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Sanliurfa-Turkey
Sanlıurfa, often simply known as Urfa in daily language, in ancient times Edessa, is a city in south-eastern Turkey. It is a city with a mixed Arab, Kurdish and Turkish population. Urfa is situated on a plain about eighty kilometres east of the Euphrates River.In the Byzantine period Edessa was a powerful regional centre with churches, schools and monasteries.Islam first arrived in Urfa around 638 C.E.
Urfa was officially renamed Sanliurfa (Urfa the Glorious) by the Turkish Grand National Assembly in 1984, in recognition of the local resistance in the Turkish War of Independence..........Don't use and don't link this images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.All rights reserved.
Sanliurfa-Turkey
Sanlıurfa, often simply known as Urfa in daily language, in ancient times Edessa, is a city in south-eastern Turkey. It is a city with a mixed Arab, Kurdish and Turkish population. Urfa is situated on a plain about eighty kilometres east of the Euphrates River.In the Byzantine period Edessa was a powerful regional centre with churches, schools and monasteries.Islam first arrived in Urfa around 638 C.E.
Urfa was officially renamed Sanliurfa (Urfa the Glorious) by the Turkish Grand National Assembly in 1984, in recognition of the local resistance in the Turkish War of Independence..........Don't use and don't link this images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.All rights reserved.