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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_ili" title="Şanlıurfa ili – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Şanlıurfa ili" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="شانلی‌اورفا اوستانی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="شانلی‌اورفا اوستانی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(s%C3%A9ng)" title="Şanlıurfa (séng) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Şanlıurfa (séng)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8B%D1%9E%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F)" title="Шанлыўрфа (правінцыя) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Шанлыўрфа (правінцыя)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8B%D1%8E%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F)" title="Шанлыюрфа (правінцыя) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Шанлыюрфа (правінцыя)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0_(%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82)" title="Шанлъурфа (вилает) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Шанлъурфа (вилает)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(pokrajina)" title="Şanlıurfa (pokrajina) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Şanlıurfa (pokrajina)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(provi%C3%B1s)" title="Şanlıurfa (proviñs) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Şanlıurfa (proviñs)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prov%C3%ADncia_de_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa" title="Província de Şanlıurfa – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Província de Şanlıurfa" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8B%D1%83%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Шанлыурфа (ил) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Шанлыурфа (ил)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(lalawigan)" title="Şanlıurfa (lalawigan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Şanlıurfa (lalawigan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(provincie)" title="Şanlıurfa (provincie) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Şanlıurfa (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_eanangoddi" title="Şanlıurfa eanangoddi – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Şanlıurfa eanangoddi" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(Provinz)" title="Şanlıurfa (Provinz) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Şanlıurfa (Provinz)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_provints" title="Şanlıurfa provints – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Şanlıurfa provints" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CF%86%CE%B1" title="Επαρχία Σανλιούρφα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Επαρχία Σανλιούρφα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_Sanliurfa" title="Provincia de Sanliurfa – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia de Sanliurfa" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinco_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa" title="Provinco Şanlıurfa – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Provinco Şanlıurfa" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_probintzia" title="Şanlıurfa probintzia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Şanlıurfa probintzia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%87" title="استان شانلی‌اورفه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان شانلی‌اورفه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Praant" title="Şanlıurfa Praant – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Şanlıurfa Praant" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(province)" title="Şanlıurfa (province) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Şanlıurfa (province)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eann%C4%B1urfa" title="Şannıurfa – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Şannıurfa" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%A8%EB%A5%B4%EC%9A%B0%EB%A5%B4%ED%8C%8C%EC%A3%BC" title="샨르우르파주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="샨르우르파주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AC%D5%A8%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D6%86%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6" title="Շանլըուրֆայի մարզ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Շանլըուրֆայի մարզ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC" title="सनलिउर्फ़ – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सनलिउर्फ़" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa" title="Provinsi Şanlıurfa – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Provinsi Şanlıurfa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8B%D1%83%D1%80%D1%84%C3%A6_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Шанлыурфæ (ил) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Шанлыурфæ (ил)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_di_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa" title="Provincia di Şanlıurfa – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia di Şanlıurfa" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="შანლიურფის პროვინცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="შანლიურფის პროვინცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkoa_wa_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa" title="Mkoa wa Şanlıurfa – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mkoa wa Şanlıurfa" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riha_(par%C3%AAzgeh)" title="Riha (parêzgeh) – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Riha (parêzgeh)" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8B%D1%83%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Шанлыурфа (ил) – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Шанлыурфа (ил)" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edessa_(provincia)" title="Edessa (provincia) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Edessa (provincia)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0anliurfas_ils" title="Šanliurfas ils – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Šanliurfas ils" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(tartom%C3%A1ny)" title="Şanlıurfa (tartomány) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Şanlıurfa (tartomány)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Шанлаурфа (покраина) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Шанлаурфа (покраина)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="शानलुर्फा प्रांत – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="शानलुर्फा प्रांत" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A9_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7" title="محافظة شانليورفا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="محافظة شانليورفا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="شانلی‌اورفا اوستان – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="شانلی‌اورفا اوستان" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilayah_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa" title="Wilayah Şanlıurfa – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wilayah Şanlıurfa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(provincie)" title="Şanlıurfa (provincie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Şanlıurfa (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E7%9C%8C" title="シャンルウルファ県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="シャンルウルファ県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(Prowins)" title="Şanlıurfa (Prowins) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Şanlıurfa (Prowins)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(provins)" title="Şanlıurfa (provins) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Şanlıurfa (provins)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsen_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa" title="Provinsen Şanlıurfa – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Provinsen Şanlıurfa" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(viloyat)" title="Şanlıurfa (viloyat) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Şanlıurfa (viloyat)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%81_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%81" title="صوبہ شانلی اورفہ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="صوبہ شانلی اورفہ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(prowincja)" title="Şanlıurfa (prowincja) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Şanlıurfa (prowincja)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(prov%C3%ADncia)" title="Şanlıurfa (província) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Şanlıurfa (província)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(il)" title="Şanlıurfa (il) – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Şanlıurfa (il)" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_%C8%98anl%C4%B1urfa" title="Provincia Șanlıurfa – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Provincia Șanlıurfa" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8B%D1%83%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Шанлыурфа (ил) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Шанлыурфа (ил)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province" title="Şanlıurfa Province – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Şanlıurfa Province" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinca_Shanll%C3%ABurfa" title="Provinca Shanllëurfa – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Provinca Shanllëurfa" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8E%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%95%D8%AD%D8%A7" title="پارێزگای ڕحا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پارێزگای ڕحا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D1%83%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0_(%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%82)" title="Шанлијурфа (вилајет) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Шанлијурфа (вилајет)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(provincija)" title="Şanlıurfa (provincija) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Şanlıurfa (provincija)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfan_maakunta" title="Şanlıurfan maakunta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Şanlıurfan maakunta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(provins)" title="Şanlıurfa (provins) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Şanlıurfa (provins)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalawigan_ng_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa" title="Lalawigan