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Restoration underway for 2,100-year-old temple of Hecate in Türkiye

Restoration of the 2,100-year-old Temple of Hecate in Muğla's Yatağan district is underway, with efforts focused on reassembling blocks of the naos and surrounding columns. This project is part of the Future Heritage Project, aiming to preserve this significant ancient site dedicated to the goddess of magic and the night.

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Söğüt highlighted that this is known to be the largest sacred area and temple dedicated to Hecate from the ancient period. He added that during the Ottoman period, Osman Hamdi Bey conducted some of the first excavations in Western Anatolia here between 1891-1892.