground Vault (200 BCE)
- From Aslantaş Giant Lions to Emre Lake Water Altars and Gazlıgöl Phrygian Springs: 4-Meter Lions, Kybele Altars, and Midas Baths
- From Atça Grid City Plan to Tepeköy Painted Mosque and Yeşilyurt Water Mills: 1926 Paris-Inspired Layout, 18th-Century Wall Murals, and Dandalas Water Wheels
- Reconstruction of Atça with Paris-Inspired Radial-Grid Master Plan (1926)
- From Aydın Alabanda Hermogenes' Architecture to Nysa Dionysius Thrax Grammar and Ephesus Apollonius Dyskolos Syntax: Classical Architecture, World Grammar, and Syntax Theory
- From Aydın Alabanda Papinianus Law to Tralles Metrodorus Geometry and Halicarnassus Timotheus Mausoleum: Roman Jurisprudence, Hagia Sophia Geometry, and Mausoleum Sculptures
- From Ayvalık Küçükköy Yenihori to Hacıaslanlar Yörük Village and Alaçam Mountains: Sarımsak Stone Studios, Kazdağı Ethnography, and 1,600m Timber Houses
- Transformation of Ayvalık Küçükköy (Yenihori) into a Smart Art Village (2015)
- Saint Paul's Epistle to the Colossians and Early Christian Community at Colossae (60 CE)
- Saint Paul's Encounter with Lydia of Thyateira the Purple Cloth Merchant (50 CE)
- From Balıkesir Cyzicus Eudoxus Navigation to İzmir Smyrna Quintus Epic and Colophon Hermesianax Elegiacs: Indian Ocean Navigation, Trojan War Epic, and Elegiac Love Poetry
- Artemis Kindyas Sanctuary Festivals and Pegasus Legend at Bargylia (100 CE)
- From Bargylia Artemis Temple to Tuzla Flamingos and Akyaka River: Pegasus Myth, Pink Bird Flocks, and Crystal Azmak Waters
- Battle of Dumlupınar and Victory of Commander-in-Chief (30 August 1922)
- Pergamon and Aizanoi: a Hellenistic Inner Aegean threshold
- Appointment of Physician Galen of Pergamon as Personal Doctor to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (169 AD)
- The road of a question: from Miletus to Didyma, from harbour to delta
- Construction of the Çakırağa Mansion and Decorative Frescoes at Birgi (1761)
- From Çakırağa Mansion at Birgi to Yalınayak Bathhouse at Tire and Lake Gölcük
- From Bodrum Queen Artemisia's Fleet to Knidos Eudoxus Observatory and Colophon Xenophanes Philosophy: First Female Admiral, Mathematical Astronomy, and Rational Theology
- From Bolayır Tomb to Bozcaada Castle and Gökçeada Dereköy: Conqueror of Rumelia Gazi Süleyman Pasha, Tenedos Moated Walls, and 1,950 Stone Houses
- Emergence of Buldan Weaving and Construction of Tripolis Colonnaded Street (200 CE)
- Burgaz (Old Knidos) Archaic Agricultural Terraces and Amphora Production (550 BCE)
- From Burgaz to Palamutbükü and Reşadiye Mansion: Old Knidos, Amphora Kilns, and Datça Stone Architecture
- Progradation of the Büyük Menderes Delta and Silting of the Latmic Gulf (6th c. BCE — 6th c. CE)
- From Cadianda Mountain City to Dalyan Radar Hill and Yaka Art Academy: 5th-Century BC Lycian Acropolis, 450m Delta Panorama, and Olive Press Conversion
- Construction of Cadianda Lycian Mountain City Walls and Acropolis (400 BC)
- From Chalcetor Karian Walls to Hızırşah Mosque and Yaka Park Waterfalls: Archaic Stone Citadel, 14th-Century Menteşe Heritage, and Akdağ Springs
- From Clandras Aqueduct to Sebaste and Simav Eynal: Inland Aegean Water Engineering and Roman Thermal Springs
- Geographer Strabo's Education at Nysa ad Maeandrum and the Roman Library (50 BCE)
- From Colossae Purple Wool to Mount Honaz Peak and Kaklık Underground Pamukkale: Epistle to Colossians, 2,571m Peak, and Travertine Caves
- From Çamlık Steam Locomotives to Şirince Stone Houses and Virgin Mary House: 1856 Industrial Heritage, Greek Stone Houses, and Bülbüldağı Shrine
- From Dinar Su Çıkan Springs to Sultandağı Ice Cave and Şuhut Headquarters: Birth of Maeander, 2,100m Summer Ice, and August 25 Command Post
- From Dokimeion Marble to Boyalı Complex and Kızılören Grand Mosque: Roman Pavonazzetto Quarries, 13th-Century Seljuk Lodge, and Timber Mosque Architecture
- Export of Dokimeion Pavonazzetto Purple-Veined Marble to Rome's Pantheon (100 AD)
