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A relief detail of Divriği's monumental stone carving; digitisation of a photograph taken in 2002.

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22 July 2013: the Süleymaniye component of the Historic Areas of Istanbul. The photograph shows this complex, not all four parts of the World Heritage property.

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Göreme town, carved rock and housing seen from the southeast, 31 July 2009

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Stone blocks and lion figures at Hattusa’s Lion Gate, 31 March 2016

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Nemrut's east terrace photographed by Dosseman on 12 September 2006. The dated image helps relate sculptural heads to statue bodies; it does not establish today's conservation arrangement or seasonal road access.

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2007: tombs and the theatre at Xanthos. This is the Xanthos part of the Xanthos–Letoon property; the sanctuary at Letoon is not shown.

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The source description and camera metadata differ on the day and month; the consistent year is used.

White travertine above the settlement at Pamukkale, 3 March 2013; not a record of present water levels

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Safranbolu’s historic houses and surrounding hills in a panorama photographed in 2006

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15 March 2014: surviving remains at the archaeological site of Troy. This is a site photograph, not a reconstruction of the legendary war or a model of the Trojan Horse.

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Courtyard view of Selimiye Mosque, 18 August 2012; not a depiction of current restoration or access.

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27 November 2019: part of the excavated site at Çatalhöyük. The shelter and protective coverings are modern conservation measures, not the Neolithic settlement's original roof.

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Houses in Cumalıkızık, 27 January 2013; a dated view of rural settlement in Bursa province, not a photograph of the city centre.

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Steep seating of Pergamon’s theatre above Bergama, panorama photographed in 2011

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An interior view of the fortifications photographed by Brian Dell on 25 April 2010. This dated archive photograph does not establish present permission or safety for walking on the walls; use only open, authorised visiting routes.

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The façade of the Library of Celsus and visitors at Ephesus, 23 May 2023

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Ani Cathedral and the surrounding open plateau; an archive view from 2016.

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Tetrapylon, January 2004. A dated site view, not evidence of current visiting arrangements.

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Building F at Göbeklitepe, photographed by Dosseman on 22 September 2019. This is a dated view of a specific structure, not a view of the entire excavation or a statement about today's visitor route.

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Part of the Arslantepe excavation photographed by Zeynel Cebeci on 28 September 2018, before the 2021 UNESCO inscription and 2026 reopening. It does not show the full present protective roofing or visitor route.

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2 July 2019: Tumulus MM and Tumulus P within Gordion's burial landscape. This view shows this part of the property, not the entire excavated ancient city.

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11 September 2008: the interior of Eşrefoğlu Mosque in Beyşehir. This is the Konya component of the five-part Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia property.

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2 April 2015: the bath-gymnasium complex at Sardis. This is the Sardis part of the Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe property; the burial mounds of Bin Tepe are not shown.

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