ng Şanlıurfa – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Lalawigan ng Şanlıurfa" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="சான்லூர்பா மாகாணம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="சான்லூர்பா மாகாணம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B2" title="จังหวัดชันลืออูร์ฟา – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จังหวัดชันลืออูร์ฟา" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%83%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0" title="Вилояти Шанлиурфа – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Вилояти Шанлиурфа" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_(il)" title="Şanlıurfa (il) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Şanlıurfa (il)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eanlyurfa" title="Şanlyurfa – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Şanlyurfa" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%83%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Шанлиурфа (провінція) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Шанлиурфа (провінція)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%81_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%81" title="صوبہ شانلی اورفہ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="صوبہ شانلی اورفہ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a 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nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Province and metropolitan municipality in Turkey</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/File:G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe,_Urfa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Göbekli Tepe"><img alt="Göbekli Tepe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe%2C_Urfa.jpg/270px-G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe%2C_Urfa.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe%2C_Urfa.jpg/405px-G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe%2C_Urfa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe%2C_Urfa.jpg/540px-G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe%2C_Urfa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe" title="Göbekli Tepe">Göbekli Tepe</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_in_Turkey.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of the province within Turkey"><img alt="Location of the province within Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_in_Turkey.svg/270px-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_in_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_in_Turkey.svg/405px-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_in_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_in_Turkey.svg/540px-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_in_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1579" data-file-height="677" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of the province within Turkey</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa" class="mw-redirect" title="Şanlıurfa">Şanlıurfa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Mehmet Kasım Gülpınar (<a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">IND</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Wali_(administrative_title)" title="Wali (administrative title)">Vali</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Hasan Şıldak</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">19,242 km<sup>2</sup> (7,429 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-tuik_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuik-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,170,110</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">110/km<sup>2</sup> (290/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B03:00" title="UTC+03:00">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Turkey" title="Time in Turkey">TRT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Turkey" title="Telephone numbers in Turkey">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0414</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sanliurfa.bel.tr/">www<wbr />.sanliurfa<wbr />.bel<wbr />.tr</a></span><br /><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sanliurfa.gov.tr/">www<wbr />.sanliurfa<wbr />.gov<wbr />.tr</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Şanlıurfa Province</b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Şanlıurfa ili</i>; <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_language" title="Kurdish language">Kurdish</a>: <i lang="ku" dir="rtl">Parêzgeha Rihayê</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also known as <b>Urfa Province</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Turkey" title="Provinces of Turkey">province</a> and <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_municipalities_in_Turkey" title="Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey">metropolitan municipality</a> in southeastern <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>. The city of <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa" class="mw-redirect" title="Şanlıurfa">Şanlıurfa</a> is the capital of the province which bears its name. Its area is 19,242 km<sup>2</sup>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its population is 2,170,110 (2022).<sup id="cite_ref-tuik_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuik-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The province is considered part of <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Kurdistan" title="Turkish Kurdistan">Turkish Kurdistan</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has a <a href="/wiki/Kurds" title="Kurds">Kurdish</a> majority<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a significant <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arab</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turkish_people" title="Turkish people">Turkish</a> minority.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Districts">Districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_location_districts.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_location_districts.png/300px-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_location_districts.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_location_districts.png/450px-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_location_districts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_location_districts.png/600px-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_location_districts.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="560" /></a><figcaption>Districts of the Şanlıurfa Province</figcaption></figure> <p>Şanlıurfa province is divided into 13 <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Turkey" title="Districts of Turkey">districts</a>, listed below with their populations as at 31 December 2022 according to the official government estimates:<sup id="cite_ref-tuik_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuik-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ak%C3%A7akale" title="Akçakale">Akçakale</a> (123,721)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birecik" title="Birecik">Birecik</a> (93,613)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bozova" title="Bozova">Bozova</a> (52,680)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylanp%C4%B1nar" title="Ceylanpınar">Ceylanpınar</a> (90,440)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eyy%C3%BCbiye" title="Eyyübiye">Eyyübiye</a> (391,795)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halfeti" title="Halfeti">Halfeti</a> (41,662)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haliliye" title="Haliliye">Haliliye</a> (396,656)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harran" title="Harran">Harran</a> (96,072)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilvan" title="Hilvan">Hilvan</a> (42,218)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karak%C3%B6pr%C3%BC" title="Karaköprü">Karaköprü</a> (265,035)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siverek" title="Siverek">Siverek</a> (267,942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suru%C3%A7" title="Suruç">Suruç</a> (100,961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viran%C5%9Fehir" title="Viranşehir">Viranşehir</a> (207,315)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:deepskyblue; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 39.592800879772px; border-left-color:tomato"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:tomato"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:tomato"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 32.491969623291px; border-left-color:aqua"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:aqua"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:aqua"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:6.2790519529313px 99.802672842827px 0 0; border-top-color:lightcyan"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:lightcyan"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Rainfall by season in the Urfa region <sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 194">: 194 </span></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:lightcyan; color:black;"> </span> Winter (51%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:aqua; color:black;"> </span> Spring (29%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:tomato; color:black;"> </span> Summer (1%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:deepskyblue; color:black;"> </span> Autumn (19%)</div> </div> </div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Urfa_wind_rose.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Urfa_wind_rose.png/220px-Urfa_wind_rose.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Urfa_wind_rose.png/330px-Urfa_wind_rose.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Urfa_wind_rose.png/440px-Urfa_wind_rose.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wind_rose" title="Wind rose">Wind rose</a> of the Urfa region, showing the primary directions where wind blows from.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 195">: 195 </span></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>With an area of 19,242 km<sup>2</sup> (7,429 sq mi), it is the largest province of Southeast Anatolia with: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ad%C4%B1yaman_Province" title="Adıyaman Province">Adıyaman Province</a> to the north;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> to the south;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mardin_Province" title="Mardin Province">Mardin Province</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r_Province" title="Diyarbakır Province">Diyarbakır Province</a> to the east; and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaziantep_Province" title="Gaziantep Province">Gaziantep Province</a> to the west.