- From Hayme Ana Lands at Domaniç to Penkalas Bridges and Göbel Thermal: Ottoman Foundation, Roman Marble, and Thermal Healing
- From Domatia Greek Stone Houses to Karina Pier and Thebae Walls: Mount Mykale Mansions, Lagoon Fisheries, and Hellenistik Fortresses
- Erection of the Seikilos Musical Inscription Stele at Tralleis (100 CE)
- Olives in the Edremit Gulf: Work from Harvest to Table across Three Districts
- From the Edremit Gulf to the Dikili Islands: Adramytteion, the Gömeç Olive Plain, and Kalem Island
- Authoring of the Foundational Gynecological Encyclopedia Gynaecologia by Soranus of Ephesus (100 AD)
- From Erythrai Athena Temple to Bademler Village Theater and Özbek Stone Pier: Sea Theaters, Village Stages, and Stone Piers
- Population Exchange of Eski Doğanbey (Domatia) and Trade at Karina Customs Pier (1923 CE)
- From the Kilims of Eşme to Gediz and Sandıklı Hüdai: Natural Dyes, River Springs, and Roman Mud Baths
- Gazi Süleyman Pasha's Crossing of Dardanelles to Rumelia and Conquest of Bolayır (1354)
- Gediz Battle Victory and Construction of Abide Village Martyrdom Monument (October 1920)
- Three Thresholds of Gediz: Sardis, Kula and Alaşehir
- From Gördes Double-Knots to Sardis Aqueducts and Binkaya Phrygian Rocks: Turkish Knot, Roman Aqueducts, and Phrygian Tombs
- Emergence of the Gördes Double-Knot Carpet Craft and Royal Orders (1550 CE)
- From Granicus Battlefield to Lampsakos Philosophy and Agonya Forests: Alexander's Victory, Anaxagoras' Exile, and Mount Ida Timber Houses
- From Lake Gygaia to Alaşehir Theater and Saruhanlı Olive Groves: Lydian Royal Grounds, 10,000-Seat Roman Stage, and 500-Year-Old Stone Presses
- Command of the Naval Fleet by Queen Artemisia I of Halicarnassus at the Battle of Salamis (480 BC)
- From Havran Koca Seyit Village to Marmara Island Marble Quarries and Manyas Bird Sanctuary: 275 kg Victory Shell, Proconnesian Quarries, and 266 Bird Species
- From the Hellespont Strait to the Fortresses and Ewers of Çanakkale: Sestos, Kilitbahir, and Pottery Craft
- From Herakleia Salbake Medical School to Medet Mound and Işıklı Lake Eumeneia: Surgical Reliefs, Bektashi Monastery, and Water Lily Sanctuary
- Foundation of Herakleia Salbake Medical Center and Charter of Eumeneia (180 BCE)
- Hermias, the dolphin, and the two memories of Güllük Gulf
- Hierapolis Plutonium (Gate to Hell) Sanctuary and Thermal Healing Cult
- From Iasos Fish Market Museum to Keramos Kurşunlu Yapı and Mobolla Chimneyed Mansions: Maritime Walls, Massive Ashlar Masonry, and Muğla Chimneys
- Construction of Iasos Maritime Walls and Roman Fish Market Monument (350 BCE)
- Lakes, Mounds, and Trade Routes of the Inland Aegean: From Beycesultan to Apameia and the Walls of Amorium
- Rock Cities of the Inland Aegean and the Roman Stock Exchange: From Aizanoi to Ayazini and the Blaundos Cliffs
- From Mount Ida to Güre Thermal and Papazlık Mansions: Ida Mythology, Roman Baths, and Stone Houses
- Where Two Seas Meet: The Lighthouse of Knidos, Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, and Rock Tombs of Kaunos
- From İzmir Aelius Aristides' Smyrna Oratory to Magnesia Pytheos Architecture and Teos Theodosius Geometry: Imperial Oratory, Halicarnassus Mausoleum, and Spherical Geometry
- From İzmir Ephesus Rufus Neuroanatomy to Magnesia Hegesias Oratory and Bergama Telephus Grammar: Ancient Neuroanatomy, Asianism Rhetoric, and Imperial Tutoship
- From İzmir Ephesus Soranus Medicine to Aydın Tralles Apollonius Sculpture and Germencik Menesthes Architecture: Gynecological Medicine, Farnese Bull Sculpture, and Ionic Architecture
- From İzmir Ephesus Xenophon's Romantic Novel to Priene Isidore Hagia Sophia and Halicarnassus Bryaxis Serapis: Romantic Literature, Dome Architecture, and Monumental Sculpture
- From İzmir Smyrna Hermippus Biography to Teos Boëthos Sculptures and Knidos Ctesias Persica: Classical Biography, Bronze Sculptures, and Persian History
- Alliance of Queen Ada of Caria and Alexander the Great at Alinda (334 BCE)
