Birecik
Birecik is a district of Şanlıurfa.
Birecik
Birecik is a district of Şanlıurfa.
Birecik (from the Arabic and Syriac al-Bīrah, meaning fortress) is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 912 km2, and its population is 93,866 (2023). It lies on the Euphrates. Built on a limestone cliff 400 ft. high on the left/east bank of the Euphrates, "at the upper part of a reach of that river, which runs nearly north-south, and just below a sharp bend in the stream, where it follows that course after coming from a long reach flowing more from the west".
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Şanlıurfa
Şanlıurfa is a city of prophets, pilgrims and some of the world's oldest monumental architecture. Göbeklitepe and Balıklıgöl are the headline sites, while isot pepper, lahmacun and the bazaar culture define daily life.
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