</li></ul> <p>Şanlıurfa includes several major components of the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Anatolia_Project" title="Southeastern Anatolia Project">Southeastern Anatolia Project</a> (in Turkish <i>Güneydogu Anadolu Projesi</i> (GAP)) designed to: </p> <ul><li>exploit the <a href="/wiki/Hydropower" title="Hydropower">hydropower</a> potential of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers;</li> <li>dramatically expand <a href="/wiki/Irrigation" title="Irrigation">irrigation</a> for agriculture; and</li> <li>develop the economy of the region.</li></ul> <p>This very large-scale, state-sponsored development project involved the damming, redirecting, <a href="/wiki/Hydroelectric" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydroelectric">hydroelectric</a> tapping and other use of rivers in this broad, semi-arid region. (The rivers then flow into Syria and Iraq). The GAP includes 22 dams and water supply for 1.8 million hectares for agricultural areas.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Urfa region is characterized by a semi-arid <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Mediterranean climate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 192">: 192 </span></sup> Rainfall mostly comes in winter, when the temperature is mildest; summers are very hot and dry.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 192">: 192 </span></sup> Annual mean precipitation is 458.1 mm.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 192">: 192 </span></sup> The annual mean temperature is 18.5 °C.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 192">: 192 </span></sup> The coldest month is January, which has an average temperature of 2.7 °C, while the hottest month is July, with an average temperature of 39 °C.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 192">: 192 </span></sup> The dry season typically begins around April, peaks in intensity around July, and ends around October.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 201">: 201 </span></sup> Wind typically blows from the northwest, with west-northwest winds being the strongest.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 195">: 195 </span></sup> </p><p>The area around Urfa and Viranşehir, and continuing towards <a href="/wiki/Mardin" title="Mardin">Mardin</a> further east, is the driest part of a "desert-like steppe" region in southeastern Anatolia.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 190">: 190 </span></sup> This area is characterized by vast plains as well as "low and broad hills [that] come [one] after another".<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 190">: 190 </span></sup> As one approaches the Syrian border in the south, the climate gets drier due to less rainfall and it becomes more desert-like.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 190">: 190 </span></sup> In some areas, however, water from <a href="/wiki/Karst" title="Karst">karstic</a> sources makes things greener.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 190">: 190 </span></sup> </p><p>The plant life of this southeastern steppe region is less diverse than the steppes of central and eastern Anatolia because the dry season is longer here.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 190">: 190 </span></sup> <a href="/wiki/Perennial" title="Perennial">Perennial</a> <a href="/wiki/Xerophyte" title="Xerophyte">xerophytes</a> like <i><a href="/wiki/Astragalus_(plant)" title="Astragalus (plant)">Astragalus</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Verbascum" title="Verbascum">Verbascum</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Phlomis" title="Phlomis">Phlomis</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Centaurea" title="Centaurea">Centaurea</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Cirsium" title="Cirsium">Cirsium</a></i> predominate.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 190">: 190 </span></sup> In some sheltered valleys, though, pockets of Mediterranean flora still exist – remnants of what was once a more widespread distribution prior to a climactic shift in the region sometime in the past.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 190">: 190 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geology">Geology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Urfa-Harran_Ovas%C4%B1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Urfa-Harran_Ovas%C4%B1.jpg/220px-Urfa-Harran_Ovas%C4%B1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Urfa-Harran_Ovas%C4%B1.jpg/330px-Urfa-Harran_Ovas%C4%B1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Urfa-Harran_Ovas%C4%B1.jpg/440px-Urfa-Harran_Ovas%C4%B1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="876" data-file-height="1142" /></a><figcaption>Geological map of the Urfa-Harran plain and surroundings (in German)</figcaption></figure> <p>Most of Şanlıurfa province consists of <a href="/wiki/Cenozoic" title="Cenozoic">Cenozoic</a> formations.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 191">: 191 </span></sup> <a href="/wiki/Calcareous" title="Calcareous">Calcareous</a> formations are predominant on the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fatik_plateau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fatik plateau (page does not exist)">Fatik plateau</a>, west of the Urfa-Harran plain, and in the <a href="/wiki/Tektek_Mountains" title="Tektek Mountains">Tektek Mountains</a> to the east of the plain.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 191–2">: 191–2 </span></sup> Among these are vast <a href="/wiki/Eocene" title="Eocene">Eocene</a> deposits north and west of Urfa, as well as younger <a href="/wiki/Oligocene" title="Oligocene">Oligocene</a>-<a href="/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene">Miocene</a> deposits on the Tektek and lower Fatik plateaus.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 191–2">: 191–2 </span></sup> There are also <a href="/wiki/Basalt" title="Basalt">basalt</a> deposits, dating from the <a href="/wiki/Pliocene" title="Pliocene">Pliocene</a>-<a href="/wiki/Quaternary" title="Quaternary">Quaternary</a> periods, just north of the city of Urfa itself.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 191–2">: 191–2 </span></sup> These are associated with the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Karacada%C4%9F_Formation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karacadağ Formation (page does not exist)">Karacadağ Formation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 192">: 192 </span></sup> These basalt deposits are generally covered by just 5 to 10 cm of soil deposits; in some places, though, there is thick enough topsoil for agriculture.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 192">: 192 </span></sup> On the Harran plain, more recent <a href="/wiki/Alluvium" title="Alluvium">alluvial</a> deposits from the Quaternary period predominate.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaya_2011_7-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaya_2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 191, 3">: 191, 3 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Agriculture is the largest economic sector in Şanlıurfa province.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 41">: 41 </span></sup> As of 2000, 43% of the province's GDP is in agriculture, 40% service, 11% industry, and 6% in construction.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 44">: 44 </span></sup> The total GDP is US$1.85 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 44">: 44 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Şanlıurfa province is a major producer of <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wheat" title="Wheat">wheat</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Barley" title="Barley">barley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 47">: 47 </span></sup> Cotton production in particular increased dramatically after the GAP was initiated in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 47">: 47 </span></sup> The influx of irrigation availability meant that many farmers could switch from dry to irrigated agriculture, and cotton's high market value enticed a majority of farmers to start planting it.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 58">: 58 </span></sup> The province's annual cotton yield rose from 277,000 tons in 1995 to 708,602 tons in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 47">: 47 </span></sup> By 2021, the province produces 42% of all cotton in Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-Şimşek_2021_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Şimşek_2021-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2008, the province also produced 11% of all dry legumes, 6.4% of barley, and 4% of wheat in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 48">: 48 </span></sup> Other crops include <a href="/wiki/Red_lentil" class="mw-redirect" title="Red lentil">red lentil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pistachio" title="Pistachio">pistachio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grape" title="Grape">grape</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sesame" title="Sesame">sesame</a>, and various vegetables.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 47">: 47 </span></sup> In terms of <a href="/wiki/Animal_husbandry" title="Animal husbandry">animal husbandry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheep" title="Sheep">sheep</a> and <a href="/wiki/Goat" title="Goat">goats</a> are the most important.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 48">: 48 </span></sup> As of 2015, about 32% of the province's workforce is employed in agriculture.<sup id="cite_ref-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 258">: 258 </span></sup> However, the employment share of agriculture has been declining.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 49">: 49 </span></sup> Another problem is that excessive irrigation has caused increased soil salinity.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 49">: 49 </span></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dal%C4%B1nda_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_F%C4%B1st%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Dal%C4%B1nda_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_F%C4%B1st%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1_.jpg/220px-Dal%C4%B1nda_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_F%C4%B1st%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1_.