About Şanlıurfa
\r\n MUSEUM OF THE CITY ŞANLIURFA
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\r\n Culture and civilization known as the spread of world literature and archeology "Fertile Crescent" called on land that has been inhabited since 13,500 years Sanliurfa is the oldest city in the world. Moreover, the 11,500 years before the world's oldest temple is located, and the first farm where the first settlement "City of Civilization" is. Polytheistic as Pagan and find the temple of Sabie faith, the Prophet Abraham was born, Moses, He said the Prophet, Prophet Jacob, Prophet Eyüp and Elisha the Prophet lived, Jesus Christ's blessed, "City of Prophets" is.
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\r\n Harran, He said the city, the antic city, with ruins such as Göbeklitepe; with a historic house in the palace of beauty, the street, the inn, with bath, with the mosque, the fountain, the bridge, the bazaar with and it gives an open-air museum of traditional crafts "museum city" as it is known. Date bazaars, delicious dishes, as the night the music and makes two people traveling in the history of almost ...
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\r\n Sanliurfa; The Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP), hereinafter referred to as the agricultural and industrial center, Ataturk Dam, the products obtained from the plains watered by the Prophet. Abraham's blessing will spread the world
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\r\n GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION.
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\r\n Located in Southeastern Anatolia Şanlıurfa, with an area of 18 584 square kilometers comprise 3% of the country. The altitude is 518 meters from the city center. 60.4% of undulating land, 22% mountainous, plain and 16.3%, 1.3% have character arcs. The mountains and hills located north of the province. Halfeti, Bozova, Hilver northern Plains; Harran, Suruc and Viranşehir plains located in the south of the province. Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Mardin, Sanliurfa is adjacent to the southern borders with Syria.
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\r\n Karacadağ Tektek Mountains, Takırtuk Mountains, waterless mountains, I though Mountains, Mount Nemrut, Network mountains, called Mountain, Mount Cudi, Kaşmer Mountains, Mullah Omar mountain, Kalkan Mountain major mountains. In the mountains around the city center there are many caves and cisterns. The most important river of the province is the Euphrates. Atatürk Dam on the Euphrates River in the province of Şanlıurfa, there Kargamış with Birecik Dam and lake with the same name.
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\r\n Summers are very hot and dry, winters are rainy and warm climate with a. Is very poor in terms of vegetation. Groups of trees in river height. Reforestation activities are carried out in the dam basin.
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\r\n HISTORY TODAY from Sanliurfa.
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\r\n The city throughout history, Assyrians "Orhan the" Arabs "Al-Spirit", Seleucus of "Edessa", while the Turks "Urfa" It is known that too. The last 20 years within the borders of the province in the archaeological excavations in the Palaeolithic (BC 500000-8000), Neolithic (8000-5500 BC), the Chalcolithic Age (5500-3200 BC) and of the Early Bronze Age (3200-1800 BC) works bulunarak was brought to Urfa Museum.
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\r\n Hilvan within the boundaries of the weft village near Nawal in excavations carried out between the years 1983-1991 in Corian 11,500 years ago Nevalı Çori his first houses of the people, produced for the first time farming by wheat and lentils, and these products was found to spread from there to the world. Embossed stone stele in the form of higher animals -T- temple ruins found here were the first in the world.
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\r\n Between 1995-2006 excavation Göbeklitepe in close proximity to the city center of Urfa was seen to many temple ruins dating back 11,500 years. Göbeklitepe possible meanings and rituals in which human and animal sculptures with various animal carvings on the stone stele in the form -T- are examples of the oldest image in the world.
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\r\n In 1996, the ground-section behind the Balikligol, flint stone, arrowheads, spearheads, drilling and cutting tools, basalt tunes pots, stones, animal bones and structure was observed on the floor. Today conducted laboratory tests of these materials was confirmed to belong to the prior year, 13,500. Thus, it was revealed that the history of civilization in Urfa started.