- Emergence of Native Karian Religious Cult and Construction of Gerga Megalithic Monuments (500 BCE)
- Sacred Ways and Key-Bearers of Caria: Mountain Rituals from Lagina to Labraunda
- Naval Expedition of the Indus River and Red Sea by Admiral Scylax of Caryanda and Writing of Periplus (515 BC)
- From Kayaköy Levissi to Gemiler Island and Afkule Cliffs: 500 Stone Houses, St. Nicholas Pilgrimage Tunnel, and Cliff Monastery
- Establishment of Kayalıoğlu Or Yehuda Agricultural School and Aegean Agrarian Reform (1860)
- From Kayalıoğlu Agricultural School to Körez Stone Mansions and İnebey Mosque: 1860 Or Yehuda Academy, Volcanic Basalt Mansions, and 14th-Century Germiyanid Mosque
- Kayı Tribe Migration Route to Domaniç and Death of Hayme Ana (1281 CE)
- From Kırkgöz 64 Arches to Eber Floating Peat Islands and Çay Seljuk Taş Han: Mimar Sinan Bridges, Floating Peat Islands, and Seljuk Caravanserais
- From the Klazomenai workshop to the Urla table: two distinct times of labour on one coast
- Kleidophoros Key-Bearing Ceremony and Hekatesia Festivals
- Construction of Knidos Double Harbors, Eudoxus Observatory, and Scientific Revolution (4th c. BCE)
- Design of the 365.25-Day Julian Roman Calendar Reform for Julius Caesar by Astronomer Sosigenes of Knidos (46 BC)
- The Name of Croesus: Sardis' Gold, the End of a Persian Road, and Bin Tepe's Silence
- Emergence of Kütahya Tile Kilns and Construction of Çakırsaz Seljuk Han (1230 CE)
- Erection of the Letoon Trilingual Inscription Pedestal (358 BCE)
- Lydian King Alyattes' Funeral Ceremony and Tumulus Construction at Lake Gygaia (560 BCE)
- Burial of Lydian Hoard (Karun Treasure) at Güre Tumuli under King Croesus (550 BCE)
- Invention of Lydian Coinage and Gold Refining on the Pactolus (7th — 6th c. BCE)
- Lydian Gold and the Royal Road: Sardis Coinage, Bin Tepe Pyramids, and Kula Volcanoes
- From Lycus to the Büyük Menderes: Laodicea, Hierapolis and Tripolis
- Three cities in the Menderes valley: Nysa, Mastaura, Tralleis
- From Menemen Taşhan Caravanserai to Kozak Yukarıbey Mosque and Göbeller Weaving Homes: 17th-Century Ottoman Inn, Floral Wood Paintings, and Granite Mansions
- Construction of Menemen Taşhan Caravanserai and Sadrazam Mahmut Paşa Foundation (1675 AD)
- Construction of Datça Hızırşah Mosque by Menteşe Ruler Hızır Bey (1390)
- Valley of Marble and Healing: Sculptors of Aphrodisias, Waters of Pamukkale, and Textiles of Laodicea
- From Metropolis Council to Belevi Mausoleum and Torbalı Aqueducts: Mother Goddess City, Royal Tombs, and Roman Aqueducts
- Expansion of Kırkgöz Bridge to 64 Arches by Mimar Sinan and Reconstruction of Çay Trade Route (1550 CE)
- Birth of Montanism and Declaration of Holy City Pepouza (170 CE)
- From Muğla Bodrum Scylax Explorations to Balıkesir Xenocles Oratory and Aydın Nysa Strabo Geography: Maritime Exploration, Roman Oratory, and World Geography
- From Muğla Knidos Agatharchides Geography to Tralles Alexander Medicine and Halicarnassus Hegesander Laocoön: Red Sea Geography, Imperial Medicine, and Vatican Sculptures
- From Muğla Knidos Sosigenes Calendar to Yatağan Metrodorus Philosophy and Aydın Nysa Menestheus Grammar: Julian Calendar Astronomy, Academic Philosophy, and Classical Philology
- Freedom Battle of the Aegean on Mount Mycale: The Fall of the Persian Fleet and the Revival of Panionion
- From Mylasa to Labraunda: the threshold of city and mountain
- From the Canyon Library of Nysa to Mastaura Amphitheater and Arpaz Castle
- Authoring of Téchne Grammatikē (The World's First Systematic Grammar Textbook) by Dionysius Thrax of Nysa (170 BC)
- From Pepouza Montanism to Ulubey Canyon and Taşyaran Valley: Holy City of Female Prophets, World's 2nd Longest Canyon Glass Terrace, and Gneiss Basins
- Pergamon, Halicarnassus, Miletus: paths of knowledge
- Invention of the Water Organ (Hydraulis) and Force Pump by Ctesibius of Pergamon (270 BC)
- Persian King Xerxes' Dardanelles (Hellespont) Pontoon Bridge Crossing (480 BCE)
- Construction of the St. Jean Basilica at Philadelpheia (550 CE)
