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Sanliurfa

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Şanlıurfa (shän'lər`fä), formerly Urfa (r`fä), city (1990 pop. 278,516), capital of Şanlıurfa prov., SE Turkey. It is the trade center for a productive agricultural region and one of the most rapidly growing cities in Turkey due to its position in the midst of a large-scale irrigation development, with significant textile-related industries. The city was called Edessa Edessa , ancient city of Mesopotamia, on the site of modern Şanlıurfa, Turkey. It emerged in the 4th cent. B.C. as Orrhoe, or Arrhoe, and was later named Edessa by Seleucus I of Syria. From c.137 B.C. it was the capital of the independent kingdom of Osroene.
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 until its incorporation in the Ottoman Empire in 1637. Its once large Christian population—mostly Armenian—suffered severe massacres in the late 19th cent.


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SANLIURFA, Nov 22, 2009 (TUR) -- Around 2,500 Syrian citizens are expected to cross into Turkey for the Feast of Sacrifice next week, a regional sub-governor's office said on Saturday.
For his part, President of the Sanliurfa Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sabri Ertekin stressed the need for bolstering cooperation between chambers of commerce in the two countries, exchanging visits and expertise, and expanding investments.
The accident happened in the town of Sanliurfa in the south east of the country.
 
 
 
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