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A large part of the Halfeti city, located on the eastern bankof the Euphrates river, was submerged due to the construction of the Birecik Dam in the year 2000. Halfeti is well known for its unique black rose flower, the historical stone houses...

In the past,taxeswere collected from trade caravans at inns (han) where they were accommodated to spend the night. In that period, the inns were utilised as hotelsby themerchants, and where their animals were fed and could rest.Şanlıurfa is...

Despite being associated with the whole Turkey, traditional lahmacunare still prepared in Sanliurfa: unfermented dough, onions and isot pepper (red pepper) are the ingredents of the Urfa lachmacun. The special spicy and very hot isot pepper...

Harran is a city who’s name have remained unchanged for the last 4000 years. It is the last capital of the Assyrian and Umayyad Dynasties. Throughout the history, this ancient city has been a centre of faiths, trade and agriculture. Still old...

Göbeklitepe, 21 kilometers away from Şanlıurfa city centre, is the world’s earliest known monumental temple. The findingsat Göbeklitepe ruinsled us to reviewtheknowledge of oursprehistoric hunter-gatherer ancestors. We thought that they were a...