Turkey - Millennia of Antiquity

This is a list of the sites that I visited in Turkey, in the sequence in which I visited them.

All pictures are © Dr. Günther Eichhorn, unless otherwise noted.

	Gallipoli World War I battlefield.
	Troy (Troja) Troy of the Iliad fame, site of the Trojan war. Inhabited since 3000 BCE.
	Alexandria Troas Founded by one of the generals of Alexander the Great in 310 BCE.
	Apollo Smintheion A famous 2^nd century BCE temple of Apollo.
	Assos An 8^th century BCE city on the Adriatic coast, across from Lesvos.
	Pergamum One of the richest and most powerful kingdoms of the Middle East between the time of Alexander the Great and the Roman time.
	Ephesus The best known ancient city in Turkey, with spectacular buildings and the remains of the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
	Priene Important around 300 BCE, with well preserved Hellenistic buildings.
	Miletus Going back to the Bronze Age, Miletus was an important commercial center from 700 BCE to 700 CE.
	Didyma The 6^th century Didymaion, the second most important oracle of the Hellenistic world after Delphi.
	Euromos Little remains of a fairly important city but the Zeus Temple.
	Labranda Labranda was a place of worship since the 6^th century BCE with a Zeus Temple.
	Hierapolis The beautiful ancient city of Hierapolis, next to the white Travertine terraces.
	Aphrodisias One of the most beautiful sites in Turkey.
	Tlos A Lydian city with many rock-cut tombs.
	Telmessos Lydian tombs and rock-cut temples.
	Termessos Spectacular site of an ancient city.
	Çatal Höyük Çatal Höyük might be the oldest city on earth.
	Sultanhanı A 13^th century Seljuk caravanserai.
	İhlara Valley Rock-cut Byzantine churches in a spectacular valley.
	Güzelyurt An many-storied underground city and rock-cut churches.
	Göreme Fantastic sandstone formations in Cappadocia around Göreme.
	Harran Pagan, biblical and Islamic sites around Harran.
	Mount Nemrut Spectacular stone figures on top of Mount Nemrut.
	Perre Rock-cut tombs and buildings dating back thousands of years.
	Amasya Ottoman mansions and the Royal Tombs of Pontus.
	Hattuşa A spectacular Hittite city.
	Alacahöyük A Hittite city, even older than Hattuşa, settled from about 4000 BCE.
	Gordion Phrygian capital from the 9^th century BCE to the 3^rd century BCE.
	Phrygian Valley A scenic valley in Anatolia with a lot of Phrygian remains.
	Aizanoi One of the nicest Roman temples, and an interesting stadium/theater combination.
	İstanbul Lots of interesting architecture, including some Roman structures.