2 sites · 2 UNESCO
Türkiye appears on our atlas with 2 archaeological and heritage sites from the Prehistoric era . All of them are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Türkiye · c. 9500 BCE
Carved T-shaped pillars raised before farming, pottery or writing — and before Stonehenge by about 6,000 years.
Türkiye · c. 7100–5700 BCE
Thousands of people lived in tightly packed mud-brick houses entered through holes in the roof.
Our atlas covers 2 sites in Türkiye: Göbekli Tepe and Çatalhöyük.
Göbekli Tepe (inscribed 2018) and Çatalhöyük (inscribed 2012).
Göbekli Tepe belongs to the Prehistoric era (before 3000 BCE), dated c. 9500 BCE.