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Dal%C4%B1nda_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_F%C4%B1st%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1_.jpg/330px-Dal%C4%B1nda_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_F%C4%B1st%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Dal%C4%B1nda_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_F%C4%B1st%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1_.jpg/440px-Dal%C4%B1nda_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_F%C4%B1st%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="454" data-file-height="340" /></a><figcaption>Pistachio clusters growing on a tree in Şanlıurfa province. The province is one of Turkey's leading pistachio producers.</figcaption></figure> <p>Şanlıurfa province is among the leading producers of pistachios in Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-Ayaydın_2022_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ayaydın_2022-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2021, the province has 29.7 million pistachio trees and produced 38,576 tons of pistachios — about a third of the national total of 119,000 tons.<sup id="cite_ref-Ayaydın_2022_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ayaydın_2022-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, most of the processing for the pistachios is done in Gaziantep instead.<sup id="cite_ref-Ayaydın_2022_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ayaydın_2022-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The province is also a major producer of several varieties of peppers.<sup id="cite_ref-AjansUrfa_2022_peppers_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AjansUrfa_2022_peppers-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2021, Şanlıurfa province produced 77,663 tons of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Capia_pepper&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Capia pepper (page does not exist)">capia peppers</a>; 6,180 tons of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sivri_pepper&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sivri pepper (page does not exist)">sivri peppers</a>; and 1,296 tons of <a href="/wiki/Bell_pepper" title="Bell pepper">bell peppers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AjansUrfa_2022_peppers_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AjansUrfa_2022_peppers-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Agriculture in Şanlıurfa province is dominated by large-scale landowners.<sup id="cite_ref-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 259–60">: 259–60 </span></sup> Since the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Civil War">Syrian Civil War</a>, an influx of Syrian refugees willing to work for cheap have changed the agricultural labor market here.<sup id="cite_ref-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 259–60">: 259–60 </span></sup> Local seasonal farm workers, who demand higher wages, are unable to find work in the province and are increasingly temporarily migrating to other provinces for seasonal farm work.<sup id="cite_ref-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 258–61">: 258–61 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dairy_products">Dairy products</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Dairy products"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Urfa cheese (<i>Urfa peyniri</i>) bears similarity to other cheeses in the region, such as Diyarbakır's <i>örgü</i>, Kahramanmaraş's <i>Maraş-sıkma</i>, or Gaziantep's <i>Antep-sıkma</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Yalçın_et_al_2007_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yalçın_et_al_2007-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 90">: 90 </span></sup> It is mostly made from sheep and goat milk.<sup id="cite_ref-Yalçın_et_al_2007_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yalçın_et_al_2007-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 90">: 90 </span></sup> Most production is done in villages using traditional techniques and low-tech equipment and lacking hygienic standards or <a href="/wiki/Pasteurization" title="Pasteurization">pasteurized</a> milk; however, industrial-scale production has begun in recent decades.<sup id="cite_ref-Yalçın_et_al_2007_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yalçın_et_al_2007-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 91, 3">: 91, 3 </span></sup> There is no single standardized method of production for Urfa cheese, so its qualities can vary.<sup id="cite_ref-Yalçın_et_al_2007_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yalçın_et_al_2007-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 91">: 91 </span></sup> It is aged for anywhere between 3 and 7 months.<sup id="cite_ref-Yalçın_et_al_2007_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yalçın_et_al_2007-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 91">: 91 </span></sup> </p><p>Another regional specialty is <a href="/wiki/Urfa_butter" title="Urfa butter">Urfa butter</a> (<i>Urfa yaği</i>), a type of <a href="/wiki/Clarified_butter" title="Clarified butter">clarified butter</a> made from <a href="/wiki/Sheep%27s_milk" title="Sheep's milk">sheep's milk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Urfa_Sade_Yaği_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Urfa_Sade_Yaği-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 1–2">: 1–2 </span></sup> It is made in Urfa itself as well as in other towns in the province like <a href="/wiki/Siverek" title="Siverek">Siverek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Viran%C5%9Fehir" title="Viranşehir">Viranşehir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ceylanp%C4%B1nar" title="Ceylanpınar">Ceylanpınar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Harran" title="Harran">Harran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Urfa_Sade_Yaği_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Urfa_Sade_Yaği-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 1–2">: 1–2 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industry">Industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Industry has been increasing in employment share in Şanlıurfa province, reached 16% in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 49">: 49 </span></sup> The biggest industries include food processing (especially baked goods and dairy products) and textiles (especially cotton fabrics), which as of 2002 together employ 54% of industrial workers in the province.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 52">: 52 </span></sup> Other important industries (based on <a href="/wiki/Location_quotient" class="mw-redirect" title="Location quotient">location quotient</a>) include treatment and coating of metals (especially copper) and the manufacturing of pumps, compressors, and other agricultural equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 53">: 53 </span></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Important industries in Şanlıurfa province (as of 2002)<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 54–5">: 54–5 </span></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Industry</th> <th>Number of firms</th> <th>Number of employees </th></tr> <tr> <td>Manufacture of crude oils and fats</td> <td>9</td> <td>86 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dairy products and cheese making</td> <td>6</td> <td>1,727 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_cream" title="Ice cream">Ice cream</a> manufacturing</td> <td>9</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Grain mills</td> <td>142</td> <td>324 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bread, pastry, and other baked goods</td> <td>803</td> <td>3,315 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Preparing and spinning of cotton fabrics</td> <td>57</td> <td>966 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wood <a href="/wiki/Carpentry" title="Carpentry">carpentry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joinery" title="Joinery">joinery</a></td> <td>366</td> <td>766 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Baked clay bricks, tiles, and other construction products</td> <td>57</td> <td>189 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Concrete" title="Concrete">Concrete</a> construction products</td> <td>8</td> <td>121 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Plaster" title="Plaster">Plaster</a> construction products</td> <td>5</td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ready-mix_concrete" title="Ready-mix concrete">Ready-mix concrete</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>105 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Metal carpentry and joinery</td> <td>106</td> <td>270 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Forging, pressing, stamping, and roll forming of metals; as well as <a href="/wiki/Powder_metallurgy" title="Powder metallurgy">powder metallurgy</a></td> <td>47</td> <td>105 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Treatment and coating of metals</td> <td>183</td> <td>317 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Manufacture of pumps and compressors</td> <td>19</td> <td>92 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tractor" title="Tractor">Tractor</a> manufacturing</td> <td>11</td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Manufacture of non-electric domestic appliances</td> <td>42</td> <td>106 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Manufacture of electric motors, <a href="/wiki/Electric_generator" title="Electric generator">generators</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Transformer" title="Transformer">transformers</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>73 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jewellery" title="Jewellery">Jewellery</a> making</td> <td>82</td> <td>103 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Collection, purification, and distribution of water</td> <td>8</td> <td>224 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Test drilling and boring</td> <td>7</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>General construction</td> <td>67</td> <td>1,993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Construction of water projects</td> <td>3</td> <td>794 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Services">Services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The largest part of the service sector in Şanlıurfa province, both in GDP and employment, is wholesale and retail trade.