Archaeologists working at the Bayraklı settlement mound in İzmir — known as Old Smyrna Mound — have uncovered ceramic vessels dating back 5,000 years, shedding light on the region’s role as an emerging hub of Early Bronze Age trade. www.anatolianarchaeology.net/5000-year-ol...

Archaeologists working at the Neolithic settlement mound of Çayönü, in Ergani district of Diyarbakır, have unearthed six ancient burials—five from the Early Bronze Age, about 5,000 years old, and one dating back 11,000 years to the Neolithic period. www.anatolianarchaeology.net/5000-and-110...

Archaeological excavations are underway at Smyrna Mound (Hoyuk), a 5,000-year-old mound located in the Bayrakli district of Izmir, western Türkiye. The site has long been regarded as one of the key settlements in the region’s ancient history. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/arch...

Archaeological excavations at Bitlis Castle in southeastern Türkiye, a historic site that has hosted numerous civilizations throughout history, have uncovered an iron key believed to belong to the castle’s main entrance gate. www.dailysabah.com/life/history...

Excavations at Direkli Cave in the Onikişubat district of Kahramanmaraş, ongoing for 19 years, have uncovered a large number of ornamental beads believed to date back to the Epipaleolithic period. www.hurriyetdailynews.com/epipaleolith...

Painted bowl restored from sherds found in Thessaly. The decoration of the bowl with meander patterns is characteristic of the classical phase of Dimini pottery. Late Neolithic period (5300-4500 BCE), now in Benaki Museum of Greek Culture in Athens.

Rising where empires once met and clashed, the Yedikule Fortress — the Fortress of the Seven Towers — has long stood as one of Istanbul's most imposing landmarks. turkisharchaeonews.net/object/yedik...

Excavations at the ancient city of Sagalassos mhave brought to light how Romans used the public bath complex not only to wash but also to socialize, exercise, and unwind. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/roma...

Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Aizanoi, located in the western province of Kütahya's Çavdarhisar district, are bringing to light architectural remnants belonging to the Zeus Temple. www.hurriyetdailynews.com/architectura...

Türkiye’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism has announced that Göbeklitepe, one of the world’s most iconic Neolithic sites and a UNESCO World Heritage property, will be presented in a major international exhibition in Germany. www.anatolianarchaeology.net/gobeklitepe-...

A court-appointed expert report has warned that the planned Canal Istanbul project poses a risk to at least 25 cultural and historical heritage sites, including the prehistoric Yarimburgaz Cave, Roman-era water channels, and the Ottoman-era water system. www.turkiyetoday.com/lifestyle/ex...

In Sinop, northern Türkiye, the 700-year-old historic church uncovered during excavations at the Balatlar Building Complex has been restored. www.dailysabah.com/life/history...

A Late Roman–Early Byzantine mosaic building in the Incesu district of Kayseri has yielded both a child’s and an adult’s grave, as excavations continue at the Orensehir site under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/chil...

Ani, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Kars, has yielded the remains of a Seljuk-era kumbet—a brick-built tomb tower—during ongoing excavations at five locations designed to bring both immovable and movable heritage to light. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/selj...

A registered Bergama carpet depicted in a 17th-century painting by Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch is being woven anew in its place of origin. www.hurriyetdailynews.com/dutch-painte...

A new archaeological study has placed the coastal town of Ayvalık, Türkiye, at the center of a story far older than its olive groves or islands suggest. www.anatolianarchaeology.net/ayvalik-forg...

Marching north along the mighty Theodosian Land Walls of Constantinople, the traveller soon encounters the Golden Gate — Chryseia Pyle in Greek, Porta Aurea in Latin, and Altınkapı or Yaldızlıkapı in Turkish. turkisharchaeonews.net/object/golde...

Excavations recently launched at Ayanlar Höyük in Şanlıurfa as part of Türkiye’s Taş Tepeler Project have become the latest symbol of cultural collaboration between Türkiye and Japan. www.dailysabah.com/arts/joint-t...

Archaeologists in Türkiye have uncovered a mysterious 2,600-year-old temple at Oluz Höyük in Amasya—one that is absent even from the writings of ancient historians such as Herodotus and Strabo. www.anatolianarchaeology.net/lost-temple-...

A section of a fairy chimney rock formation collapsed on Saturday morning in Nevsehir's Goreme district, with no casualties reported in the incident at the UNESCO World Heritage site. www.turkiyetoday.com/lifestyle/fa...

Archaeologists have uncovered storage rooms and kitchen facilities at the ancient city of Timbriada in Türkiye's Isparta province, revealing new insights into the dietary culture and economic life of inhabitants from over 2,000 years ago. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/anci...

Archaeologists have uncovered storage rooms and kitchen facilities at the ancient city of Timbriada in Türkiye's Isparta province, revealing new insights into the dietary culture and economic life of inhabitants from over 2,000 years ago. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/anci...

In the Gelibolu Historical Underwater Park, 23 shipwrecks from the First World War have been made accessible following the area’s removal from its former military status. www.hurriyetdailynews.com/gelibolu-aim...

Ancient dishes discovered during excavations in the ancient city of Dülük in the southeastern province of Gaziantep are being reproduced today. www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-reci...

