 Turkey's World Heritage Sites
Turkey ratified the World Heritage Convention on 16 March, 1983. As of August 2010, it has 9 World Heritage Sites, of which 7 are in the cultural category, and 2 are in the mixed category. Turkey also has another 23 sites on the World Heritage Tentative List.
World Heritage Sites in Turkey
- Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
- Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi
- Historic Areas of Istanbul
- Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
- Nemrut Dag
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale
- Xanthos-Letoon
- City of Safranbolu
- Archaeological Site of Troy
- Selimiye Mosque Complex at Edirne
Sites in Turkey on the World Heritage Tentative List
- Ephesus (1994)
- Karain Cave (1994)
- Sümela Monastery (The Monastery of Virgin Mary) (2000)
- Alahan Monastery (2000)
- St. Nicholas Church (2000)
- Harran and Sanliurfa (2000)
- The Tombstones of Ahlat the Urartian and Ottoman citadel (2000)
- The Citadel and the Walls of Diyarbakir (2000)
- Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to Dogubeyazit (2000)
- Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization (2000)
- Alanya (2000)
- Mardin Cultural Landscape (2000)
- Bursa and Cumalikizik Early Ottoman urban and rural settlements (2000)
- Edirne Selimiye Mosque (2000)
- St.Paul Church, St.Paul's Well and surrounding historic quarters (2000)
- Ishak Pasha Palace (2000)
- Kekova (2000)
- Güllük Dagi-Termessos National Park (2000)
- Archaeological Site of Aphrodisias (2009)
- Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization (2009)
- Archaeological Site of Sagalassos (2009)
- Neolithic Site of Catalhoyuk (2009)
- Archaeological Site of Perge (2009)
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