Location: Sanliurfa
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Urfa, officially known as Şanlıurfa (pronounced [ʃanˈlɯuɾfa]; Arabic: الرها ar-Ruhā; Kurdish: Riha), and known in ancient times as Edessa, is a city with 561,465 inhabitants in south-eastern Turkey, and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. Urfa is a multiethnic city with a Turkish, Kurdish, and Arab population. Urfa is situated on a plain about eighty kilometres east of the Euphrates River. Its climate features extremely hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters.
Restaurants in Sanliurfa
1. Sanliurfa Archeology and Mosaic Museum
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5.0 based on 333 reviews
Reviewed By 700gerardb
This vast and splendidly designed museum is alone worth the trip to Şanlıurfa. The collection ranges from the Palaeolithic period until now, and it contains so many exquisite pieces. The section on Göblekli Tepe is excellent and provides a wonderful insight into this mysterious culture. It deserves a good number of hours to see this stunning collection. 6 stars !!!!
2. Balikligol
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4.5 based on 1,075 reviews
Reviewed By apricot44 - Turkey, null
The fish Lakes named aynzeliha and ibrahim prophet in Urfa ( Al –ruha-Edessa)are located south of the castle in the city center. One of the lakes connected by canals is Aynzeliha, which is closer to the castle, and the other is known as Halilurrahman Lake. these lakes are actually streams, and a closed channel to the East circulates through the city, flooding the gardens to the West and mixing with the Syrian territory. The date when these streams were surrounded and turned into a lake is unknown.during the Byzantine period, in the Great Flood of 525, buildings around balıklı Lake were destroyed and many people died.Byzantine Emperor I, who was very upset by the disaster that befell Urfa, whose name was Edessa at the time When Justinian ascended the throne, he sent many engineers, experts and a large amount of money from Istanbul to Urfa. Engineers and experts, with the help of workers, first built a flood prevention wall that survived to the present day. They then dug a large stream that collected from the streams and directed the flow direction of the incoming water around the city. Swimming competitions and water sports were held on this lake between 1940 and 1970. The place where the lakes are located is the most popular place of the city, where local and foreign tourists who come to the city are necessarily visited. Rizvaniye Mosque and Madrasa are located to the north of halilurrahman Lake, and Halilurrahman Mosque and Madrasa are located in the southwest corner. The fact that the lakes are so popular is the subject of the struggle of the Prophet Abraham with nemrut. Fish in lakes are considered sacred, not caught, not eaten, and not harmed. Legendary stories are told about those who hold and harm fish. It is told how those who catch fish are hit, they are crazy, and how they are blind by jumping into the eyes of the fish while frying in oil. According to historical sources, beliefs about the sanctity of fish lakes begin from ancient times. It was during this period that the lakes and fish were destroyed. He has no relationship with Abraham. Because the reason for the sanctity and respect shown during this period was the Goddess of fertility Atargatis. she's the first mermaid in history. Atargatis was a goddess of fertility and productivity; she was also interested in water faith. According to mythology, Atargatis, a very beautiful girl, loves each other with a shepherd and gives birth to a child. He throws himself overboard because of family and environmental pressure. But the sea does not want to kill the beautiful girl, and the goddess, a mixture of Fish and Human, Is Born. It was forbidden to eat and touch fish because of their faith. But when special occasions came, the priests would eat it as part of their rites. In addition, men were castrated as a thank you for their productivity, which was a blessing given by the goddess. Music was sung, dances were performed. Like other pagans who worshipped the goddess Atargatis, the Urfa built a temple in memory of the goddess near the fish lakes and fed fish that they believed were formed when the goddess washed in the water
3. Potbelly Hill
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4.5 based on 748 reviews
Reviewed By CemEsmer - Mersin, Turkey
This place is such a masterpiece that change written history. It is oldest manmade structure in current history. You should also visit Sanliurfa Museum cause tools And statues from gobeklitepe are shown there
4. Halil Ul Rahman Mosque
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4.5 based on 102 reviews
Reviewed By tugo2016
Right int he centre of town you can visit this while visiting the Abramah cave, and the BALIKLIGOL area. Its all in the same central park
5. Rizvaniye Mosque
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4.5 based on 71 reviews
Reviewed By apricot44 - Turkey, null
In the inscription on the entrance to the mosque,AD. 1736 it is written that the mosque and madrasa were built by Ridvan Ahmet Pasha. It is known that Ridvan ahmet Pasha, the governor of Raqqa, put pressure and coercion on the workers working to finish the mosque and madrasa early, so the mosque was called zulumiye mosque among the people.blocks of neatly cut limestone were used as building materials. From the date of construction of the mosque, the wooden entrance door was made with incredible craftsmanship.it is the art of kundekari that makes the door so valuable.this art is the art of woodworking, in which small pieces of wood cut entirely in geometric forms are interlaced together to form a large surface. Adjacent to the eastern wall of the mosque is a single-honor cut stone minaret with an onikigen body . In the spaces between the mukarnas of cheers, relief fish figures were processed with their heads up. Below them is a border consisting of relief palmettes in the horizontal belt. Fish; in some teachings symbolize fertility, renewal, increase and reproduction.
