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Explore Tekerli in Turkey

Tekerli in the region of Şanlıurfa is a town in Turkey - some 374 mi or ( 602 km ) South-East of Ankara , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Tekerli

Current time in Tekerli is now 09:04 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Manbij, Jarabulus, Damascus, Tyre, and Beirut. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Manbij . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Tekerli ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Turkish wedding banquet music at Urfa's Harran Hotel

0:50 min by anieb
Views: 7416 Rating: 4.00

Try www.youtube.com for higher quality or if halts occur. Photos from Turkey at www.pbase.com At about 10pm after arriving late at the Harran Hotel, we heard some rather loud music and were told we co ..

Turkey Urfa Bazaar

3:53 min by TaknyosP
Views: 7352 Rating: 5.00

Video of the bazaar in Şanlıurfa & its Gümrül Hanı (a han or caravanserai is like a medieval motel). The han is now a coffee shop frequented by men. Despite the popularity of Turkish coffee throughout ..


Sanliurfa, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

4:04 min by vladamikulec
Views: 6912 Rating: 4.43

( video 2004, Sanliurfa, Turkey). Şanlıurfa is a city in south-eastern Turkey, and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. Urfa is situated on a plain under big open skies, about eighty kilometres east of ..

Şanlı Urfa - Turkey

5:18 min by Eric Ross
Views: 2671 Rating: 5.00

Balıklı Göl in Şanlı Urfa is the birth-place of Abraham. Director Eric Ross draw up this report. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Göbekli Tepe

Göbekli Tepe ("Potbelly Hill") is a Neolithic hilltop sanctuary erected at the top of a mountain ridge in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, some 15 kilometers northeast of the town of Şanlıurfa (formerly Urfa / Edessa). It is the oldest known human-made religious structure. The site was most likely erected in the 10th millennium BCE and has been under excavation since 1994 by German and Turkish archaeologists.

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Located at 37.22 38.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: 10th millennium BC, Archaeological sites in Turkey, Archaeological sites of prehistoric Anatolia, Buildings and structures in Şanlıurfa Province, Eurasian shamanism, Historical religious sanctuaries, History of Şanlıurfa Province, Megalithic monuments in the Middle East, Natufian sites, Neolithic, Places of worship in Turkey, Prehistoric Anatolia, Religious buildings, Sacred mountains

Şanlıurfa GAP Stadium

Şanlıurfa GAP Stadium is an olympic stadium in Şanlıurfa, Turkey. It is the home stadium of Şanlıurfaspor. The stadium holds 28,965 spectators and was opened in 2009.

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Located at 37.15 38.81 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Football venues in Turkey, Multi-purpose stadiums in Turkey, Sports venues completed in 2009, Şanlıurfaspor

Edessa

Edessa is the historical name of an ancient town in upper Mesopotamia, refounded on an ancient site by Seleucus I Nicator. For the modern history of the city, see Şanlıurfa.

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Located at 37.15 38.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek sites in Turkey, Archaeological sites in Turkey, Buildings and structures in Şanlıurfa Province, Crusade places, History of Şanlıurfa Province, Holy cities, Osroene, Roman sites in Turkey, Seleucid colonies in Anatolia

Battle of Urfa

The Battle of Urfa was an uprising in the spring of 1920 against the French army occupying the city of Urfa (modern Şanlıurfa) by the Turkish National Forces. The French garrison of Urfa held out for two months until it sued for negotiations with the Turks for safe conduct out of the city. The Turks reneged on their promises, however, and the French unit was massacred in an ambush staged by the Turkish Nationalists during its retreat from Urfa.

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Located at 37.15 38.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: 1920 in Turkey, Battles of the Franco-Turkish War, Conflicts in 1920, History of Şanlıurfa

Boydere, Koçarlı

Boydere is a village in the District of Koçarlı, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010 it had a population of 207 people.

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Located at 37.12 38.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Koçarlı District, Populated places in Aydın Province