- From Philadelpheia to Katakekaumene Vineyards and Kurşunlu Han: Seven Churches, Volcanic Wine, and Caravan Routes
- Phokaians' Mediterranean Colonization via 50-Oared Pentekonters (600 BCE)
- From Pinara Hive Tombs to Sidyma Heroon and Babadağ Peaks: Vertical Acropolises, Roman Heroons, and Sacred Peaks
- Export of Proconnesian Marble and Sarcophagi to Roman and Byzantine Capitals (500 BCE)
- Foundation of Sebaste (Sivaslı) by Emperor Augustus (20 BCE)
- From Selçikler Tumuli to Avgan Mills and Karayakuplu Canyon: 6th-Century BC Lydian Chamber Tombs, Banaz Water Wheels, and 100m Vertical Cliffs
- Construction of the Seljuk Sahip Ata İshaklı Caravanserai (1249 CE)
- From Seyitömer Bronze Age to Çakırsaz Han and Germiyan Tile Kilns: Ancient Loom Weights, Seljuk Hans, and UNESCO Tile Mansions
- From Simav Gölcük Crater to Gediz Abide Village and Hisarcık Aqueducts: 1,450m Volcanic Lake, 1920 Gediz Battle, and Roman Channels
- From Smintheion Apollo to Hadımoğlu Mansion and Skepsis Manuscripts: Iliad Friezes, 1795 Carved Ceiling, and Aristotle's Vault
- Composition of the 14-Book Trojan War Epic Posthomerica by Quintus of Smyrna (350 AD)
- From Mount Sipylus to the Karabel Luwian Pass: Akpınar Kybele, Niobe, and King Tarkasnawa
- From Synnada to İshaklı Caravanserai and Afyon Castle: Phrygian Coins, Seljuk Sultan Hans, and Volcanic Citadels
- From Şaphane Alunite Mines to Emet Thermal Springs and Dumlupınar Victory: Alum Mines, Boron Waters, and August 30 Battle
- Construction of Cevher Pasha Mosque on Tabea Rock Citadel (1792)
- From Tabea Rock Citadel to Serinhisar Roasted Chickpeas and Acıpayam Yazır Mosque: Hellenistik Walls, 500-Year Ovens, and 1801 Painted Mosque
- Stone above, water below: Aristotle's brief stay at Assos
- From Tenedos to Bozcaada: visible shore, hidden fleet, present crossing
- Education of Epicurus by Nausiphanes of Teos and Establishment of Tean Atomist Philosophy (320 BC)
- From Thyateira Purple Cloth to Demirci Carpets and Darkale Stone Houses: Seven Churches, Wool Rugs, and Tarhala Cliff Houses
- From Tokalı Canyon to Yunus Emre Shrine and Bayat Kilims: 500m Cliffs, 13th-Century Mysticism, and Turkmen Dyes
- From Tralleis Üç Gözler to Seikilos Epitaph and Nysa Canyon Aqueducts: Vaulted Gymnasion, World's Oldest Song, and Water Tunnels
- From Tripolis Colonnaded Street to Buldan Weaving Houses and Peat Lake: Marble Avenues, Hand Looms, and Water Lily Plateaus
- Establishment of Turkey's First Village Theater at Bademler (1932 CE)
- From Ulamış Mills to Birgivi Madrasa and Dağkızılca Aqueducts: Karakılçık Wheat, 1563 Ottoman Center, and Nif Mountain Bridges
- From Urla Quarantine Island to Panaztepe Harbor and Mount Nif: 1865 Steam Station, 2500 BCE Bronze Harbor, and Ancient Metallurgy
- Emergence and Export of Uşak Eşme Yörük Root-Dyed Kilim Craft (1700)
- From Uşak Palace Carpets to Hacım Sultan Lodge and Takmak Kilims: Renaissance Medallions, 1321 Bektashi Lodge, and Yörük Motifs
- Export of Uşak Palace Carpets to European Renaissance and Depiction in Master Paintings (1550)
- From Yağcıbedir Carpets to Hisarköy Roman Springs and Dursunbey Cave Waters: Wool Knots, 98°C Baths, and Cave Springs
- Settlement of Yağcıbedir Yörüks in Sındırgı Region and Birth of Natural Dye Carpet Weaving (1700 CE)
- Initiation of Forged Steel Yatağan Sword Craft by Yatağan Baba (1250 AD)
- From Yatağan Swords to Hırka Timber Mosque and Yeşildere Waterfall: 800-Year Forged Steel Workshops, 18th-Century Floral Paintings, and 55m Cascade
- From Yörük Ali Efe House to Cihanoğlu Tower and Karacasu Potters: 1919 Malgaç Victory, 1756 Ayan Tower, and 5,000-Year Red Clay Kilns
- Yörük Ali Efe's Malgaç Railway Bridge Raid and Kuva-yı Milliye Resistance (June 16, 1919)
- From Yunus Emre Shrine to Kurşunlu Thermal Springs and Kuladokya Fairy Chimneys: Honest Timber Heritage, 54°C Springs, and UNESCO Towers
- Entrance of Yunus Emre into Kula Taptuk Emre Shrine and Birth of Turkish Sufi Poetry (1280 CE)
