Şanlıurfa is a city in southeastern Turkey. The city is in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. In 2013, 1,801,980 people lived there.
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Urfa Man, Pre-Pottery Neolithic, circa 9000 BCE. Şanlıurfa Museum.
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According to tradition, Nimrod had Abraham immolated on a funeral pyre, but God turned the fire into water and the burning coals into fish. The pool of sacred fish remains to this day.
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Old drawing of Abraham's Fountain.
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Haleplibahçe Mosaic Museum in Urfa.
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The skyline of Urfa as viewed from the Castle which dominates the City Centre.
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Şanlıurfa Municipality Building on the right
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Main courtyard of the Mevlid-i Halil Mosque
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Mevlid-i Halil Mosque, built next to the site where prophet Abraham is believed to have been born.
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Surrounding fields of Göbekli Tepe, the site of the oldest temple in the world.
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Fortress of Rumkale on the river Euphrates near Urfa