Kayseri, Türkiye—one of the oldest cities in the world at around 5,000 years old

iss074e0043650 (Jan. 3, 2026) --- Kayseri, Türkiye—one of the oldest cities in the world at around 5,000 years old and home to about 1.45 million people in the nation’s Central Anatolia Region—is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above Earth at approximately 10:59 p.m. local time. Credit: NASA/Chris Williams