Turkey

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Composite satellite image of Anatolia, of which the modern state of Turkey largely incorporates.

Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), officially known as the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti) is a large country in south-western Asia that currently occupies most of the extensive plateau region of Anatolia.

Regions

• Cilicia

Sites

• Acemhöyük
• Alacahöyük
• Alalakh
• Alişar Höyük
• Antioch
• Boğazköy
• Çatalhöyük
• Domuztepe
• Ephesos
• Göbekli Tepe
• Gordion
• Kenan Tepe
• Kerkenes
• Kültepe
• Tell Kurdu
• Pergamon (near modern Bergama)
• Sirkeli Höyük
• Troy
• Zincirli
• Ziyaret Tepe

Museums and Galleries

• Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara
• Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul

Institutions

Bibliography

• Greaves, Alan M. and Helwing, Barbara [2001], "Archaeology in Turkey: The Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages, 1997-1999", AJA 105.3 (2001), pp.463-511.
  • [2003], "Archaeology in Turkey: The Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages, 2000", AJA 107.1 (2003), pp.71-103. pdf

• Yıldırım, Bahadır and Gates, Marie-Henriette [2007], "Archaeology in Turkey, 2004-2005", AJA 111.2 (2007), pp.275-356. pdf

External links

• Current Archaeology in Turkey - site maintained by the Anatolian Iron Age Research Project at the University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia