Urfa was founded as a city under the name Edessa by the Seleucid king Seleucus I Nicator in 303 or 302 BC. There is no written evidence for earlier settlement...

Urfa, officially called Şanlıurfa (Turkish pronunciation: [ʃanˈɫɯuɾfa]), is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. The city...

Urfa biber (also known as isot pepper, /ɪˈsoʊt/) is a spice prepared from landrace Capsicum annuum in the Urfa region of Turkey. It is often described...

of Urfa (Turkish: Urfa Muharebesi, French: Le guet-apens d'Ourfa) was an uprising in the spring of 1920 against the French army occupying the city of...

The Urfa resistance (Armenian: Ուրֆայի հերոսամարտի, Turkish: Urfa İsyanı) was an effort by some Ottoman Armenians in Urfa to defend themselves against...

The culture of Urfa, Turkey is diverse and spans cuisine, literature and language. As the city of Urfa is deeply rooted in history, so its unique cuisine...

The Urfa Sanjak (Turkish: Urfa Sancağı), previously known as Sanjak of Birejik, was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, located in modern-day...

Şanlıurfaspor is a Turkish sports club located in Urfa. The football team currently plays in the TFF First League. As of 13 September 2024 Note: Flags indicate national...

The Urfa Halkevi was a halkevi ("people's house", or community center) that existed in the Turkish city of Urfa from 1934 to 1951. It organized a variety...

settlement on the middle Euphrates, in Şanlıurfa. The Urfa Man statue is dated c. 9000 BC, to the period of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, and is defined as "the...

Crusaders' Siege of Damascus 1150: The elimination of the Urfa County, one of the four Crusader states, by the Zengids 1154: Elimination of the Börioğulları...

include the largely Turkish-speaking cities of Maraş, Antep and Urfa giving the province a roughly equal number of Arabic- and Turkish-speakers, as well as...

the rule of Khusraw I, refuge was granted to Greek Nestorian Christian philosophers including the scholars of the Persian School of Edessa (Urfa) (also...

travelers. History of Urfa Polański, Tomasz (2008-01-01). "Tomasz Polański, Paintings, Mosaics, Icons. A Syriac Hymn on the Cathedral of Edessa". Folia...

(495), Tours (585) and in Orléans (590). Other synagogues were confiscated: Urfa in 411, several in Judea between 419 and 422, Constantinople in 442 and 569...

There are a number of major educational facilities in Urfa, Turkey. Harran University was established in Urfa in 1992 as an amalgamation of several different...

Ziggurat of Ur is located. Other sites traditionally thought to be Abraham's birthplace are in the vicinity of the city of Edessa (now Urfa in the Southeastern...

romanized: Édessa) was an ancient city (polis) in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey. It was founded during the Hellenistic period by Macedonian...

the time of Abraham, as a statue was found there which dates to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period (roughly 8000 B.C.). Like the city of Urfa itself, the...

conquered Urfa, he renamed it Ruha. During a significant period of history the city was called in its Greek variation as Edessa. Tradition of the Urfalim...

Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) sites in the Urfa region, Göbekli Tepe was built on a high point on the edge of the mountains, giving it both a wide view...

between Urfa (now in southeast Turkey) and Aleppo, Syria. Mention of nāṭif was found in a triangle between Urfa, Aleppo, and Baghdad. At the end of the 10th...

Lesser Armenia (2004) OCLC 56414051 Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa (2006) OCLC 67361643 Armenian Cilicia (2008) OCLC 185095701 Armenian Pontus:...

route of Abraham, between his birthplace of Ur of the Chaldees, believed by some to have been Urfa, Turkey, and his final destination of the desert of Negev...

spicy at all, and Urfa kebabı did not exist, even in Urfa. According to the Designation of Origin, Adana kebabı is made from the meat of a male lamb that...

in Arab countries and the southern regions of Turkey, around Urfa and Gaziantep. Antep, includes garlic Urfa, includes onion Aleppo (Turkish: Halep işi...

and the Sasanian Empire under Shapur I, in Edessa (now the Turkish city of Urfa) in 260. The Roman army was defeated and captured in its entirety by the...

become independent. Great Turk scholar Bedi-az-Zaman said Nursi had died in Urfa (Turkey). 1960: Military coup in Turkey purges executive, military, judiciary...

tel kadayıf. A semi-soft cheese such as Urfa peyniri (cheese of Urfa) or Hatay peyniri (cheese of Hatay), made of raw milk, is used in the filling. In making...

Yeni Ülke Şanlıurfa Güneydoğu Gazetesi Şanlıurfa Sivas Haberler/Urfa Urfa Haber "Urfa Haber Tv" Tekirdağ Çerkezköy Haber Şarköy'ün Sesi Tokat Yeşil Niksar...