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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 Adamı (2)

    Urfa Man, Pre-Pottery Neolithic, circa 9000 BCE. Şanlıurfa Museum.

  • Rizvaniye Mosque 03

    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.

  • Balikli Göl 03

    Abraham's Pool in Urfa

  • Funtain of Abraham in Şanlıurfa

    Old drawing of Abraham's Fountain.

  • Haleplibahçe Mozaik Müzesi iç

    Haleplibahçe Mosaic Museum in Urfa.

  • Mevlid-i Halil Mosque 19

    The skyline of Urfa as viewed from the Castle which dominates the City Centre.

  • Şanlıurfa Belediyesi.. - panoramio

    Şanlıurfa Municipality Building on the right

  • Şanlıurfa GAP Airport

    Şanlıurfa GAP Airport

  • Mevlid-i Halil Mosque 08

    Main courtyard of the Mevlid-i Halil Mosque

  • Mevlid-i Halil Mosque 01

    Mevlid-i Halil Mosque, built next to the site where prophet Abraham is believed to have been born.

  • Şanlıurfa Müzesi Helenistik Dönem Salonu

    Şanlıurfa Museum

  • Gölbaşı Urfa

    Gölbaşı-Garden

  • Urfa Castle 01

    Ruins of Urfa castle

  • Euphrates river - panoramio

    Euphrates River

  • Göbekli Tepe surrounding area

    Surrounding fields of Göbekli Tepe, the site of the oldest temple in the world.

  • Fortress of Rumkale 01

    Fortress of Rumkale on the river Euphrates near Urfa

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