Things To Do: Tour Sanliurfa

Göbekli Tepe lies 15 km east of the city of Şanlıurfa, South EastTurkey. This prehistoric site is dated to 12000 years ago i.e. it is 6000 years older than Stonehenge. The "temple" was built in the Early Neolithic, when humans made the transition from hunting to gathering and farming, before even the pottery.

Sanliurfa is the center of bloody battles among several ethnic groups and is under military closure by the Turkish Army. I"ll have to postpone my tour.