On the shores of Lake Manyas in northwestern Türkiye, the ancient city of Daskyleion has revealed fresh insights into the daily life of its inhabitants. www.anatolianarchaeology.net/shocking-fin...

In Istanbul, operations targeting historical artifact smugglers led to the seizure of thousands of items, including a calligraphy panel by calligrapher Mehmet Sami Efendi (1837-1912), stolen from a mosque in Üsküdar 20 years ago and sought by Interpol. www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/ista...

Archaeological excavations in Oymaagac Mound, located in Vezirkopru district of Samsun, have uncovered 3,500-year-old hazelnut shells and kernels. The site has been identified, through cuneiform tablets, as the sacred Hittite city of Nerik. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/3500...

Archaeologists at Türkiye’s Gobeklitepe have uncovered a human statue embedded inside a wall, a rare find that experts say offers new insight into the rituals and belief systems of the Neolithic period. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/life...

It's here - a new, freshly updated and packed with the photos taken this year article about the ancient city of Notion in Asia Minor! turkisharchaeonews.net/site/notion

Ayvalik, now known for its olive groves and islands, looked very different during the Pleistocene Epoch between 2.58 million and 11,700 years ago. www.turkiyetoday.com/lifestyle/ic...

Eight chamber tombs have been uncovered in the ancient city of Tharsa in Türkiye’s southeastern Adiyaman province. The site, located near Kuyulu village, dates back to the Roman period and has been the focus of archaeological excavations since 2019. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/eigh...

Archaeologists in Türkiye have uncovered a stadium dating back 1,800 years in the ancient city of Syedra, located in the Alanya district of Antalya. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/1800...

A groundbreaking doctoral thesis from Middle East Technical University (METU) has brought new insights into the cultural and religious role of pigs in Hittite society during the Late Bronze Age. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/new-...

Archaeologists have launched extensive rescue excavations at Corlu Castle, a medieval fortress in the Corlu district of Tekirdag province. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/new-...

Restoration efforts at Muradiye Mevlevihanesi are key to reestablishing Edirne, northwestern Türkiye, as a cultural hub, a local academic said. www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/15th...

Fragment of one of the serpents’ head from the Serpentine Column built to commemorate the Greek victory at Plataea in 479 BCE, now in Archaeological Museum of Istanbul, Turkey.

Archaeologists in Türkiye have unearthed a striking pottery fragment carved with a human face at Gokhoyuk, an archaeological mound in the Seydisehir district of Konya province. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/5000...

Archaeologists working at the Ikiztepe Hoyuk (Mound) site in Türkiye’s northern Samsun province have uncovered two graves containing personal belongings, offering fresh insights into the burial practices of early Anatolian communities. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/gift...

Archaeologists working at Kayalipinar, an ancient Hittite settlement in central Türkiye once known as Samuha, have unearthed 56 cuneiform tablets and 22 seal impressions in the latest excavation season. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/hitt...

Rescue excavations in the ancient city of Antiocheia in the southern province of Hatay have unearthed remains that shed light on the commercial life of the region in the fourth and fifth centuries. www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-comm...

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable collection of 4,500-year-old human-shaped idols at Tavşanlı Höyük, one of the largest Bronze Age settlements in Western Anatolia. www.anatolianarchaeology.net/bronze-age-i...

A team of divers has carried out an exploratory dive to the wreck of a Russian cargo ship that sank off the coast of Ordu in the Black Sea in 1933. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/dive...

Archaeological excavations at Aşıklı Höyük, a 10,000-year-old settlement located in the Cappadocia region of Central Anatolia, continue to shed light on the early stages of Neolithic human life. www.dailysabah.com/life/history...

The 32nd International Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival, organized by the General Directorate of State Opera and Ballet, opened on Sept. 14 with the opera “Turandot” by the Ankara and Antalya State Opera and Ballet directorates. www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-curtain-...

Archaeological excavations in the historic district of Hasankeyf in southeastern Türkiye will fully reveal the so-called “Great Palace” along with its adjoining structures during the new excavation season. www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hasankeyfs-g...

Nearly 100,000 artifacts housed at the Antalya Archaeology Museum have been carefully relocated to secure storage facilities following the museum’s closure on July 16, after authorities deemed the building structurally unsafe. www.hurriyetdailynews.com/100-000-arti...

Istanbul’s iconic Haydarpasa Station, long known as one of the city’s busiest railway terminals, is undergoing a major transformation. The landmark will no longer serve only as a transportation hub but also as a leading center for culture and the arts. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/hist...

The Land Walls of Constantinople, one of the longest and oldest surviving defence systems in Europe, stretch for 7.2 kilometres and border the so-called Historical Peninsula of today's Istanbul on the west side of the city. turkisharchaeonews.net/object/theod...

Archaeologists have uncovered a monumental temple in the ancient city of Blaundos (modern Ulubey, Uşak, Türkiye), shedding light on the city’s religious and cultural life across centuries. www.anatolianarchaeology.net/newly-uneart...

In the heart of Bolu, Türkiye, archaeological discoveries have uncovered traces of Claudiopolis, an ancient Roman settlement that once thrived where the modern city now stands. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/hidd...