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 56">: 56 </span></sup> Many wholesalers and retailers in the province are closely linked to the agricultural sector - for example, through wholesale of seeds for farmers, wholesale of dairy products, retail sale of meat products, or retail sale of textiles.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 56">: 56 </span></sup> Another important activity in this sector is freight transport by road, which has a high location quotient for the province because it lies on the main road connection between the port of <a href="/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin">Mersin</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Habur_border_crossing" class="mw-redirect" title="Habur border crossing">Habur border crossing</a> into <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 56">: 56 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2000, the province has a population growth rate of 30.9%, which is well above the national rate of 14.9%.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 42">: 42 </span></sup> Average household size in the province is 6.87 people, which is above the national average of 4.5.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 42">: 42 </span></sup> About 42% of the province's population lives in rural areas and 58% in urban areas - a somewhat lower rate of urbanization than the country as a whole, which is 65% urban.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 43">: 43 </span></sup> The average per capita income is US$1,300 annually.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 44">: 44 </span></sup> The province has a low literacy rate - especially among women, who are only 52% literate in the province compared to 80% nationwide.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 43">: 43 </span></sup> The province also has high out-migration.<sup id="cite_ref-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008_9-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pirili_and_Barbaros_2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 43">: 43 </span></sup> </p><p>Şanlıurfa province has the highest population of <a href="/wiki/Syrian_refugees_in_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian refugees in Turkey">Syrian refugees</a> in Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 258–9">: 258–9 </span></sup> There are an estimated 350,000 to 400,000 Syrian refugees in the province, including some 80,000 living in 4 refugee camps.<sup id="cite_ref-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 258–9">: 258–9 </span></sup> The presence of large Kurdish and Arab populations in the province means that there is less of a language barrier for Syrians in Şanlıurfa province than in other parts of Turkey, and the similar cultural and religious values make the province a more comfortable setting for many migrants as well.<sup id="cite_ref-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 259">: 259 </span></sup> As a result, tensions between locals and refugees are somewhat lower in Şanlıurfa province than elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 259">: 259 </span></sup> </p><p>Employment for Syrians is concentrated most heavily in the construction, retail and wholesale, and agricultural sectors.<sup id="cite_ref-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015_11-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 259–60">: 259–60 </span></sup> Syrian labor is desirable for many employers because they are willing to work for lower wages than locals.<sup id="cite_ref-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015_11-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 259–60">: 259–60 </span></sup> For example, while mechanized cotton harvesting is an option for farmers, it is cheaper for them to hire Syrian workers to pick cotton by hand.<sup id="cite_ref-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015_11-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 260">: 260 </span></sup> Competition between Syrian and local seasonal farm workers has contributed to tension between the two groups, as the influx of Syrian labor has driven local farm workers to migrate to other provinces for seasonal farm work.<sup id="cite_ref-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015_11-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lordoğlu_and_Aslan_2015-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 259–61">: 259–61 </span></sup> </p><p>Şanlıurfa province has one of the highest rates of <a href="/wiki/Child_marriage" title="Child marriage">child marriage</a> in Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-AjansUrfa_2022_child_marriage_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AjansUrfa_2022_child_marriage-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/T%C3%9C%C4%B0K" class="mw-redirect" title="TÜİK">TÜİK</a>, there were 955 marriages of girls under the age of 18 in Şanlıurfa province in 2021, which was the second-highest in the country behind Gaziantep.<sup id="cite_ref-AjansUrfa_2022_child_marriage_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AjansUrfa_2022_child_marriage-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The traditional culture of the city of <a href="/wiki/Urfa" title="Urfa">Urfa</a> differs from the rest of the province.<sup id="cite_ref-Sayğan_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sayğan-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Urfa#Cuisine" title="Urfa">Urfa § Cuisine</a></div> <p>The famous <a href="/wiki/%C3%87i%C4%9F_k%C3%B6fte" title="Çiğ köfte">çiğ köfte</a> belongs to the culinary traditions of the city and was unknown to the rural population until 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-Sayğan_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sayğan-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Tırşik</i> is a traditional dish of the rural population within the province.<sup id="cite_ref-Sayğan_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sayğan-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Games_and_dance">Games and dance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Games and dance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Çan Çekiç Oyunu" is a traditional dice game of Urfa played with eight dice for money.<sup id="cite_ref-Pinar_and_Özdurğun_2016_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pinar_and_Özdurğun_2016-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 873">: 873 </span></sup> "Dörtlü Oyunu" is a traditional dance of Urfa involving four people who each hold a red handkerchief in the right hand and a white one in the left hand.<sup id="cite_ref-Pinar_and_Özdurğun_2016_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pinar_and_Özdurğun_2016-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 873">: 873 </span></sup> It is set to music played on the <a href="/wiki/Zurna" title="Zurna">zurna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Davul" title="Davul">davul</a> (types of horn and drum, respectively).<sup id="cite_ref-Pinar_and_Özdurğun_2016_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pinar_and_Özdurğun_2016-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 873">: 873 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Playground_games">Playground games</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Playground games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Derrebu Derinebu" is a <a href="/wiki/Tag_(game)" title="Tag (game)">tag</a>-like playground game from Urfa that is a variant of the game "Darabil" from Gaziantep.<sup id="cite_ref-And_2003_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-And_2003-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 292">: 292 </span></sup> In Derrebu Derinebu, players form two teams that face each other.<sup id="cite_ref-And_2003_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-And_2003-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 292">: 292 </span></sup> A player from one team attempts to cross over to the other team, tag any number of players, and return, all while singing a rhyme without pausing for breath.<sup id="cite_ref-And_2003_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-And_2003-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 292">: 292 </span></sup> The game locally known as "Arası Kesme" (called "Ara Kesme", "Esir Almaca", or other names in other parts of Turkey) is a capture-style game where one team tries to retrieve players from a designated area while the other team tries to stop them.<sup id="cite_ref-And_2003_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-And_2003-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 296">: 296 </span></sup> A local variety of <a href="/wiki/Hide-and-seek" title="Hide-and-seek">hide-and-seek</a> (<i>Saklambaç</i>) is known as "Ebe Saklama".<sup id="cite_ref-And_2003_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-And_2003-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 303">: 303 </span></sup> "Alkuç Balkuç" is an object-hiding game from Urfa where players stand in a circle and secretly pass an object from hand to hand.<sup id="cite_ref-And_2003_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-And_2003-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 303">: 303 </span></sup> "Çukur Atma" is a <a href="/wiki/Marble_(toy)" title="Marble (toy)">marbles</a>-type game of Urfa, except played with plum or apricot seeds instead of actual marbles.<sup id="cite_ref-And_2003_19-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-And_2003-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 290">: 290 </span></sup> Another game particular to Urfa is "İğne Miğne Kiraz" and the finger-and-hand-based games "Beş Parmağı Yüz veya Bin Yapmak" and "Açıl Kilidim Açıl".<sup id="cite_ref-And_2003_19-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-And_2003-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 316">: 316 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A rich body of folk literature from Urfa is the <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A2ni" title="Mâni">mâni</a> — a type of sung, single-<a href="/wiki/Stanza" title="Stanza">stanza</a> folk poetry consisting of seven lines with an A-A-B-A <a href="/wiki/Rhyme_scheme" title="Rhyme scheme">rhyme scheme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Saraç_2018_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saraç_2018-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 151">: 151 </span></sup> The hoyrat is a local subgenre of the mâni where the first line is missing a syllable.