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There are many ancient cities that have the names like Thebes, Theba, Thebae in Mediterranean Area.

There is a Thebes in Ancient Greece and in Ancient Egypt for example (see the pics above and below). 

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The Sabine word Teba means hill and the Carian word taba means rock according to

 Source Taba / Teba  

The script above continues like "all these words are probably survivals from a pre-Indo-European language (says for example Mr. Walde in Lat. etym. Wörterbuch."

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https://lsj.gr/wiki/teba says: 

Teba - an OLD LATIN TERM -

Teba was in use among the Sabines with the  meaning of "hill".

Wiki: The Sabines settled in Sabinum, around the tenth century BC...)

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We go back to the page above, Varro wrote: 

teba: ae, f., an old Latin term, in Varro's time still used among the Sabines, signifying a hill: (lingua prisca et in Graeciā Aeolis Boeotii sine afflatu vocant colles tebas: et in Sabinis, quo e Graeciā venerunt Pelasgi, etiamnunc ita dicunt: cujus vestigium in agro Sabino via Salaria non longe a Reate milliarius clivus appellatur Thebae, Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 6.)

First English sentence above is important as a source of the original word: 

"teba: ae, f., an old Latin term, in Varro's time still used among the Sabines, signifying a hill"

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An other source:

Online Latin Dict "teba" says:

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Sabines are the people are the descendants of the Pelasgians and they called the hills still "teba" in the time that Varro lived (Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC).

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And there was a third Thebe in Asia Minor. (source: Thebe in Asia Minor)

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And now the question:

Why is the name of this locations important?

The answer:

Tepe/Tebe means hill in Proto-Turkic languages!

That is why!

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Again a very old Turkish word that we can find in many regions of the Mediterranean Area.

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Shortly: There were at least 3 cities in Mediterranean Area that have the names like "Thebes / Theba / Thebe" whose name is probably of non-Indo-European origin. It means simply a "hill", a toponomy that is suitable for a city.

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Tebe/tepe is an ancient Turkish word meaning "hill".

Crystal clear?

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KISACA: Akdeniz Bölgesi'nde "Thebes / Theba / Thebe" gibi isimler taşıyan ve muhtemelen kökeni Hint-Avrupa dillerinde olmayan en az 3 şehir bulunmaktaydı.  "Tepe" anlamına gelen bu sözcük, bir şehre uygun bir toponomi'dir. 

Tebe/tepe, çok eski Türkçe bir kelimedir.

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UPDATE 26.10.2024:

Strabon tells us about the Lelegians/Kilikians who were related to the Trojans and called a Kilikian city of Thebe:

Tepe in Altaic langs:

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Uzunbacak Adem