There are 18 heritage sites in Turkey included in the World Heritage list by UNESCO:
Historical Sites of Istanbul, Cappadocia and Göreme National Park, Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital, Hattusa, Mount Nemrut, Xanthos and Letoon, Hierapolis and Pamukkale, Safranbolu, Troy, Selimiye Mosque, Çatalhöyük, Bursa and Cumalıkızık, Pergamon, Diyarbakır Castle and Hevsel Gardens, Ephesus, Ani, Aphrodisias, Göbeklitepe.
There are 83 properties, 77 cultural, 3 natural and 3 mixed, on the World Heritage Tentative List.
It is an intense tourism area with fairy chimneys, rock-carved churches and underground cities formed around Ürgüp and Göreme in the Cappadocia region. Ürgüp, Göreme, Derinkuyu, Uçhisar, Ihlara, Avanos and Kaymaklı are the touristic settlements in the region.[8] Approximately 3 million tourists visit the region annually.
Pamukkale, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List, is located in the province of Denizli. They are formed by the precipitation of lime carried by the hot waters coming from the fault line. Travertines, travertine pools, running hot water offer a visual feast. In order to benefit from its waters, the city of Hierapolis was established on the upper side of the travertines in ancient times.
Especially in the western and central parts of the Taurus Mountains, which are made up of karst rocks, caves have developed. There are traces of Paleolithic settlement in Karain Cave, located near Antalya. Damlataş Cave is located in Alanya city center. Thousands of stalactites and stalagmites decorate the walls.
