List of World Heritage Sites in Turkey

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.[1] Turkey accepted the convention on 16 March 1983, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, there are twenty-one World Heritage Sites in Turkey, including nineteen cultural sites and two mixed sites.[2]

The first three sites in Turkey, Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği, Historic Areas of Istanbul and Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia, were inscribed on the list at the 9th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Paris, France in 1985.[3] The latest inscriptions, Gordion and Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia, were added to the list in 2023.

  1. ^ "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Turkey". UNESCO. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Report of the 9th Session of the Committee". UNESCO. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

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