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\r\n BC I. thousand people in the region consisted of Caucasian origin Subaru. Southeast region was invaded in the same period of the Aramaic of the Semitic race. Money to set up small city-states of the Aramaic, BC Up to 612 years had Assyrian domination. BC Between the years 612-550 BC domination of entering the Med In 552-332 years have passed into the hands of the Persians.
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\r\n Alexander the Great during the Asian time Urfa region passed into the hands of the Macedonians in M.Ö.332-312 years. After Alexander's death the result of the division between the empire's commander Urfa, BC Between the years 312-132 stayed in the hands of the Seleucids. BC Seleucus Nicator in 302 years by re-established the old settlements Urfa "Plenty of Water", meaning "Edessa" was called.
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\r\n Seizing the opportunity of the Syriac Aramaic origin Seleucids weakening BC 132 under the leadership of the city formed a kingdom by Ary Osrhoene name. When I entered this kingdom dominated by the Romans and Parthians managed by the Abgar dynasty. A.D. Edessa was occupied by the Roman emperor Caracalla in 216. Last Osrhoene king had died in Rome in 244 after the kingdom disappeared.
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\r\n 376 years of Osrhoene kingdom is important for the history of Christianity. King Abgar V ICC clearance between 13-50 Hz during the second year of his reign. Christianity has said it agreed to write letters to Jesus with people. Hz. A letter that Jesus blessed the miraculous portrait of Urfa and Abg the handkerchief that was sent to Ukkama wipe his face.
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\r\n In 260, the Sassanid king I. 273 years until the city was connected to Palymyr from by Shapur Roman state. After this date has passed into the hands of the Romans again. After the split of the Roman Empire Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Urfa remained in the hands of the empire continued to be the scene of the Eastern Roman-Sassanid contention. In 359 Constantius Diyarbakir with the separation of the Roman Mezopotamyası two main Mesopotamia, Urfa is the facility that Osrhoene was the capital of the province.
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\r\n The first Turkish raids were done in Urfa 396. Hun forces have destroyed churches and monasteries of the plundering raids lasted until Urfa in Jerusalem. Urfa Kavadarci 502 and 503 years in the Sassanid emperor could not get in the besieged twice. Anushirwan 540, was besieged twice more in 544 years. This time II. Occupied the city Hüsrev. In 628 he defeated the Sassanids, Urfa Heraklios reconnect the Byzantines.
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\r\n Caliph Omar in 639 years time has passed into the hands of the Islamic Army in Urfa. Harran in Umayyad 687, Samsad and Urfa they combine them into one state. After 750 years of the Abbasid Islamic state, Hamdani, Nimeiry and changed hands in the administration of the Byzantines in 1031. Mervanis Urfa was dominant.
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\r\n Great Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan was besieged Urfa in 1071, but lifted the siege of 50 days in exchange for 50,000 dinars. Alp Arslan's son Malik Shah in 1087. Harran suffered the way to Aleppo, sent on orders from the commander of Impairments Urfa. Disrupts, giving the city a result of the siege, which lasted three months (1087).
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\r\n Syria took delivery of the Seljuk Sultan Malik Kindle Urfa 1094 and permanently in the record of the administration of the Armenian presence in the Turkish garrison in the castle gave Thorose. Thoros was all the judges of the city take advantage of the death of Malik tutus in 1095.
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\r\n Commander Count Baudouin founded in 1098 by the Crusaders Duchy of Urfa crusader army during the First Crusades. From this date, Urfa Syrian Seljuks many times, I could not get in if surrounded by Artukoğulları and Anatolian Seljuks. Finally, November 28, 1144 in Mosul Atabeki is surrounded by İmadüd you Zeng city, seized on December 24, 1144. This aroused the joy of victory in the Islamic world.
