Which civilizations lived on the lands of Turkey?

Achaemenid Empire, Ancient Greece, Assyrian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Çatalhöyük, Göbekli Tepe Culture, Hittite Empire, Kingdom of Lydia, Kingdom of Phrygia, Kingdom of Urartu and others.

What are the oldest historic cities on the lands of Turkey?

Gobekli Tepe (9500 BCE), Catalhoyuk (7500 BCE), Konya (7000 BCE), Gaziantep (Modern) (3650 BCE), Kanesh (Kultepe) (3000 BCE), Troy (3000 BCE).

How many historic cities are within the modern borders of Turkey?

28 historic cities are recorded within the borders of Turkey.

Turkey — Civilizations, Historic Cities and Events

16 civilizations ruled the lands of Turkey through history; 28 historic cities and 80+ major events took place on this geography.

This page gathers the historic cities, events and structures located within the modern borders of Turkey, and the civilizations that ruled this geography. Locations are matched to the data on the interactive map.

Civilizations that ruled these lands (16)

Historic cities (28)

Gobekli Tepe · 9500 BCE
Catalhoyuk · 7500 BCE
Konya · 7000 BCE
Gaziantep (Modern) · 3650 BCE
Kanesh (Kultepe) · 3000 BCE
Troy · 3000 BCE
Edirne · 2000 BCE
Ankara · 2000 BCE
Miletus · 1900 BCE
Hattusa · 1650 BCE
Sardis · 1200 BCE
Gordion · 1200 BCE
Ephesus · 1000 BCE
Tushpa · 832 BCE
Istanbul · 660 BCE
Pergamon · 400 BCE
Nicaea · 316 BCE
Edessa · 304 BCE
Edessa (Mesopotamia) · 304 BCE
Antioch · 300 BCE
Antioch on the Orontes · 300 BCE
Nicomedia · 264 BCE
Bursa · 202 BCE
Alanya · 200 BCE
Caesarea Cappadociae · 200 BCE
Tigranocerta · 83 BCE
Constantinople · 330 CE
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Events on this geography (top 80)

1915 CEGallipoli Campaign
1922 CEGreat Offensive (Turkish War of Independence)
395 CEDivision of the Roman Empire
1176 CEBattle of Myriokephalon
1204 CEFourth Crusade — Sack of Constantinople
1912 CEFirst Balkan War
1915 CEGallipoli Campaign
1921 CEBattle of Sakarya
1144 CEFall of the County of Edessa
1829 CEtreaty of Adrianople
1839 CETanzimat Edict (Gülhane)
1876 CEOttoman Constitution (1876)
1908 CEYoung Turk Revolution — Second Constitutional Era
2011 CEConvention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
2016 CEassassination of Andrei Karlov
2016 CE2016 Istanbul airport attack
2017 CE2017 Istanbul nightclub attack
1182 CEMassacre of the Latins
1403 CEOttoman Interregnum after Ankara
1555 CEPeace of Amasya
1909 CEAdana massacre
1915 CESiege of Van
1922 CEArmistice of Mudanya
1955 CEIstanbul pogrom
1993 CESivas massacre
2015 CE2015 Ankara bombings
2015 CE2015 Suruç bombing
2016 CE2016 Istanbul bombing
2016 CEFebruary 2016 Ankara bombing
2016 CEMarch 2016 Ankara bombing
2016 CEDecember 2016 Istanbul bombings
2016 CE2016 March Istanbul bombing
2016 CEAugust 2016 Gaziantep bombing
2022 CE2022 Istanbul bombing
2024 CETurkish Aerospace Industries headquarters attack
2026 CE2026 Onikişubat school shooting
1895 CEZeitun Rebellion
1895 CEmassacres of Diyarbakır
1915 CEBattle of Musa Dagh
1915 CEUrfa Resistance
1930 CEZilan massacre
1969 CEBloody Sunday
2007 CEassassination of Hrant Dink
2013 CE2013 Reyhanlı bombings
2016 CEJune 2016 Istanbul bombing
2018 CEassassination of Jamal Khashoggi
10000 BCEBeginning of Agriculture (Fertile Crescent)
9600 BCEConstruction of Göbekli Tepe
9400 BCEKarahan Tepe
7500 BCEFounding of Çatalhöyük
1200 BCESpread of Iron Working
640 BCEFirst Coinage in Lydia
600 BCEFirst Coinage (Lydia)
600 BCEFirst Coins Minted
334 BCEAlexander's Conquests
334 BCEAlexander's Eastern Campaign
53 BCEBattle of Carrhae (Parthian Victory)
325 CEFirst Council of Nicaea
330 CEFounding of Constantinople
378 CEBattle of Adrianople
378 CEBattle of Adrianople — Rome's Military Catastrophe
380 CEChristianity Becomes the State Religion of Rome
537 CEConstruction of Hagia Sophia
541 CEPlague of Justinian
568 CESogdian Maniakh Reaches Constantinople — Türk-Byzantine Alliance
1054 CEEast–West Schism
1064 CEAlp Arslan's Conquest of the Fortress of Ani
1071 CEBattle of Manzikert
1071 CEBattle of Manzikert
1081 CEThe Seljuks Reach the Aegean: Çaka Bey and İzmir
1097 CEKilij Arslan I Forced to Surrender İznik (Nicaea) to the Crusaders
1147 CEThe Seljuks Halt the Second Crusade in Anatolia
1204 CEFourth Crusade and Sack of Constantinople
1220 CEThe Reign of Ala al-Din Kayqubad: The Golden Age of the Anatolian Seljuks
1228 CEThe Construction of the Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
1243 CEBattle of Köse Dağ
1299 CEFounding of the Ottoman Beylik
1302 CEThe Battle of Bapheus: The First Great Ottoman Victory over Byzantium
1308 CEThe Formal End of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate
1331 CEOrhan Bey's Conquest of İznik (Nicaea)

Architectural sites (6790)

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Which civilizations lived on the lands of Turkey?: Achaemenid Empire, Ancient Greece, Assyrian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Çatalhöyük, Göbekli Tepe Culture, Hittite Empire, Kingdom of Lydia, Kingdom of Phrygia, Kingdom of Urartu and others.
What are the oldest historic cities on the lands of Turkey?: Gobekli Tepe (9500 BCE), Catalhoyuk (7500 BCE), Konya (7000 BCE), Gaziantep (Modern) (3650 BCE), Kanesh (Kultepe) (3000 BCE), Troy (3000 BCE).
How many historic cities are within the modern borders of Turkey?: 28 historic cities are recorded within the borders of Turkey.

History of the Lands of Turkey

Civilizations that ruled these lands (16)

Historic cities (28)

Events on this geography (top 80)

Architectural sites (6790)

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