- Yunus Emre's Initiation into Taptuk Emre Sufi Lodge and Sandıklı Sanctuary (1280 CE)
- Scent of Olives and Exchange Memory: Ayvalık Stone Oil Mills, Cunda Streets, and Roots of Antandros
Connected cultural inventory
- Acıpayam Yazır 1801 Timber-Columned Painted Mosque
- Adramyttium Ancient City Birthplace of Orator Xenocles and Rhetorical Assembly
- Ancient City of Adramytteion and Burhaniye Ören
- Afyonkarahisar Castle and Akroinon Volcanic Rock Fortress
- Ancient City of Aizanoi and Çavdarhisar
- Aizanoi Penkalas (Kocaçay) Roman Marble Bridges
- Akhisar Kayalıoğlu 1860s Historic Agricultural School and Olive Oil Mills
- Akhisar Ancient City of Thyateira and Tepe Mezarı
- Akpınar Hittite-Luwian Kybele Relief and Mount Sipylus
- Akyaka Ancient İdima and Kadın Azmağı Crystal River
- Alabanda Ancient City Birthplace of Master Architect Hermogenes and Bouleuterion
- Alabanda Ancient City Carian Birthplace of Praetorian Prefect Papinianus and Legal Assembly
- Alaşehir Kurşunlu Han Caravanserai
- Alaşehir Philadelpheia Tepeköy 10,000-Seat Roman Theater
- Ancient City and Roman Harbour of Alexandria Troas
- Ancient City of Alinda and Karpuzlu
- Altınoluk Papazlık Village and Abdullah Efendi Mansion
- Altıntaş Çakırsaz Seljuk Taş Han and Marble Road
- Ancient City of Amorium and Hisarköy
- Ancient City of Antandros and Altınoluk
- Ancient City of Apameia Kibotos and Dinar
- Ancient City of Aphrodisias and Geyre
- Aphrodisias marble-workshop landscape and Geyre
- Arpaz Castle, Beyler Mansion, and Ancient Harpasa
- Ancient City of Assos and Behramkale
- The acropolis, harbour and Behramkale coast of Assos
- Ayazini Village and Phrygian Valley Rock Settlement
- Ayvacık Gülpınar Smintheion Temple of Apollo Smintheus
- Ayvalık Küçükköy (Yenihori) 19th-Century Greek Stone Houses and Art Studios
- Ayvalık Olive Industrial Landscape
- Babadağ (Ancient Mount Kragos) and Ölüdeniz Lagoon
- Banaz Ancient City of Akmonia and Roman Gymnasium
- Banaz Hamamboğazı 68°C Healing Thermal Springs
- Ancient City of Bargylia and Artemis Kindyas Temple
- Bayat Hand-Woven Turkmen Kilim Workshops
- Bayramiç Hadımoğlu Mansion and Ethnography Museum
- Bayramiç Kurşunlu Ancient City of Skepsis and Aristotle Vault
- Belevi Hellenistic Royal Mausoleum Monument
- Bergama Kozak Göbeller Village Granite Stone Houses and Weaving Homes
- Bergama Kozak Yukarıbey Village Hand-Painted Timber Mosque and Pine-Nut Terraces
- Beycesultan Mound
- Biga Granicus River Historic Battlefield and Victory Plain
- Bigadiç Hisarköy 98°C Roman Thermal Baths and Ancyra
- Bin Tepe Lydian Royal Tumuli Necropolis
- The Gediz Plain Landscape of Bin Tepe
- Historic Town of Birgi and Çakırağa Mansion
- Ancient City of Blaundos
- Bodrum Halicarnassus Birthplace and Naval Base of Queen Artemisia I
- Bolvadin Kırkgöz Bridge (Mimar Sinan Restoration)
- Bozcaada Tenedos Castle and Vasilaki Vineyards
- Bozdoğan Piginda Ancient City and Mountain Fortress
- Buldan Süleymanlı High-Altitude Peat Lake and Water Lily Sanctuary
- Buldan Yeşildere 55-Meter Waterfall and Ağla Canyon
- Clandras Aqueduct Bridge
- Cunda Island (Alibey Island)
- Çandarlı Castle, Ancient Pitane, and Çandarlı
- Çay Seljuk Taş Han Caravanserai and Madrasa (1278 CE)
- Çine Alabanda Ancient City and Zeus Chrysaoreus Temple
- Çine Tepeköy 18th-Century Ottoman Wall-Painted Timber-Masonry Mosque
- Datça Burgaz (Old Knidos) Archaic City
- Datça Hızırşah Village and 14th-Century Menteşe Principality Mosque
- Datça Knidos Birthplace of Astronomer Eudoxus and Marble Sundial Observatory
- Datça Knidos Birthplace of Ocean Admiral Androsthenes and Military Harbor
- Datça Yaka Village and International Knidos Academy of Culture and Arts UKKSA
- Demirci Hand-Woven Wool Carpet and Mosque Rug Workshops
- Sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma
- Dikili Bademli, Kalem Island, and Ancient City of Kane
- Dinar Su Çıkan Park and Marsyas Myth Springs
- Hayme Ana (Mother of the State) Tomb at Domaniç
- Dumlupınar Zafertepe Victory Monument and Dumlupınar Martyrdom
