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Sanliurfa
the "City of Prophets" acknowledged as the earliest center of believers in the world, placed at the feet of the fortress built by the Romans and conquered by the Crusaders. The cave where Abraham was born and Lakes Halil-ur Rahman (Balikligol) and Ayn-el Zeliha are located nearby the city center. In Sanliurfa which first accepted Christianity as the official religion (the ancient Edessa), the world's most magnificent churches had been built, most of the today mosques are built in places of chistian churches of the Byzantine period - Rizvaniye Vakfi Camii and Medresesi (Saint Thomas Church), Halli-ur Rahman Camii (Mother Mary Church) - Sanliurfa 8 covered bazaars have managed to preserve their autheticity. The traditional handicrafts and professions are still vigorously performed. - The Sanliurfa museum.
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