<sup id="cite_ref-Saraç_2018_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saraç_2018-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 151">: 151 </span></sup> The hoyrat is a cultural tradition also present at <a href="/wiki/Kirkuk" title="Kirkuk">Kirkuk</a> in Iraq.<sup id="cite_ref-Saraç_2018_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saraç_2018-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 151">: 151 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 January 1928 the province was included into the <a href="/wiki/First_Inspectorate-General_(Turkey)" title="First Inspectorate-General (Turkey)">First Inspectorate-General</a> over which an Inspector-General ruled according to the policies recommended in <a href="/wiki/1925_Report_for_Reform_in_the_East_(Turkey)" title="1925 Report for Reform in the East (Turkey)">Report for Reform in the East</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Inspectorate was governed with martial law and span over the provinces of <a href="/wiki/Hakk%C3%A2ri_Province" title="Hakkâri Province">Hakkâri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siirt_Province" title="Siirt Province">Siirt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Van_Province" title="Van Province">Van</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mardin_Province" title="Mardin Province">Mardin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bitlis_Province" title="Bitlis Province">Bitlis</a>, Şanlıurfa, <a href="/wiki/Elaz%C4%B1%C4%9F_Province" title="Elazığ Province">Elaziğ</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r_Province" title="Diyarbakır Province">Diyarbakır</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The office of the Inspector General was dissolved in 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Şanlıurfa once being a relatively competitive province between the ruling <a href="/wiki/Justice_and_Development_Party_(Turkey)" title="Justice and Development Party (Turkey)">Justice and Development Party</a> (AKP) and the <a href="/wiki/True_Path_Party" title="True Path Party">True Path Party</a> (DYP), it is now one of the most solid AKP provinces. </p><p>While the AKP managed to win Şanlıurfa with a comfortable 43.04% during the <a href="/wiki/2004_Turkish_local_elections" title="2004 Turkish local elections">2004 local elections</a>, it has since then increased its margins of victory here. Following the diminishing popularity of smaller parties such as the DYP, Şanlıurfa heavily shifted towards the AKP, winning the <a href="/wiki/November_2015_Turkish_general_election" title="November 2015 Turkish general election">November 2015 election</a> with 64.55% of the votes. Şanlıurfa once again showed its status as an AKP stronghold in the <a href="/wiki/2017_Turkish_constitutional_referendum" title="2017 Turkish constitutional referendum">2017 referendum</a>, with the Yes vote winning with a wide margin of 41.8%. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Peoples%27_Democratic_Party_(Turkey)" title="Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)">Peoples' Democratic Party</a> (HDP) came in second with 38.1 in the <a href="/wiki/June_2015_Turkish_general_election" title="June 2015 Turkish general election">general elections in June 2015</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with 28.2% the HDP was also second in the <a href="/wiki/November_2015_Turkish_general_election" title="November 2015 Turkish general election">November 2015 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The far-right <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Movement_Party" title="Nationalist Movement Party">Nationalist Movement Party</a> (MHP) scored an exceptional 7.18% in the <a href="/wiki/1999_Turkish_local_elections" title="1999 Turkish local elections">1999 local elections</a>. Its vote share eventually ebbed to a more usual 2.97% in the 2004 local elections. The MHP showed a significant recovery in the indecisive <a href="/wiki/June_2015_Turkish_general_election" title="June 2015 Turkish general election">June 2015 election</a> by winning 5.56% of the votes. However, the MHP went on to suffer from a nationwide loss in the upset November 2015 election, with its vote share declining to 2.75% in Şanlıurfa. </p><p>The centre-left <a href="/wiki/Republican_People%27s_Party" title="Republican People's Party">Republican People's Party</a> (CHP) usually maintains a modest share of slightly below 5%. Similar to the other two opposition parties, the CHP suffered a loss in Şanlıurfa, going from 4.10% in the June 2015 election to 2.70% in the November 2015 election. </p><p>The current Governor of Sanliurfa is Abdullah Erin.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The province is famous for its <a href="/wiki/Abrahamic" class="mw-redirect" title="Abrahamic">Abrahamic</a> sites such as <a href="/wiki/Bal%C4%B1kl%C4%B1g%C3%B6l" title="Balıklıgöl">Balıklıgöl</a>, where Prophet <a href="/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a> was cast by <a href="/wiki/Nimrod" title="Nimrod">Nimrod</a> into fire that is believed to have turned to water. Also the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mevlid-i_Halil_Mosque&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mevlid-i Halil Mosque (page does not exist)">Mevlid-i Halil Mosque</a>, where Abraham is believed to be born in the cave next to the mosque is well known.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within the province, approximately 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Şanlıurfa, is the <a href="/wiki/Pre-historic" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-historic">pre-historic</a> site of <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe" title="Göbekli Tepe">Göbekli Tepe</a>, where continuing excavations have unearthed 12,000-year-old sanctuaries dating from the early <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> period, considered to be the oldest temples in the world, predating <a href="/wiki/Stonehenge" title="Stonehenge">Stonehenge</a> by 6,000 years. </p><p>The following tombs and sacred spots are located within the province:<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Prophet <a href="/wiki/Abraham_in_Islam" title="Abraham in Islam">Ibrahim</a> (Abraham)'s birthplace</li> <li>Prophet <a href="/wiki/Job_in_Islam" title="Job in Islam">Ayyub</a> (<a href="/wiki/Job_(biblical_figure)" title="Job (biblical figure)">Job</a>)'s cave and tomb</li> <li>Prophet <a href="/wiki/Alyasa" class="mw-redirect" title="Alyasa">Alyasa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Elisha" title="Elisha">Elisha</a>)'s Tomb</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imam_Bakir" class="mw-redirect" title="Imam Bakir">Imam Bakir</a>'s Tomb</li> <li>Shaykh <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hayat_al-Harrani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hayat al-Harrani (page does not exist)">Hayat al-Harrani</a>'s Tomb</li> <li>The first burial place of <a href="/wiki/Said_Nursi" class="mw-redirect" title="Said Nursi">Said Nursi</a></li> <li>Rahma Hatun's Tomb</li> <li>Neolithic Temple at <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe" title="Göbekli Tepe">Göbekli Tepe</a></li> <li>Neolithic Settlement at <a href="/wiki/Neval%C4%B1_%C3%87ori" title="Nevalı Çori">Nevalı Çori</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gallery">Gallery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa,_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Merkez-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province,_Turkey_-_panoramio_(16).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ridwaniya Mosque"><img alt="Ridwaniya Mosque" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa%2C_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Merkez-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province%2C_Turkey_-_panoramio_%2816%29.jpg/120px-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa%2C_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Merkez-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province%2C_Turkey_-_panoramio_%2816%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa%2C_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Merkez-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province%2C_Turkey_-_panoramio_%2816%29.jpg/180px-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa%2C_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Merkez-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province%2C_Turkey_-_panoramio_%2816%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa%2C_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Merkez-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province%2C_Turkey_-_panoramio_%2816%29.jpg/240px-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa%2C_%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Merkez-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province%2C_Turkey_-_panoramio_%2816%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1148" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Ridwaniya Mosque</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Balikli_G%C3%B6l_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Balıklı Göl (Fish Pond) and people"><img alt="Balıklı Göl (Fish Pond) and people" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Balikli_G%C3%B6l_03.jpg/120px-Balikli_G%C3%B6l_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Balikli_G%C3%B6l_03.jpg/180px-Balikli_G%C3%B6l_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Balikli_G%C3%B6l_03.jpg/240px-Balikli_G%C3%B6l_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Bal%C4%B1kl%C4%B1g%C3%B6l" title="Balıklıgöl">Balıklı Göl</a> (Fish Pond) and people</div> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mevlid-i_Halil_Mosque_19.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mevlid-i Halil (Birth of Abraham) Mosque"><img alt="Mevlid-i Halil (Birth of Abraham) Mosque" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Mevlid-i_Halil_Mosque_19.jpg/120px-Mevlid-i_Halil_Mosque_19.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Mevlid-i_Halil_Mosque_19.jpg/180px-Mevlid-i_Halil_Mosque_19.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Mevlid-i_Halil_Mosque_19.jpg/240px-Mevlid-i_Halil_Mosque_19.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Mevlid-i Halil (Birth of Abraham) Mosque</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eyyup_Peygamber_mosque_urfa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Salahaddin Mosque"><img alt="Salahaddin Mosque" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Eyyup_Peygamber_mosque_urfa.jpg/120px-Eyyup_Peygamber_mosque_urfa.