- Dursunbey Alaçam Mountains 1,600m Altitude Fir Forests and Timber Mansions
- Dursunbey Su Çıktı Karst Spring Sanctuary and Plane Trees
- Eber Lake Floating Peat Islands (Kopak)
- Edremit Hacıaslanlar Kazdağı Yörük Ethnography Village and Stone Olive Mills
- Ephesus Ancient City Birthplace of Grammarian Apollonius Dyskolos and Syntax Sanctuary
- Ephesus Ancient City Birthplace of Physician Rufus and Neuroanatomy Medical School
- Ephesus Ancient City Birthplace of Physician Soranus and Gynecological Medical School
- Ephesus Ancient City Birthplace of Novelist Xenophon and Grand Theater
- Emet Boron Mineral Thermal Springs and Ryolite Baths
- Ancient City of Erythrai and Ildırı Theater
- Eski Doğanbey (Domatia) Village and Greek Stone Houses
- Eşme Traditional Yörük Kilim Weaving Workshops
- Eşme Takmak Village and Historic Takmak Kilim Weavings
- Ancient City of Eumeneia and Çivril Işıklı Lake
- Ancient City of Euromos and Temple of Zeus Lepsynos
- Fethiye Afkule Cliffside Rock-Cut Monastery
- Fethiye Gemiler Island (St. Nicholas / Gemile) Byzantine Pilgrimage Basilicas
- Fethiye Kayaköy (Levissi) Ghost Village Greek Stone Houses
- Fethiye Yeşilüzümlü Cadianda Ancient City and Traditional Dastar Weaving
- Ancient City of Gediz (Cadi) and Mount Murat
- Gediz Abide Village 1920 Gediz Battle Martyrdom Sanctuary and Monument
- Gelibolu Bolayır 1354 Tomb of Gazi Süleyman Pasha
- Gelibolu Fortress, Çimpe Castle, and Gallipoli
- Gökçeada Imbros Dereköy (Schinoudi) and Historic Laundry
- Gölmarmara Lake Gygaia (Marmara Lake) and Halime Hatun Complex
- Gömeç Kızçiftlik (Trikopis) and Coastal Olive Plain
- Gördes Binkaya Phrygian Rock Tombs and Cisterns
- Historic Gördes Carpet Weaving Hans and Double Knot Centers
- Güre Roman Thermal Baths and Aphrodite Spring
- Halicarnassus Ancient City Birthplace of Master Sculptor Bryaxis and Mausoleum Workshop
- Halicarnassus Ancient City Birthplace of Master Sculptor Hegesander and Laocoön Sanctuary
- Halicarnassus Ancient City Mausoleum West Gallery of Sculptor Leochares
- Halicarnassus Ancient City Birthplace of Master Sculptor Timotheus and Mausoleum Sanctuary
- Ancient City of Halicarnassus and Bodrum
- Urban layers of Halicarnassus
- Havran Koca Seyit Village and Historic Terzioğlu Mansion
- Herakleia ad Latmum and Latmos Prehistoric Rock Paintings
- Ancient City of Herakleia Salbake and Medical School
- Ancient City of Hierapolis and Pamukkale Travertines
- Hisarcık Hasanlar Ancient Roman Aqueducts and Thermal Springs
- Honaz Ancient City of Colossae and St. Michael Sanctuary
- Mount Honaz (Kadmos) 2,571m Peak National Park
- Honaz Kaklık Cave Underground Pamukkale
- Ancient City of Iasos and Fish Market Museum
- Iasos, Kıyıkışlacık and Güllük Gulf
- İhsaniye Aslantaş and Yılanlıtaş Monumental Phrygian Lion Tombs
- İhsaniye Emre Lake and Phrygian Water Sanctuaries
- İhsaniye Gazlıgöl 2,000-Year-Old Phrygian-Roman Thermal Springs
- İscehisar Dokimeion Ancient Marble Quarries and Pavonazzetto Galleries
- İshaklı Caravanserai and Sahip Ata Complex
- İzmir Smyrna Birthplace of Master Orator Aelius Aristides and Roman Agora
- Kadırga Bay
- Kale Tabea (Tabae) Ancient City and Cevher Pasha Mosque
- Kale-i Sultaniye (Sultaniye Castle), Ancient Abydos, and Çanakkale Ceramics
- Karabel Luwian Pass and King Tarkasnawa Relief
- Karacasu 5,000-Year-Old Red Clay Pottery Workshops and Kilns
- Karacasu Yeşilyurt Historic Stone Water Mills along Dandalas Stream
- Karahallı Karayakuplu Village and Banaz Stream Vertical Canyon Cliffs
- Karahallı Ancient City of Pepouza and Montanism Holy Monastery
- Karina Historic Stone Pier and Menderes Delta Fisheries Lagoon
- Caryanda Ancient City Birthplace of Admiral Scylax and Naval Harbor
- Katakekaumene (Burnt Land) Volcanic Vineyards and Kula
- Ancient City of Kaunos and Dalyan Rock Tombs
- Kaz Dağları (Ancient Mount Ida) and Sarıkız Peak
- National park and landscape layers of Mount Ida
- Kemalpaşa Mount Nif Ancient City and Metallurgy Workshops
