Şanlıurfa (Urfa - Riha )

Şanlıurfa often known Urfa or in Kurdish: Riha, is a city in south-eastern Turkey, and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. Urfa is situated on a plain about 80km east of the Euphrates River. A large part of the population of Urfa is Kurdish, with a sizeable minority of Arabs. 'Şanlı' means great, glorious, dignified in Turkish and Urfa was officially re-named Şanlıurfa (Urfa the Glorious) by the Turkish Grand National Assembly in 1984, in recognition of the local resistance in the Turkish War of Independence.The history of Şanlıurfa is recorded from the 4th century BC, but may date back to the 8th century BC. It was one of several cities in the Euphrates-Tigris basin, the cradle of the Mesopotamian civilization. According to Turkish Muslim traditions Urfa is the biblical city of Ur, due to its proximity to the biblical village of Harran. Urfa is also known as the birthplace of Abraham, commemorated by a mosque in the city and the birthplace of Job.
Among the tourist attractions shown in this video are:
- Ulu camii
- the Pool of Sacred Fish (Balıklıgöl) where Abraham was thrown into the fire by Nimrod.
- the mosque of Halil-ur-Rahman built in 1211
- Rizvaniye Mosque - an Ottoman mosque adjoining the Balıklıgöl complex.

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• Şanlıurfa
• Urfa
• balıklıgöl
• Abraham
• Halil-ur-Rahman
• Rizvaniye
• Mosque
• Ulu
• camii
• İbrahim
• religious
• places

[traveler479]

Excellent video! Amazing photo work capturing local people, their life and habits. "One picture is worth a thousand words" but your video or videos are worth a million words. I really don't know how you videoed the local people so naturally as if no one was aware of your camera.

[MariaJBogaerts]

@traveler479 Thank you for your kind words. In places like these, keeping a distance is usually the way to go. In rural areas it is much easier, because Turkish people appreciate a genuine interest in their country, way of life and folklore.

[simionesweep27]

Hi maria Thank you so much for posting this video, my boyfriend is from urfa, and i'm going there in three weeks to meet his family. It is a very nice video!! I'm so looking foreward now... Love from Holland

[MariaJBogaerts]

@simionesweep27 Hope you will like Urfa. Are you Dutch?

[jegbendusen]

thank you maria, Im in Norway now en woching your videoe, its very great to se some ather peiple make video from my city:=)) its great full:=)) thank you a lott:=)))

[MariaJBogaerts]

You're welcome! Glad you liked my video of my 2-day stay in Urfa. It's beautiful.

[BahozZ7]

urfa mardin batmani bu sehirleri cokk görmek istiyorum vallahi

slm urfaya u hemu car parca welatemini delal

diyarbakirli Bahoz

[YagmurunKizi08]

ayy memleketiiiiiim

urfaaaaa ich liebe dich!!!!

urfa gibisi yok yaaa

[traveler479]

@ayhancatin63 Thank you very much ! Your offer is most kind and gracious.

[BySNaKe63]

KÜRDİSTAN - RIHA

[ayhancatin63]

very nice urfa I live in urfa would like to invite everyone or hospitable urfa

[lisboa4455]

Urfa...Çok Iyi yiyecek var !!

seviyorum !!

[BoboCarsi]

@6363amar seni cok fena sikerim orospu cocugu ben urfaliyim ve 100% turkum, kurt kardeslerimde var ve senin gibi pic hain deyildir, ne kurdistani lan, sikeyim orospu cocugu