Urfa

Urfa, authoritatively known as Sanliurfa and referred to in antiquated occasions as Edessa, is a city with 561,465 occupants in south-eastern Turkey, and the capital of Sanlıurfa Province. Urfa is a multiethnic city with a Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian and Arab populace. Urfa is arranged on a plain around 80 kilometers east of the Euphrates River. Its atmosphere includes to a great degree sweltering, dry summers and cool, clammy winters.

The historical backdrop of Urfa is recorded from the fourth century BC, however may go back at any rate to 9000 BC, when there is plentiful proof for the encompassing destinations at Duru, Harran and Nevali Cori. Within the further territory of the city are three neolithic locales known: Gobekli Tepe, Gurcutepe and the city itself, where the life-sized limestone "Urfa Man" statue was found amid an unearthing in Balikligol and is presently in plain view at the Sanlıurfa Archeology and Mosaic Museum.

The city was one of a few in the upper Euphrates-Tigris bowl, the fruitful sickle where horticulture started. As indicated by Jewish and Muslim convention, Urfa is Ur Kasdim, the main residence of Abraham. This ID was debated by Leonard Woolley, the excavator of the Sumerian city of Ur in 1927 and researchers stay partitioned on the issue. Urfa is likewise one of a few urban communities that have conventions related with Job.