- Ancient City of Keramos and Kurşunlu Yapı
- Kızılören Timber-Columned Seljuk-Ottoman Grand Mosque
- Kilitbahir Fortress, Ancient Sestos, and Eceabat
- Ancient City of Knidos
- Knidos Ancient City Birthplace of Astronomer Sosigenes and Julian Calendar Observatory
- Knidos Ancient City Birthplace of Geographer Agatharchides and Military Harbor
- Knidos Ancient City Birthplace of Royal Physician Chrysermus and Alexandrian Medical Atelier
- Knidos Ancient City Birthplace of Experimental Physician Chrysippus and Medical School
- Knidos Ancient City Birthplace of Physician Ctesias and Persica Library
- Koçarlı Amyzon Karian Sanctuary and Artemis Temple
- Koçarlı Cihanoğlu Complex, Mosque, and Stone Defense Tower
- Colophon Ancient City Birthplace of Elegiac Poet Hermesianax and Leontion Acropolis
- Colophon Ancient City Birthplace of Elegiac Poet Mimnermus and Ionian Acropolis
- Colophon Ancient City and Birthplace of Philosopher Xenophanes of Colophon
- Köyceğiz Lake, Kaunos Saltworks and Dalyan Channels
- Kula Emre Village Shrine of Yunus Emre and Taptuk Emre
- Kula İnebey Village 14th-Century Germiyanid Historic Ashlar Stone Mosque
- Kula Körez Village Volcanic Stone Mansions and Weaving Houses
- Kula-Salihli UNESCO Global Geopark and Katakekaumene
- Kuladokya Volcanic Fairy Chimneys Geopark
- Ancient City of Kyme and Nemrut Bay
- Cyzicus Ancient City Birthplace of Navigator Eudoxus and Naval Harbor
- Sanctuary of Zeus Labraundos at Labraunda
- Sanctuary of Hekate at Lagina
- Ancient City of Laodicea on the Lycus
- Lapseki Ancient City of Lampsakos and Anaxagoras School of Philosophy
- Letoon Lycian Sanctuary and Trilingual Inscription
- Magnesia ad Maeandrum Birthplace of Master Architect Pytheos and Artemis Temple
- Magnesia ad Sipylum and Niobe Weeping Rock
- Magnesia Ancient City Birthplace of Rhetorician Hegesias and Artemis Agora
- Magnesia Ancient City Birthplace of Architect Menesthes and Temple of Artemis Leukophryene
- Manyas Bird Sanctuary National Park and Daskyleion Persian Satrapy
- Marmara Island Proconnesian Ancient Marble Quarries and Saraylar Museum
- Ancient City of Mastaura and Round Roman Amphitheater
- Mastaura: valley and passage layers
- Medet Mound (Apollonia Salbake) and Bektashi Tekke
- Menemen Panaztepe 2500 BCE Bronze Age Harbor City and Necropolis
- Menemen Historic Taşhan Caravanserai and Sadrazam Mahmut Paşa Pottery Inn
- Ancient City of Metropolis and Marble Bouleuterion
- Metropolis Ancient Aqueducts and Cisterns
- Milas Chalcetor (Karakuyu) Ancient City and Karian Fortifications
- Milas Tuzla Lagoon and Greater Flamingo Sanctuary
- Milas: Mylasa, Uzunyuva and Baltalı Kapı
- Miletus archaeological site and urban layers
- Ancient City of Miletus
- Miletus Archaeological Site
- Mobolla (Asar Castle) and Saburhane Stone Mansions
- Ancient City of Myus
- Ancient City of Nysa ad Maeandrum and Canyon Library
- Nysa Ancient City Birthplace of Grammarian Dionysius Thrax and Two-Story Library
- Nysa Ancient City Birthplace of Grammarian Menestheus and Library
- Nysa Ancient City Geography Academy and Library Study Site of Strabo
- Nysa Ancient City Canyon Vaulted Water Tunnel
- Ortaca Dalyan Radar Hill Summit and İztuzu Caretta Caretta Habitat
- Ödemiş Birgi İmam-ı Birgivi Madrasa and Graveyard
- Ödemiş Lake Gölcük and Bozdağlar Plateau
- Palamutbükü Bay, Ancient Amphora Kilns, and Datça
- Pergamon / Bergama multi-layered cultural landscape
- Pergamon Ancient City Birthplace of Scholar Telephus and Imperial Library
- Pergamon Ancient City Birthplace of Master Engineer Ctesibius and Invention Workshops
- Pergamon Library Research Base of Mathematician Apollonius and Conics Sanctuary
- Ancient City of Philadelpheia and St. Jean Basilica
- Ancient City of Phokaia and Eski Foça
- Ancient City of Pinara and Rock-Cut Hive Tombs
- Ancient City of Priene
- Priene/Miletus Birthplace of Hagia Sophia Master Architect Isidore and Acropolis
- Reşadiye Mehmet Ali Bey Mansion and Old Datça
- Salihli Kurşunlu Thermal Springs and Waterfall Valley
