Şanlıurfa is located in the southeast of Turkey, at the center of the GAP (Southeastern Anatolia Project), which is a major development project of the country. As it is one of the oldest settlement in Masopotamia, and due to its strategical location close to the water sources and crossroads of trade, Şanlıurfa always has had [...]
The World’s First Temple Göbekli Tepe in Şanlıurfa is on the Cover of National Geographic’s June Issue. The world famous National Geographic is covering the archaeological site of Şanlıurfa’s Göbekli Tepe in its June issue, titling it the ‘The Birthplace of Religion’. The article explains that the nearly 12 thousand year old Temple is about [...]
MARDİN Area: 12.760 km² Population: 1.154.418 (1990) Traffic Code: 47 The province of Mardin, is a poetic city of Southeast Anatolia Region reflecting the impression as if the time had stopped with its present architectural, ethnographic, archeological, historic and visual merits. The province of Mardin hosts mosques, mausoleums, churches, monasteries and similar religious creations parallel [...]