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\r\n The region Zengi in 1146 replaced the year 1174, upon the death of Nureddin Mahmud, founded by Saladin's Ayyubid commander passed into state hands. Saladin in 1182 in Urfa, has added to the soil Suruc and Nisibis. After the death of Saladin in 1193 in Urfa, was the scene of conflict between the Anatolian Seljuks and Ayyubids. The region was in 1232 in the hands of the Egyptian Ayyubids. Aladdin by Keykubbat army, after a fierce siege took from 1234 in the city of Urfa Ayyubid and drove the inhabitants of Anatolia. It was a great spoil in the city. After the withdrawal of the Seljuk army took back all of the Ayyubids. Two years after leaving the Seljuks Harezm connected to the Seljuks moved into Urfa side and plundered the whole region. Seljuk forces were finally defeated in 1240 in the city of Harran Harezm left the Ayyubids.
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\r\n After the defeat in the Anatolian Seljuks Kösedağ War of 1243 entered the Mongol rule. Mongols Mardin and Urfa in 1244, again in 1251 in Suruç, plundered the Harran and Urfa region. Hulagu, the time when Syria at the beginning of 1260, which itself took delivery of Urfa and Harran, resisting Suruc people spent the sword.
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\r\n In 1272 the Mamluk Sultan Baybars Aleppo by the designated Taybars Urfa and Harran, a short time later and took from the Mongols.
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\r\n Ilkhanid rule under Urfa, Anatolian Seljuk Empire Döğer in the principality in 1308 officially revealed the disappearance of Salim Bey administration passed into the hands of the Turkmen clan.
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\r\n Urfa In 1399 Timur's rule. Timur has given the local Karayülük Diyarbakir Osman Bey, he established the Diyarbakir State in the 1403 Aqquyunlu year. Pour the Turkmen clan on the death of the ruler of Damascus under Hoxha in 1404 passed into the hands of Urfa Akkoyunlular'a. Egypt Memlukları the rebel commander killed in battle besieged Urfa Cekem 1407. But the Egyptian Mamluks in 1429, they destroyed and looted the city, by the conquest of Urfa retreated.
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\r\n Akkoyunlu ruler Uzun Hasan in 1465 he was captured in defeating his brother in Urfa. In 1504 he moved to Urfa Dulkadir principality's hands. The city was taken by the Safavids in 1507 Dulkadirliler if they get back immediately. Shortly after regaining the city Urfa in 1514 of the Safavid Yavuz Sultan Selim I in 1517 and joined the Ottoman Empire.
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\r\n 400 years of Ottoman rule in the rest of Urfa, on the emergence of the Ottoman Empire defeated the First World War March 24, 1919 was occupied by the British. British handed over to the French city on October 30, 1919. Urfans defeating the French in the history of the Republic on 11 April 1920 The "Self-saving city" as they passed. To ensure they stay in the territory of the Republic of Turkey City. June 22, 1984 to commemorate the victory of this year the Parliament decided in Urfa "TORCH" was given the title.
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\r\n ŞANLIURFA HISTORICAL HOUSES
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\r\n The climate in the formation of Urfa house has been significantly influence the beliefs and social life. There are around 180 registered historic home. This section houses haremlik-greeting, summer and winter porticoes, life is (courtyard) is like a palace with a plan and with a rich stone ornaments. Temperatures up to 45-47 degrees in the summer shade the soil through the use of thick-walled and vaulted roof greatly reduced in these homes. Beautiful examples of traditional Urfa houses restored guesthouse in recent years, restaurants, culture house and is used as the Gallery of Fine Arts.
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\r\n Historic houses can be seen in Sanliurfa; Şanlıurfa Governor's Inn (Small Hacı Mustafa Hacıkamiloğlu Mansion), Harran University House of Culture (Maples are house), Tink's house, trellises Pavilion (Yusufoğlu House), Respect those who house (Sympathy house), Sakip Pavilion, ŞURKAV Cultural Center (Mehmet Bağmanc House) , Pomegranate House, Parliament House of Culture (Shahab Copper House), Akyüzler house, Yıldız Palace Guest House (Cubukcu House), Pinarbasi Inn (Halil Hafiz Kürkçüoğlu House), Leya Inn, State Fine Arts Gallery (Haji Hafýzlar House), Pharmacists Inns (Mehmet Uslusoy House), Inns Beyzade, Mahmut Nedim Efendi Mansion in Kürkçüzade.
