List of Turkish place names

Some well-known place names in modern Turkey are derived from the Greek or Latin languages.

Map of Turkey

In Turkey

Modern		Ancient
Written form	Etymology	Well-known	Others
Ankara	Greek: Ἄγκυρα	Greek: Ἄγκυρα	Latin: Ancyra
Bursa	Greek: Προῦσα	Greek: Προῦσα	Turkish: Hüdavendigar
İstanbul	Greek: εἰς τὴν Πόλιν "to the City"	Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις Ottoman Turkish: Kostantiniyye‎	See Names of Istanbul
İzmir	Greek: εἰς Σμύρνην "to Smyrna"	Greek: Σμύρνη	Latin: Smyrna
İzmit	Greek: εἰς Μήδειαν "to Nicomedia"	Greek: Νικομήδεια	Greek: Ἀστακός
İznik	Greek: εἰς Νίκαιαν "to Nicaea"	Greek: Νίκαια	Greek: Ἀντιγόνεια Greek: Ἀγκώρη Greek: Ἑλικώρη
Kayseri	Greek: Καισάρεια through Arabic: Kaysariyyah‎	Greek: Καισάρεια	Hittite: Mazaka Latin: Caesarea
Konya		Latin: Iconiun
Trabzon	oblique root Τραπεζοῦντ-	Greek: Τραπεζοῦς
Zonguldak		French: Zone Geul-Dagh	Ottoman Turkish: Güldağ‎

Outside Turkey

Written form	Etymology	Others
Almanya	French: Allemagne
İngiltere	French: Angleterre

See also

• List of Greek place names