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Monastery
Berta Monastery (Ortaköy Kilise Mosque)
Ardanuç, Artvin
The main church of a 9th-century Georgian monastery overlooking Ortaköy, now used as a mosque; the place where the famous Berta Gospels were produced.
Dört Kilise (Tekkale Monastery)
Yusufeli, Artvin
A large 10th-century monastery complex, Othta Eklesia in Georgian, with a three-aisled basilica, set in a forested valley northwest of Tekkale village.
İşhan Monastery
A monastery church in İşhan village regarded as one of the masterpieces of medieval Georgian architecture, with multicolored dressed-stone facades, dome frescoes and rich stone carving.
Opiza Monastery
The remains, in Bağcılar village, of one of the earliest monasteries of the Georgian Middle Ages, where the famous Opiza Gospels were copied.
Porta (Khandzta) Monastery
A monastery founded at the end of the 8th century by Grigol Khandzteli in the Bağlık hamlet of Pırnallı village, preserving a medieval settlement fabric with its church, bell tower and fountain.
Monastery of the Virgin Mary (Meryem Ana Manastırı)
Şebinkarahisar, Giresun
A four-story Byzantine-period monastery in Şebinkarahisar, built inside a large hollow in a steep cliff.
Çakırkaya Monastery
Şiran, Gümüşhane
A monastery in the village of Çakırkaya in Şiran, made by carving a rock mass about 65 meters high, referred to as 'the Sumela of Gümüşhane'.
İmera Monastery
Merkez, Gümüşhane
A monastery church dedicated to St. John Prodromos in the village of Olucak (İmera) near the Krom Valley, notable for its stone-decorated door.
Kızlar Monastery (Panagia Theoskepastos)
Ortahisar, Trabzon
A convent at the foot of Boztepe founded in the time of Alexios III, opened to visitors in 2021 after a long restoration.
Sümela Monastery
Maçka, Trabzon
The Black Sea's most famous monastery, set against a steep cliff in the Altındere Valley, with its rock church and frescoes.
Vazelon Monastery
Monastery remains on a rock at 1200 meters in Maçka, dedicated to John the Baptist, bearing traces of frescoes on its facade.
Güzelyurt Manastır Valley (Monastery Valley)
Güzelyurt, Aksaray
A valley of about 5 km stretching from Güzelyurt to the Yüksek Kilise, lined with more than twenty rock-cut churches and chapels.
Selime Cathedral
Cappadocia's largest rock-cut cathedral, carved into the rocks above the village of Selime and divided into three naves by two rows of columns.
Keşlik Monastery
Ürgüp, Nevşehir
One of Cappadocia's most complete rock monastery complexes, near Cemil village, with two churches, a chapel, a refectory and a wine press.
Monastery of St. Nicholas
A four-part monastery, half carved into the rock, dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra, in the Monastery Valley 1 km south of Mustafapaşa.
Gümüşler Monastery
Merkez, Niğde
One of the largest monasteries of Cappadocia, carved into tuff rock in the town of Gümüşler; a 10th–11th-century complex known for its 'Smiling Virgin Mary' fresco.
Remains of the Monastery of Miracles (Ardzge Sgançelagorts)
Adilcevaz, Bitlis
An Armenian monastery on a rocky outcrop west of Kef Castle, with its church and jamatun partly standing, remembered for relics believed to heal.
Aprank (Abrenk) Monastery
Tercan, Erzincan
A historic Armenian monastery near the village of Üçpınar, now half-ruined, known for its two monumental khachkars of about 5 meters.
Haho Monastery (Taş Camii)
Tortum, Erzurum
A Georgian monastery founded in the 10th century in the village of Bağbaşı; its main church was converted into a mosque in the 19th century and is still used today as the Taş Camii (Stone Mosque).
Öşk Vank (Oshki Monastery)
Uzundere, Erzurum
One of the largest and most complex churches of the Georgian Orthodox world, built by the rulers of Tao in the second half of the 10th century in the village of Çamlıyamaç.
Vachedzori Monastery
Olur, Erzurum
The remains of a medieval Georgian monastery founded in the name of St. Stephen and dated to the 9th century, in the village of Keçili (Niakomi) in Olur.
Beşkilise (Khtzkonk Monastery)
Digor, Kars
The remains of an Armenian monastic complex near Digor, built on three rocky outcrops in a deep valley carved by the Digor Stream.
Yedi Kilise (Varak Monastery)
İpekyolu, Van
The remains of Varakavank, founded in the 11th century in Bakraçlı on the slope of Mount Erek, one of the most important Armenian monasteries of the Van region.
Ayışığı Monastery
Ayvalık, Balıkesir
The remains of an abandoned Greek monastery in the north of Cunda, above Patriça cove.
Kirazlı Monastery
Erdek, Balıkesir
The standing walls of a 19th-century Greek monastery complex on the wooded slope of Kapıdağ.
Aya Paraskevi Holy Spring (Ayazma) and Monastery
Bozcaada, Çanakkale
A holy spring and small Greek monastery among trees above Ayazma Beach.
Halki Seminary (Heybeliada Ruhban Okulu) and Monastery of the Holy Trinity (Aya Triada)
Adalar, İstanbul
A historic school within the Monastery of the Holy Trinity on Heybeliada's Ümit Hill, unable to teach since 1971.
Aya Nikola Rock Monastery
Vize, Kırklareli
A rock-cut monastery in Kıyıköy dating to the time of Justinian, with a church and a holy spring.
Armaş (Charkhapan Surp Asdvadzadzin) Monastery Ruins
İzmit, Kocaeli
The ruins of a monastery near Akmeşe, founded in the 17th century and once an important Armenian religious and educational center.
Monastery of St. Simeon
Samandağ, Hatay
The 6th-century monastery remains on the hill where St. Simeon Stylites the Younger lived on a pillar.
Alahan Monastery
Mut, Mersin
A monastery on the UNESCO Tentative List on a slope overlooking the Göksu valley, with 5th-century basilicas and rich stone decoration.
Mor Kiryakus Monastery
Beşiri, Batman
A Syriac monastery in Ayrancı village at the foot of Mount Kıra, dated to the 5th century and opened to tourism in 2025 after a three-stage restoration.
Deyrulzafaran (Mor Hananyo) Monastery
Artuklu, Mardin
A historic, still-active monastery on the slope overlooking the plain east of Mardin, for centuries the seat of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate.
Mor Evgin Monastery
Nusaybin, Mardin
A Syriac monastery on the slope of Mount İzla at an elevation of about 900 meters, believed to have been founded in the 4th century by the Egyptian monk Mor Evgin.
Mor Gabriel (Deyrulumur) Monastery
Midyat, Mardin
Founded in 397, one of the world's oldest standing and active Syriac Orthodox monasteries, on an oak-covered hill on the Tur Abdin plateau.
Mor Hobil – Mor Abrohom Monastery
A Syriac monastery 1 km from central Midyat, founded in the 5th century by two monks trained at Mor Gabriel and still in use today.
Mor Yakup Monastery (Barıştepe)
A 6th-century Syriac Orthodox monastery in the village of Barıştepe (Salah), dedicated to the hermit Mor Yakub, notable for its five-sided apse.