- Sandıklı Akdağ Nature Park Tokalı Canyon and Wild Yılkı Horses
- Sandıklı Hüdai Roman Thermal Baths and Mud Springs
- Sandıklı Sandık Village Yunus Emre and Taptuk Emre Shrine
- Ancient City of Sardis
- The Two Entrances of the Sardis Archaeological Site
- Sardis Roman Ancient Aqueducts and Lake Marmara Channels
- Saruhanlı Yağcıoğlu 500-Year-Old Ottoman Stone Olive Press Valley
- Ancient City of Sebaste and Selçikler
- Seferihisar Ulamış Village and Historic Karakılçık Wheat Stone Mills
- Seikilos Epitaph Stele (Tralleis Music Inscription)
- Selçuk Mount Bülbüldağı House of the Virgin Mary (Panaya Kapulu)
- Selçuk Çamlık Open-Air Steam Locomotive Museum
- Selçuk Şirince Village Greek Stone Houses and Wine Cellars
- Serinhisar 500-Year-Old Historic Roasted Chickpea Workshops and Ovens
- Serinhisar Yatağan 800-Year-Old Forged Steel Blade and Sword Workshops
- Seydikemer Saklıkent Canyon 18 km Giant Gorge
- Seydikemer Yaka Park (Yakaköy) Akdağ Spring Waterfalls and Watermills
- Seyitömer Mound and Weaving-Pottery Workshops
- Sındırgı Yağcıbedir Yörük Hand-Woven Carpet Centers
- Ancient City of Sidyma and Roman Heroon
- Simav Gölcük Plateau and 1,450m Volcanic Crater Lake
- Sinanpaşa Boyalı Seljuk Complex and Kureyş Baba Tomb
- Sivaslı Koluaçık Hacım Sultan Tomb and Bektashi Lodge
- Sivaslı Selçikler 6th-Century BC Lydian Tumuli and Stone Chamber Tombs
- Smyrna Ancient City Birthplace of Biographer Hermippus and Ionian Acropolis
- Smyrna Ancient City Birthplace of Epic Poet Quintus and Posthomerica Assembly
- Soma Darkale (Tarhala) Historic Stone Houses and Kırkoluk
- Stratonikeia Ancient City Birthplace of Philosopher Metrodorus and Academic Assembly
- Ancient City of Stratonikeia and Eskihisar Village
- Sultandağı 2,100 m Ice Cave and Dereçine Cherry Orchards
- Sultanhisar Atça 1926 Radial-Grid Master Plan and Republican Reconstruction
- Ancient City of Synaus and Simav Eynal Thermal Springs
- Synnada Ancient City Birthplace of Leo the Mathematician and Optical Telegraph Acropolis
- Ancient City of Synnada and Şuhut Mint
- Şaphane Ancient Alunite (Alum) Mines
- Şuhut Great Offensive Headquarters Hacı Veliyüddin Mansion Atatürk House
- Historic Buldan Weaving Houses and Hand Looms Workshops
- Historic Germiyan Street Tile Kilns and Mansions
- Tavas Hırka Village 18th-Century Natural-Dyed Timber Mosque
- Tavşanlı Göbel Thermal Springs and Phrygian Tombs
- Ancient City of Telmessos and Amyntas Rock Tombs
- Teos Ancient City Birthplace of Philosopher Nausiphanes and Tean Atomist Garden
- Teos Ancient City Birthplace of Master Sculptor Boëthos and Bronze Foundry
- Teos Ancient City Birthplace of Mathematician Theodosius and Spherical Geometry Acropolis
- Thebae ad Mycalem Fortress and Güllübahçe St. Nicholas Church
- Tire Yalınayak Bathhouse and Historic Bazaar Guilds
- Ancient City of Tlos and Bellerophontes Tomb
- Torbalı Dağkızılca Village Nif Mountain Aqueducts and Stone Arch Bridge
- Tralles Ancient City Birthplace of Geometrician Metrodorus and Mathematics School
- Tralles Ancient City Birthplace of Sculptor Apollonius and Marble Atelier
- Tralles Ancient City Birthplace of Imperial Physician Alexander and Üç Gözler Medical School
- Ancient City of Tralleis and Üç Gözler Gymnasion
- Ancient City of Tripolis ad Maeandrum and Marble Colonnaded Street
- Ulubey Avgan Village 19th-Century Water-Powered Stone Mills and Banaz Stream
- Ulubey Canyon World's 2nd Longest Canyon and Glass Terrace
- Urla Bademler Village Turkey's First Village Theater
- Urla Quarantine Island 1865 Ottoman Quarantine Station and Klazomenai
- Urla Özbek Village Historic Stone Pier and Olive Mills
- Uşak Archaeology and Lydian Hoard Museum
- Uşak Historic Palace Carpets and Paşa Quarter Mansions
- Uşak Taşyaran Valley Water-Sculpted Gneiss Rock Basins
- Yatağan Gerga Karian Sanctuary and Stone Monuments
- Yenice Kazdağları Agonya Valley Linden Forests and Timber Architecture
- Yenipazar Yörük Ali Efe House Museum and Memorial Grave