Şanlıurfa

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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Şanlıurfa Media

The Urfa countryside, as seen from Göbekli Tepe
Urfa Man, Pre-Pottery Neolithic, c. 9000 BC. Şanlıurfa Museum.
The sacred carp of Balıklıgöl: a tradition which goes back to ancient times
Miniature from the History of John Skylitzes showing George Maniakes defending Edessa from Nasr ad-Dawla's counterattack.
A map of the County of Edessa
Saladin captured Urfa in 1182 after a siege, but the citadel continued to hold out and required a second siege.
Suleiman the Magnificent's conquest of Baghdad in 1534 indirectly boosted commerce in Urfa by making regional trade routes safer to travel.
One of general pictures taken in the park surrounding the Balıklıgöl. To its north there is a main traffic artery, the Balıklıgöl Caddesi, from there one can enter the park, but also have fine views as the park lies los relative to the road.