The number of cultural assets on Türkiye's UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List has risen to 78....

The number of cultural assets on Türkiye's UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List has risen to 78. Seven more heritage sites were added to the list, which stood at 71 last year.

The Priene Archaeological Site (Aydın), the Sarıkaya Roman Bath (Yozgat), the Historic City of Harput (Elazığ), the Justinian Bridge (Sakarya), “Niksar, Capital of the Danişmend Principality: Early Period Cultural Heritage of Anatolian Turkish Civilization” (Tokat), the Underground Water Systems of Gaziantep: Kasteller and Livaslar (Gaziantep), and the Wooden-Roofed and Wooden-Columned Mosques of Anatolia: Konya Eşrefoğlu Mosque, Kastamonu Mahmut Bey Mosque, Sivrihisar Ulu Mosque, Afyonkarahisar Ulu Mosque, and Ankara Arslanhane Mosque were the new cultural assets added to the Tentative List.

The 'Tentative List,' which serves as the preliminary step to the UNESCO World Heritage List, consists of the assets that States Parties submit to the World Heritage Committee for nomination to the World Heritage List.