6. Gumruk Han
7. Cave of Abraham
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4.5 based on 295 reviews
Reviewed By apricot44 - Turkey, null
MEVLID-I HALIL (DERGAH) mosque and cave (Abraham prophet mosque) and cave All Abrahamic religions (monotheistic.. jews, Christians, Muslims,) is the cave and mosque where the Prophet Abraham, his ancestor and Prophet, was born ..first the structure of a pagan temple in the Seleucid period(4th century BC) more sonraa a synagogue by the Jews of the later Arameans (he has)a small church in the time of (katakomp) then monofizit Yakubians by 5-6 century, a large church, and finally as a mosque in the 16th century have been used..the mosque consists of 3 parts; its courtyard consists of the cave where the Prophet Abraham was born and the main building of the mosque where he was worshipped.the Prophet Abraham is constantly told about his struggle with the pagan king nemrut in 2000 BC.the Prophet Abraham is the ancestor and prophet of all Muslims through one son Isaac and the other son Ishmael of all Christians and Jews..
8. Golbasi Park
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4.5 based on 52 reviews
This is a lovely park recreating the story of Abraham being burned on a pyre by Nimrod, but God turned the fire to water, and the coals to fishes, and then Abraham flew through the air and landed in flowers. In fact what is , is a lovely park with trees, water and those "magic fishes"' where ordinary Kurdish Muslims go, both locals and loca pilgrims, to just relax with their families. It's a simple way to interact with local peoplehave a cup of tea, and just be some where, without rushing around "seeing things".
Reviewed By TugO_11 - London, United Kingdom
2 mescids, and the story of Abraham is the main attraction here along with the Abraham Cave. This story is told in the Holy books (enbiya 58-59-60-61).
9. St Job Tomb
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4.5 based on 34 reviews
Reviewed By apricot44 - Turkey, null
One of the areas that have historical and tourist importance in Şanlıurfa is the Maqam of Hz. Eyyüp Prophet within the lands of Eyüpnebi neighborhood and giving the name to the three neighborhoods of the city. This area which consists of a cave in which Hz. Eyyüp Prophet suffered and a well which consists of health water is also accepted as divine in the period of Syriac Christians. As a result of this belief, a hospital was constructed here
10. Castle of Urfa
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4.0 based on 188 reviews
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Reviewed By apricot44 - Turkey, null
The inner castle of the city of urfa, located on the northern border of the Fertile Crescent, which has been frequently mentioned by Neolithic excavations and archaeological finds in recent periods, was built longitudinally in the east-west direction.it is located south of the sacred Fish Lake and the city.the castle is a difficult Castle to capture thanks to the moat on the south side, formed by human hands and natural roads.2 columns entitled Corinth, seen from far away in the castle, are known as the columns in which the Prophet Abraham was thrown into the fire during the struggle of the Prophet Abraham with nemrut.archaeologically, these columns on the north-facing surface of the column in the east direction, it is understood from an Aramaic inscription that it was built by the kingdom of abgar, the local Kingdom of Urfa in the 3rd century AD.the Aramaic inscription contains the following sentences “ " I am Eftuha, son of the sun. I built these columns and the statue on them for Queen Shalmet, daughter of King Mano."According to the accounts of travelers and inscriptions, it is said that a palace belonging to the kingdom of orshone, which ruled Urfa between 2rd century BC and 3rd century AD, and villas belonging to noblemen were built on the hill where the castle was located . During the excavations of the castle, a large number of artifacts belonging to the Byzantine and Islamic period were found.it is possible to say that the castle took its final form today during the reign of the Abbasids.again, the coins recovered are believed to have been used extensively during the Byzantine,Ayyubid and Ottoman periods of the castle.
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