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Eyyup_Peygamber_mosque_urfa.jpg/180px-Eyyup_Peygamber_mosque_urfa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Eyyup_Peygamber_mosque_urfa.jpg/240px-Eyyup_Peygamber_mosque_urfa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Salahaddin Mosque</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UrfaBasar.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Urfa's central market"><img alt="Urfa's central market" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/UrfaBasar.jpg/120px-UrfaBasar.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/UrfaBasar.jpg/180px-UrfaBasar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/UrfaBasar.jpg/240px-UrfaBasar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Urfa's central market</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Urfastreet.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Traditional Narrow Streets"><img alt="Traditional Narrow Streets" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Urfastreet.jpg/120px-Urfastreet.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Urfastreet.jpg/180px-Urfastreet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Urfastreet.jpg/240px-Urfastreet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="885" data-file-height="589" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Traditional Narrow Streets</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Urfa01.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Urfa's retailers"><img alt="Urfa's retailers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Urfa01.jpeg/120px-Urfa01.jpeg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Urfa01.jpeg/180px-Urfa01.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Urfa01.jpeg/240px-Urfa01.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="648" data-file-height="432" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Urfa's retailers</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harran-beehouses.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Harran District"><img alt="Harran District" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Harran-beehouses.jpg/120px-Harran-beehouses.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Harran-beehouses.jpg/180px-Harran-beehouses.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Harran-beehouses.jpg/240px-Harran-beehouses.jpg 2x" data-file-width="579" data-file-height="375" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; 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Province">Bitlis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolu_Province" title="Bolu Province">Bolu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdur_Province" title="Burdur Province">Burdur</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bursa_Province" title="Bursa Province">Bursa</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87anakkale_Province" title="Çanakkale Province">Çanakkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87ank%C4%B1r%C4%B1_Province" title="Çankırı Province">Çankırı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87orum_Province" title="Çorum Province">Çorum</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Denizli_Province" title="Denizli Province">Denizli</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r_Province" title="Diyarbakır Province">Diyarbakır</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCzce_Province" title="Düzce Province">Düzce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edirne_Province" title="Edirne Province">Edirne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaz%C4%B1%C4%9F_Province" title="Elazığ Province">Elazığ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erzincan_Province" title="Erzincan Province">Erzincan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Erzurum_Province" title="Erzurum Province">Erzurum</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Eski%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Eskişehir Province">Eskişehir</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gaziantep_Province" title="Gaziantep Province">Gaziantep</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giresun_Province" title="Giresun Province">Giresun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCm%C3%BC%C5%9Fhane_Province" title="Gümüşhane Province">Gümüşhane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakk%C3%A2ri_Province" title="Hakkâri Province">Hakkâri</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hatay_Province" title="Hatay Province">Hatay</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%C4%9Fd%C4%B1r_Province" title="Iğdır Province">Iğdır</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isparta_Province" title="Isparta Province">Isparta</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">İstanbul</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir_Province" title="İzmir Province">İzmir</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kahramanmara%C5%9F_Province" title="Kahramanmaraş Province">Kahramanmaraş</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karab%C3%BCk_Province" title="Karabük Province">Karabük</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karaman_Province" title="Karaman Province">Karaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kars_Province" title="Kars Province">Kars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastamonu_Province" title="Kastamonu Province">Kastamonu</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kayseri_Province" title="Kayseri Province">Kayseri</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilis_Province" title="Kilis Province">Kilis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1r%C4%B1kkale_Province" title="Kırıkkale Province">Kırıkkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1rklareli_Province" title="Kırklareli Province">Kırklareli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1r%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Kırşehir Province">Kırşehir</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kocaeli_Province" title="Kocaeli Province">Kocaeli</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Konya_Province" title="Konya Province">Konya</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%BCtahya_Province" title="Kütahya Province">Kütahya</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Malatya_Province" title="Malatya Province">Malatya</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Manisa_Province" title="Manisa Province">Manisa</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mardin_Province" title="Mardin Province">Mardin</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Province" title="Mersin Province">Mersin</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mu%C4%9Fla_Province" title="Muğla Province">Muğla</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mu%C5%9F_Province" title="Muş Province">Muş</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Nevşehir Province">Nevşehir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_Province" title="Niğde Province">Niğde</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ordu_Province" title="Ordu Province">Ordu</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osmaniye_Province" title="Osmaniye Province">Osmaniye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rize_Province" title="Rize Province">Rize</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sakarya_Province" title="Sakarya Province">Sakarya</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Samsun_Province" title="Samsun Province">Samsun</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siirt_Province" title="Siirt Province">Siirt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinop_Province" title="Sinop Province">Sinop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivas_Province" title="Sivas Province">Sivas</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Şanlıurfa</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9E%C4%B1rnak_Province" title="Şırnak Province">Şırnak</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tekirda%C4%9F_Province" title="Tekirdağ Province">Tekirdağ</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokat_Province" title="Tokat Province">Tokat</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Trabzon_Province" title="Trabzon Province">Trabzon</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunceli_Province" title="Tunceli Province">Tunceli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U%C5%9Fak_Province" title="Uşak Province">Uşak</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Van_Province" title="Van Province">Van</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalova_Province" title="Yalova Province">Yalova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yozgat_Province" title="Yozgat Province">Yozgat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zonguldak_Province" title="Zonguldak Province">Zonguldak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:paleturquoise"><div><small><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_municipalities_in_Turkey" title="Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey">Metropolitan municipalities</a> are bolded.</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Şanlıurfa_Province_of_Turkey" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Districts_of_Turkey" title="Template:Districts of Turkey"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Districts_of_Turkey" title="Template talk:Districts of Turkey"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Districts_of_Turkey" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Districts of Turkey"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Şanlıurfa_Province_of_Turkey" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Şanlıurfa Province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ak%C3%A7akale" title="Akçakale">Akçakale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birecik" title="Birecik">Birecik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bozova" title="Bozova">Bozova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylanp%C4%B1nar" title="Ceylanpınar">Ceylanpınar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eyy%C3%BCbiye" title="Eyyübiye">Eyyübiye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halfeti" title="Halfeti">Halfeti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haliliye" title="Haliliye">Haliliye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harran" title="Harran">Harran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilvan" title="Hilvan">Hilvan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karak%C3%B6pr%C3%BC" title="Karaköprü">Karaköprü</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siverek" title="Siverek">Siverek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suru%C3%A7" title="Suruç">Suruç</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viran%C5%9Fehir" title="Viranşehir">Viranşehir</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NUTS_Map_of_Turkey.