Arslantepe Mound

Arslantepe, also known as Melid, was an ancient city on the Tohma River, a tributary of the upper rising in the . It has been identified with the modern archaeological site of Arslantepe near , .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: archeological site in Turkey
  • Also known as: “Arslantepe”, “Arslantepe Höyüğü”, and “Melid”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orduzu and Hanımınçiftliği.

Suburb
, also known as Bahçebaşı, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Reşwan tribe and by Turks had a population of 22,179 in 2025.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 13,322. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.

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is a city of half a million people in . It has limited sights for a city of its size, but here you might break a journey to Mount Nemrut and the eastern fringes of Turkey.

Arslantepe Mound

Latitude
38.38212° or 38° 22′ 56″ north
Longitude
38.36122° or 38° 21′ 40″ east
Open location code
8GCW99J6+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183451728
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­mound
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q705132
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Arslantepe Mound” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تل أرسلان تيبيه”
  • Arabic: “ميليد”
  • Asturian: “Arslantepe”
  • Azerbaijani: “Arslantəpə”
  • Belarusian: “Мялід”
  • Catalan: “Arslantepe”
  • Catalan: “Maladiya”
  • Catalan: “Melid”
  • Catalan: “Meliddu”
  • Catalan: “Melitealkhe”
  • Catalan: “Melitealkhé”
  • Catalan: “Mildish”
  • Catalan: “Milid”
  • Catalan: “Miliddu”
  • Catalan: “Milish”
  • Chinese: “阿斯蘭特佩土丘”
  • Croatian: “Arslantepe”
  • Czech: “Melid”
  • Dutch: “Arslantepe”
  • Dutch: “Melid”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميليد”
  • Esperanto: “Arslantepe”
  • French: “Arslan Tepe”
  • French: “Arslantepe”
  • French: “Milid”
  • French: “Tell d’Arslantepe”
  • Georgian: “არსლანთეფეს ბორცვი”
  • German: “Arslantepe”
  • German: “Melid”
  • Hebrew: “ארסלנטפה”
  • Hebrew: “מליד”
  • Hungarian: “Arslantepe”
  • Irish: “Arslantepe”
  • Italian: “Arslantepe”
  • Italian: “Melid”
  • Japanese: “メリド”
  • Lithuanian: “Melidas”
  • Maltese: “Arslantepe”
  • Maltese: “Melid”
  • Persian: “ارسلان‌تپه”
  • Polish: “Melid”
  • Portuguese: “Arslantepe”
  • Russian: “Арслантепе”
  • Russian: “Курган Арслантепе”
  • Russian: “Мелид”
  • Russian: “Милид”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Arslantepe”
  • Slovak: “Melid”
  • Spanish: “Arslantepe”
  • Spanish: “Tell de Arslantepe”
  • Swiss German: “Malizi”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Malida”
  • Turkish: “Arslantepe”
  • Turkish: “Aslantepe Höyüğü”
  • Turkish: “Eski Malatya”
  • Turkish: “Melid”
  • Turkish: “Melitene”
  • Urdu: “ارسلان تیپ”

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