Sıt is the Turkish word for archaeological site. The governmental committees named Cultural Assets Conservation Committees determine the archaeological sites. As of 2015 there were 14861 sit areas in Turkey. With a history including Hittites, Hellenistic Age, Roman and Byzantine Empires, Seljuks and the Ottoman Empire, Turkey is full of archaeological sites Below is the number of Sıt areas in Turkey classified according to the Turkish provinces (il).
Province (il) Number of Sıt areasAdana Province 346Adıyaman Province 149Afyonkarahisar Province 419Ağrı Province 47Aksaray Province 164Amasya Province 239Ankara Province 527Antalya Province 761Ardahan Province 31Artvin Province 7Aydın Province 205Balıkesir Province 232Bartın Province 45Batman Province 26Bayburt Province 18Bilecik Province 83Bingöl Province 14Bitlis Province 34Bolu Province 82Burdur Province 210Bursa Province 241Çanakkale Province 339Çankırı Province 109Çorum Province 92Denizli Province 217Diyarbakır Province 287Düzce Province 28Edirne Province 191Elazığ Province 82Erzincan Province 61Erzurum Province 107Eskişehir Province 513Gaziantep Province 279Giresun Province 10Gümüşhane Province 22Hakkari Province 4Hatay Province 368Iğdır Province 9Isparta Province 211Istanbul Province 98İzmir Province 654Kahramanmaraş Province 217Karabük Province 67Karaman Province 116Kars Province 44Kastamonu Province 97Kayseri Province 389Kilis Province 40Kırıkkale Province 64Kırklareli Province 211Kırşehir Province 127Kocaeli Province 82Konya Province 851Kütahya Province 291Malatya Province 126Manisa Province 321Mardin Province 168Mersin Province 533Muğla Province 864Muş Province 56Nevşehir Province 154Niğde Province 139Ordu Province 36Osmaniye Province 111Rize Province 10Sakarya Province 34Samsun Province 129Siirt Province 22Sinop Province 128Sivas Province 290Şanlıurfa Province 634Şırnak Province 19Tekirdağ Province 181Tokat Province 149Trabzon Province 18Tunceli Province 21Uşak Province 165Van Province 80Yalova Province 17Yozgat Province 234Zonguldak Province 65 14861
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