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\r\n Şanlıurfa IMPORTANT PLACES TO VISIT
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\r\n Hz. Ayyubid Authority
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\r\n Prophet Ayyub pulled disease "cave" with washing and drinking finds cure "well" is on the road south of the city of Harran. Ayyubid prophet Abraham. Jacob's brother Iys's (Esau) is the son. His grandfather was the prophet Isaac. Mother of the Prophet. Lot is a girl. According to a rumor wife the daughter of Prophet Jacob Rahimi.
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\r\n Prophet Ayyub living in Urfa is very rich has been involved in farming and animal husbandry. To test the goods before Almighty God himself, then takes her children taken away and then gives him a severe illness. Patient lies in bed for days, wounds and body wraps wolves. All these evils to show patience and thank goodness the Prophet Ayyub, Gabriel (pbuh) should revelation brought by the foot hits the ground and water gush from the ground. This is washed with water Prophet Ayyub covering the body gets rid of the wound. Interior that would destroy all the troubles in this healing water. Thereupon Allah and his children, gives you twice the amount of both goods. The Prophet Ayyub for "Patience is the epitome of" recognized as such.
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\r\n Harran ruins
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\r\n Harran, Sanliurfa 45 km. southeast in the middle of the plain bearing its name. BC history 5. It is an ancient city dating back to the ride. Harran name, Sumerian and Akkadian A "means travel and caravans. In Harran ancient Moon, Sun and planets of the ancient Mesopotamian idolatry as sacred, Sabiilig was the most important centers. Throughout history, Babylonian, Chaldean, Assyrian, Hittite, Medes, Persians and Alexander the Kingdom of remained administration. then the order of Roman, Byzantine, Umayyad, Abbasid, Hamdani are Nimeiry, Seljuks, Zhendies, Mamluk and Ottoman rule. has remained an important cultural center feature throughout the history of Harran.
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\r\n Hz. Abraham remained here for a while before going to Palestine. Harran raised; Thabit b. Establishes hand-Harrani, Jabir b. Hayan, Ibn Taymiyya, al-Battani, Sinan b. Recognized by scholars as hard. Harran, was destroyed in the 1260 Mongol invasion and became ruined in some way today.
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\r\n Conical dome homes, the Grand Mosque ruins dating from the Umayyad Period, mounds where the architectural remains from various periods, dating from the Umayyad inner castle and city walls, on 1185, who died in Haran Sheikh Yahya Hayat al-Harrani Holiness the tomb and Prophet Jacob 'are the places to be visited in the well.
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\r\n The base of the cave
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\r\n On the left side of the road at mile 16. Harran-Khan el-Ba'ruryol and the right of the mountains from the 13th century are the quarry caves. Nearby are caves where all the civilizations of architectural monuments of stone removed. Long galleries and tunnels in the greater has occurred.
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\r\n Khan el-BABUR Caravanserai
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\r\n Harran, 20 km. east village is Meteors on Tektek mountains. Of the Ayyubid period (1228-1229) is a caravanserai. El-Hajj Imad Hüsameddin was built by Ali Bin Isa Bey. Classical Seljuk Caravanserai is the plan.
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\r\n He said the City (Özkent Village)
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\r\n Khan el-ba'rurkervansarayı'n 11 km. northeast is. The distance is approximately 80 km from Urfa. He said the Prophet among the population is believed to live in this city. There are cut stone structures built over many hundreds of caves and tombs. These structures are estimated to remain Roman-Byzantine period. There are many cisterns. The area around the historic city is surrounded by walls shows signs of places. Among the ruins of a cave "He said the Prophet's authority" is visited as.
