Harran

The implementation of smart farming strategies involving night irrigation and rainwater harvesting techniques to combat agricultural drought has led to enhanced efficiency and increased yields in Turkish farms.

The remains of a 12th-century madrasah have been unearthed in the Harran ruins, which is one of the oldest settlements in the world and on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.

Home to 12,000-year-old Göbeklitepe and Balıklıgöl, two of the recognized centers of faith tourism, Turkey's southeastern province of Şanlıurfa is waiting to welcome tourist once again in the coming spring season with steps for the gradual normalization to begin soon.

World-famous Michelin-star chefs will train the women of the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa at the Harran Gastronomy Center, which recently opened in Harran district. Harran is on the tentative list of the UNESCO World Heritage and known for its conic-dome houses.

Excavations at the 9th century Harran Palace in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa's Harran district, one of the world's oldest settlements and on the UNESCO's World Heritage Temporary List, have revealed a bathhouse and its details. 

An observatory is under construction in the eastern province of Şanlıurfa's Harran district, which is among the first "observation places" in the world.

The ancient city of Jethro in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa doesn't get as much as attention as nearby Harran, but locals and visitors are hoping that will soon change.