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/NUTS_Map_of_Turkey.png/100px-NUTS_Map_of_Turkey.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/NUTS_Map_of_Turkey.png/150px-NUTS_Map_of_Turkey.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/NUTS_Map_of_Turkey.png/200px-NUTS_Map_of_Turkey.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><br /><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_districts.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Districts of Şanlıurfa"><img alt="Districts of Şanlıurfa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_districts.png/100px-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_districts.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_districts.png/150px-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_districts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_districts.png/200px-%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_districts.png 2x" data-file-width="1010" data-file-height="769" /></a><figcaption>Districts of Şanlıurfa</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="List_of_provinces_by_region"><b>List of <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Turkey" title="Provinces of Turkey">provinces</a> by <a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Turkey" title="NUTS statistical regions of Turkey">region</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Region_(statistical)" title="Istanbul Region (statistical)">Istanbul</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Marmara_Region_(statistical)" title="West Marmara Region (statistical)">West Marmara</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Bal%C4%B1kesir_Province" title="Balıkesir Province">Balıkesir</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87anakkale_Province" title="Çanakkale Province">Çanakkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edirne_Province" title="Edirne Province">Edirne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1rklareli_Province" title="Kırklareli Province">Kırklareli</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tekirda%C4%9F_Province" title="Tekirdağ Province">Tekirdağ</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aegean_Region_(statistical)" title="Aegean Region (statistical)">Aegean</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afyonkarahisar_Province" title="Afyonkarahisar Province">Afyonkarahisar</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n_Province" title="Aydın Province">Aydın</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Denizli_Province" title="Denizli Province">Denizli</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir_Province" title="İzmir Province">İzmir</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%BCtahya_Province" title="Kütahya Province">Kütahya</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Manisa_Province" title="Manisa Province">Manisa</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mu%C4%9Fla_Province" title="Muğla Province">Muğla</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U%C5%9Fak_Province" title="Uşak Province">Uşak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/East_Marmara_Region" title="East Marmara Region">East Marmara</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bilecik_Province" title="Bilecik Province">Bilecik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolu_Province" title="Bolu Province">Bolu</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bursa_Province" title="Bursa Province">Bursa</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCzce_Province" title="Düzce Province">Düzce</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Eski%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Eskişehir Province">Eskişehir</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kocaeli_Province" title="Kocaeli Province">Kocaeli</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sakarya_Province" title="Sakarya Province">Sakarya</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalova_Province" title="Yalova Province">Yalova</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="West Anatolia Region (statistical)">West Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ankara_Province" title="Ankara Province">Ankara</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karaman_Province" title="Karaman Province">Karaman</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Konya_Province" title="Konya Province">Konya</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Region_(statistical)" title="Mediterranean Region (statistical)">Mediterranean</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Adana_Province" title="Adana Province">Adana</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Antalya_Province" title="Antalya Province">Antalya</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdur_Province" title="Burdur Province">Burdur</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hatay_Province" title="Hatay Province">Hatay</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isparta_Province" title="Isparta Province">Isparta</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kahramanmara%C5%9F_Province" title="Kahramanmaraş Province">Kahramanmaraş</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Province" title="Mersin Province">Mersin</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osmaniye_Province" title="Osmaniye Province">Osmaniye</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="Central Anatolia Region (statistical)">Central Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aksaray_Province" title="Aksaray Province">Aksaray</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kayseri_Province" title="Kayseri Province">Kayseri</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1r%C4%B1kkale_Province" title="Kırıkkale Province">Kırıkkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1r%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Kırşehir Province">Kırşehir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Nevşehir Province">Nevşehir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_Province" title="Niğde Province">Niğde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivas_Province" title="Sivas Province">Sivas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yozgat_Province" title="Yozgat Province">Yozgat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Black_Sea_Region_(statistical)" title="West Black Sea Region (statistical)">West Black Sea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amasya_Province" title="Amasya Province">Amasya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart%C4%B1n_Province" title="Bartın Province">Bartın</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87ank%C4%B1r%C4%B1_Province" title="Çankırı Province">Çankırı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87orum_Province" title="Çorum Province">Çorum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karab%C3%BCk_Province" title="Karabük Province">Karabük</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastamonu_Province" title="Kastamonu Province">Kastamonu</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Samsun_Province" title="Samsun Province">Samsun</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinop_Province" title="Sinop Province">Sinop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokat_Province" title="Tokat Province">Tokat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zonguldak_Province" title="Zonguldak Province">Zonguldak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/East_Black_Sea_Region_(statistical)" title="East Black Sea Region (statistical)">East Black Sea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artvin_Province" title="Artvin Province">Artvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giresun_Province" title="Giresun Province">Giresun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCm%C3%BC%C5%9Fhane_Province" title="Gümüşhane Province">Gümüşhane</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ordu_Province" title="Ordu Province">Ordu</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rize_Province" title="Rize Province">Rize</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Trabzon_Province" title="Trabzon Province">Trabzon</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="Northeast Anatolia Region (statistical)">Northeast Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A%C4%9Fr%C4%B1_Province" title="Ağrı Province">Ağrı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardahan_Province" title="Ardahan Province">Ardahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayburt_Province" title="Bayburt Province">Bayburt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erzincan_Province" title="Erzincan Province">Erzincan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Erzurum_Province" title="Erzurum Province">Erzurum</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%C4%9Fd%C4%B1r_Province" title="Iğdır Province">Iğdır</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kars_Province" title="Kars Province">Kars</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_East_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="Central East Anatolia Region (statistical)">Central East Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bing%C3%B6l_Province" title="Bingöl Province">Bingöl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bitlis_Province" title="Bitlis Province">Bitlis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaz%C4%B1%C4%9F_Province" title="Elazığ Province">Elazığ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakk%C3%A2ri_Province" title="Hakkâri Province">Hakkâri</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Malatya_Province" title="Malatya Province">Malatya</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mu%C5%9F_Province" title="Muş Province">Muş</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunceli_Province" title="Tunceli Province">Tunceli</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Van_Province" title="Van Province">Van</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="Southeast Anatolia Region (statistical)">Southeast Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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