visiturfa

GÖBEKLİTEPE

Zero Point in History

TRAVEL GUIDE

Take a Mystical Journey Through the Historic City

HALFETİ

Explore the Slow City

HARRAN Explore the Crossroads of Civilizations

Explore the Historic City

Selahaddin Eyyübi Mosque (St. Johannes Prodromos Addai Church)

It has been thought that it was built in the 19th Century on John the Baptist Church, which was built by Bishop Nona in 457. Because of its period...

Savasan Village

This is the village where half of the mosque’s minaret is submerged under waters, and this image is widely used in advertisements of Rumkale...

Rizvaniye Mosque & Madrasa

Located right on the north side of Balıklı Lake, this Mosque was built by Rıdvan Ahmet Pasha, Raqqa Governor of the Ottoman Empire, in 1736. The...

Ibrahim Tatlises Music Museum

İbrahim Tatlıses is a singer whose songs are well-known and widely listened all across Turkey. He is a brand-asset, raised in Şanlıurfa. Adjacent...

Urfa Castle

It is believed that Urfa Castle was built on a Neolithic settlement area dating back to 10,000 BC. The first written records about the Castle is...

Ulu (Great) Mosque

Great Mosque is the oldest mosque in Turkey which was built in Islamic style. It was built by the last Umayyad Khalifa, Mervan II, between the...

More Places >

18,584

km2

2.143.020

population

13

districts

MUST DO

09/02/2021

Visit The Bold Ibis Breeding Station

09/02/2021

Eat Urfa’s Lahmacun & Liver Kebab

09/02/2021

Drink Tea & Coffee In Gümrük Han

09/02/2021

It is not easy to write a brief history of Şanlıurfa as the upper Mesopotamia is one of the oldest settlement areas of the world. The prehistoric discoveries, especially over the last 25 years, indicates that the recorded history of Şanlıurfa dates as back as about 12,000 years. Thanks to Göbeklitepe, Karahan Tepe, Nevali Çori