3. Turkey in World Herritage List
Turkey has 11 properties Inscribed In the UNESCO World Heritage List,
and 37 nominated properties are in the Tentative List.
• Historical Areas of Istanbul,
• City of Safranbolu,
• Hattusha (Bogazkoy): The Hittite Capital,
• Edirne Selimiye Mosque,
• Nemrut Mountain,
• Xanthos-Letoon,
• Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi,
• Archaeological Site of Troy,
• Hierapolis-Pamukkale,
• Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
4. Turkey in Unesco Tentative List
1) Izmir, Selcuk, Ephesus (1994)
2) Antalya, Karain Cave (1994)
3) Trabzon, Sumela Monastery (2000)
4) Mersin, Alahan Monastery (2000)
5) Antalya, Demre, St. Nicholas Church(2000)
6) Sanliurfa, Harran and Sanliurfa Settlements (2000)
7) Bitlis, The Tombstones of Ahlat the Urartian and Ottoman Citadel (2000)
8) Diyarbakir, The Citadel and the Walls of Diyarbakir (2000)
9) Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to Dogubeyazit (2000)
10) Konya, Konya A Capital of Seljuk Civilisation (2000)
11) Antalya, Alanya Castle and Dockyard (2000)
12) Mardin, Mardin Cultural Landscape (2000)
13) Bursa, Bursa and Cumalikizik Early Ottoman Urban and Rural Settlements
(2000)
14) Tarsus, St. Paul Church, St. Pauls Well and surrounding historic quarters
(2000)
15) Agri, Ishak Pasha Palace (2000)
16) Antalya , Kas, Kekova (2000)
17) Antalya, Gulluk Mountain Termessos National Park (2000)
5. Turkey in Unesco Tentative List
• 18) Aydin, Archaeological Site of Aphrodisias (2009)
19) Antalya, Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilisation (2009)
20) Burdur Archaeological Site Of Sagalassos (2009)
21) Antalya,Archaeological Site of Perge (2009)
22) Beyşehir, Eşrefoğlu Mosque (2011)
23) Hatay, St. Pierre Church (2011)
24) Bergama-İzmir (2011)
25) Göbeklitepe Archaeological Site (2011)
26) Historic City of Ani
27) Medieval City of Beçin
28) Medieval City of Mentesogulları
29) Historic Town of Birgi
30) Historical Site of Gordion
31) Hacı Bektaş Veli Complex
32) Mausoleum and Sacred Area of Hecatomnus
33) Historical Monuments of Nigde
34) Mamure Castle
35) Odunpazarı Historical Urban Site
36) Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture Workshop
37) Archeological Site of Zeugma
9. Selimiye Mosque
-The reason of the 5 stage windows represents the 5 certain rules of the
Islam,
-In total count 99 windows remains in the mosque that represets the 99
names of Allah ,
-Reason of the one huge dome means there is only One GOD,
-12 Minaret Şerefes represents the 12th Ottoman Sultan «Selim II» because
the mosque made ın his reign,
-32 gates of the complex represents the 32 rules or assumes of Islam,
-The 6 roads behind the Minarets represents 6 certain rules of Islam belief,