History and archaeology
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Aqueduct and cistern
Kızılçullu Aqueducts
Karabağlar, İzmir
Historic arches in Şirinyer crossing the Meles Çayı valley, which once carried water to the city.
Ferhat Water Channel
Merkez, Amasya
A Hellenistic–Roman water channel at the foot of Mount Ferhat, cut into the rock and tunneled through it, and the subject of the legend of Ferhat and Şirin.
İncekaya Aqueduct
Safranbolu, Karabük
A historic aqueduct over the Tokatlı Canyon, 116 meters long and reaching a height of 60 meters.
Karakuyu Hittite Dam
Pınarbaşı, Kayseri
An earth-embankment dam from the 13th century BC near the village of Karakuyu in Pınarbaşı, known for its block stones inscribed in the name of the Hittite king Tudhaliya IV.
Eflatunpınar Hittite Water Monument
Beyşehir, Konya
A sacred water monument of the Hittite Imperial Age on the edge of the pool where spring water is collected, with reliefs of gods and winged suns.
Şamran (Menua) Canal
Edremit, Van
An ancient water canal commissioned by the Urartian King Menua about 2800 years ago, flowing between the gardens of Edremit and still used for irrigation.
Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı)
Fatih, İstanbul
A giant 6th-century Byzantine underground reservoir where hundreds of columns rise from the water in dim light.
Binbirdirek Cistern
A Byzantine cistern dated to the 4th–6th centuries, known for its tall double-shafted columns.
Bozdoğan Aqueduct (Aqueduct of Valens)
A 4th-century Roman–Byzantine aqueduct spanning Atatürk Boulevard.
Büyük Bent (Great Dam), Belgrad Forest
Sarıyer, İstanbul
A historic dam in the Belgrad Forest, the largest reservoir of the Ottoman Kırkçeşme system that carried water to İstanbul.
Güzelce Aqueduct (Güzelce Kemer)
Sultangazi, İstanbul
An aqueduct in Cebeci built by Mimar Sinan on the Kırkçeşme water supply line.
Mağlova Aqueduct
Eyüpsultan, İstanbul
A monumental two-tiered aqueduct built by Mimar Sinan in the Alibey Stream valley for the Kırkçeşme water line.
Uzunkemer Aqueduct
An Ottoman aqueduct in Kemerburgaz, the longest of the Kırkçeşme water line, attributed to Mimar Sinan.
Aspendos Aqueduct
Serik, Antalya
A Roman aqueduct that carried water to Aspendos, famous for its pressure towers.
Delikkemer (Patara Aqueduct)
Kaş, Antalya
A Roman pressurized water line of pierced stone blocks that carried water to Patara from 22.5 km away.
Trajan Aqueduct
Defne, Hatay
The surviving arches of the Roman-period waterway that carried water from the Daphne springs to ancient Antakya.
Vespasian Titus Tunnel
Samandağ, Hatay
A Roman-period tunnel carved into the rock to protect the harbor of Seleucia Pieria from flood waters; it came through the earthquake undamaged and is open to visitors.
Cirimbolu Aqueduct
Uluborlu, Isparta
The surviving section of an arched water channel that carried water to ancient Apollonia.
Pisidian Antioch Aqueduct
Yalvaç, Isparta
The surviving piers of the Roman aqueduct that carried water to the ancient city from springs to the north.
Olba Aqueduct
Silifke, Mersin
A two-story Roman aqueduct 25 m high, built in 199 in the time of Septimius Severus.
Pişirici Kastel
Şahinbey, Gaziantep
One of the best-known examples of 'kastels', the underground water structures unique to Gaziantep; it combines a fountain, an ablution area and a masjid.
