UNESCO adds new sites to the “World Heritage List”: Two cultural sites from Turkey included

The ancient city of Gordion in Ankara and the wooden-supported mosques of medieval Anatolia in Eskişehir, Afyon, Kastamonu, Konya, and Ankara are among the 42 new World Heritage sites announced this week.

The cultural organization of the United Nations, known as UNESCO, expanded its list of protected areas worldwide to over 1,100 locations following discussions held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.

There are many new sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, from Viking castles in Denmark to ancient tombs in South Korea…

The ones recently added from Turkey are as follows:

Gordion Ancient City, Turkey
Wooden-supported Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia, Turkey