Sanliurfa Tours
SANLIURFA
In memory the legend that the people
at Urfa resisted French occupation
after the 1st World War the word
''Sanli'' (Glorious) was added to
the name of the city and it become
''Sanliurfa'' (1984) Sanliurfa is
know as the city of prophets this
city of Lahmacun, Kebap and Cigkofte
and the hottest region of Turkey.
You can see Urfa Tower, Ulucami,
Kervansaray, runis the caverb of Hz.
Ibrahim (the place where the prophet
Ibrahim was born) and the cavern
that symbolizes patiance because of
the belief that St. Eyup suffered
greatly for 7 years in this cavern.
BALIKLIGOL (FISH LAKE)
It consists of two lakes connected
with cands. According to myth Hz.
Ibrahim tried to flight with the
monarch Nemrud and idolsthat the
people of Nemrut prayed to. Then
monarch decied to burn him. But fire
changed to water and firewood
transformed to fish. After Hz.
Ibrahim the doughter of the monarch
went into the fire but the place
where she fell into the fire become
a lake. So the fish in this lake
became know as holl and recovery for
health.
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