Turlu Höyük

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, Rune Rattenborg

Last modified May 21, 2026 08:59 PM — History

tags: ANE, Assyrian

Tell Turlu (Turlu Höyük) is ca. 7 km northwest of Nizip (Gaziantep Province, Turkey), near the modern village Turlu. In 2003, a basalt stele of the Assyrian official Bēl-iddin (reign of Sargon II; r. 721–705 BC) was discovered there. The ancient name of this large site, which was occupied in the Neolithic Period, is not known.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/201144661

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.413308, 37.4136095

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Turlu Höyük (10000 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- CIGS location of Turlu Höyük (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Turlu Höyük (Turkish, AD 1900 - AD 2099)

Turlu Höyük makes connections with:

None

Turlu Höyük receives connections from:

None

Place type:
findspot, place of finding, find place, settlement

References:

See Further:

Mayer 2006 177-181

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Turlu Höyük: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/201144661> [accessed: 12 October 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/201144661 |title=Places: 201144661 (Turlu Höyük) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=October 12, 2026 11:39 am |publisher=Pleiades}}