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\r\n Sogmatar Ancient City (Rain Village)
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\r\n Sogmatar ancient city, He said the City is 16 km. Rain is in the northern village. Under the mound in the middle of the village is related to the previous era of the ancient city of Christ. Top of the mound of ruins M. 2 are the ruins of the castle of the century. 250 meters northwest of the castle, overlooking the mouth of the cave to the east Pogno (Sin Temple) depicted on the walls that close Sogmatar governor and the full-length human relief and Syriac writings are.
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\r\n Sogmatar moon, sun and planets of the pagan sacred (Pagan) is a center for the period. Sacred hill in the open-air temples carved into the rock floor Syriac articles and rock relief carved gods MS Belongs to 165 years. Holy hill situated in the hills to the west of the structure 7 Sun, Moon (Sin), Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury, representing the observatory and are the mausoleum.
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\r\n Karaali Springs
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\r\n Sanliurfa is 40 km. Karaali village is located in the southeast. 34-room hotel in the spa and indoor pool as well as there is also an aparthotel consisting of 54 apartments. The hot water in the 50-55 degrees; nervous system, circulatory system, joints were identified as being properties for the treatment of skin diseases and the like.
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\r\n Nabi Ayyub Village
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\r\n Hz. Ayyub's grave, Urfa 100 km., Viransehir to 20 miles. Eyyüp Nebi village is away. The village is the tomb of the Prophet Ayyub, a lady hz.rahime the shrine and tomb of the prophet Elisha.
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\r\n Ataturk Dam and Lake
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\r\n The Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP), which is a rockfill dam Ataturk Dam, Sanliurfa 60 km. northwest of the river Euphrates.
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\r\n Atatürk Dam 8th in the world in terms of height, in terms of the lake volume 18th, 17th in terms of electricity generation, is ranked 3rd in terms of body filler.
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\r\n Kw 8.9 billion a year. the hour of electricity with Turkey electricity 1/3 the meets. Waters of the reservoir, a radius of 7.62 m. length of 26.4 km. the second tunnel and pumping Harran, Mardin, Ceylanpınar, Siverek, Hilvan Bozova Plain total 882,000 hectares are irrigated areas including.
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\r\n Halfeti and Birecik Dam Lake
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\r\n Turn right to stay on his way from Gaziantep, Sanliurfa Birecik 10 miles 30 miles later you reach the edge of the lake formed by the Euphrates waters Halfeti. All of Halfeti garden with two fifths came under the waters of Birecik after April 2000. The rest of the city with its historic appearance is still fascinating. Climbed the steep slope to the street, the garden overlooking the lake formed by the Euphrates waters above the other stone houses are worth. Halfeti, you feel yourself in the lap of the historic wandering the narrow streets.
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\r\n Church of St. Nerses the boat trip on the lake, Bar Şavi the monastery and many historic structures Rumkale that takes place; rock churches of possible access to the historical village where warring. Has become a symbol of the city "black rose" has attracted the attention of local and foreign to all guests. In the history of Halfeti in many homes, Hamitbey Mansion, Muhittin Kanneci house and Hammam home is worth in terms of architectural features.
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\r\n Karacadağ and Ski
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\r\n Karacadağ is located at the highest point of Sanliurfa altitude of 1938 is an extinct volcano mass. Siverek-Diyarbakır old way gone 50 miles, turn right 16 kilometers after leaving the road before reaching Karabahçe Karacadağ'ın reached its peak. In winter, some tribes reside in the village at the foot of the mountain, in the summer they settled in the highlands of the mountain. In addition to the desolate snowy day last winter; make tents, sheep, and the chirping is another article with the people Karacadağ'ın. Many spring flows from the spring in the mountains. Gulin (from Golica) sources of water in the locality "Karacadağ underground water sources" with the name of the resource water and the environment meet the needs of Urfa.
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\r\n Şanlıurfa Governorship Karacadağ'ın summit in February 1999 "Karacadağ Winter Sports and Ski" was created. The best time to ski in the mountains in January, February and March. Can be reached by car to the ski resort in the mountains. Relax in the cafe at the resort and ski equipment can be rented. Drink the water and thought one day Karacadağ'ın way to breathe the air and give it a break.
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