Halfeti

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Halfeti ( Ottoman روم قلعه Rumkale, Kurdish Xelfetî ) is a district of Şanlıurfa Province in southeastern Turkey. The same county town Eski Halfeti ( Turkish for old Halfeti ) lies on the banks of the Euphrates. It is located 120 km west of the provincial capital of Şanlıurfa. The population of the county is 40,747 Halfeti (2008 ), of which 9,609 people live in Eski Halfeti. The majority of the population living in the surrounding villages.

Since the implementation of the Southeast Anatolia Project, many of the built on the Euphrates villages are under water. The end of 1999 Eski Halfeti was flooded two-thirds. Thus the prayer halls of an Ottoman mosque standing ankle deep in water. Right in front of the mosque is to see how the roof of a complete house above the water level protrudes.

Due to the flooding of the city, many locals have migrated to the surrounding areas. The Turkish Government then seven kilometers east of the city can re- build. The newly formed settlement is called Yeni Halfeti ( Turkish for new Halfeti ). Yeni Halfeti was built on the territory of the Kurdish village Karaotlak and merges with the surrounding villages to a large, relatively modern city. The erstwhile villages to urban areas.

Attractions in Halfeti

In the district Halfeti are countless caves and historic buildings, many of which have expired.

Değirmen Deresi

Değirmen Deresi ( Turkish for Mill Canyon ) is a natural gorge in Eski Halfeti. The entrance to the gorge is located near the Euphratufers. She has a rich natural vegetation: wild fig trees adorn with other wild plants, the opening of Değirmen Deresi. A small, natural path leads visitors into the gorge. A small stream flows from the canyon down into the Euphrates.

The canyon is not very wide and has a V-shape. It consists of limestone, like all the hills in the area. Many small streams that flow down from the steep cliffs of the gorge, leaving bright and dark stripes. Lichens form this dark and bright stripes sinter deposits. Thus, the lime surface of the opposing slopes is either striped or covered by bush -like plants. The water flowing down crosses the limestone soil irregular and finally merges into a single stream that finds its way to the Euphrates. Once people have wanted to use water power and hit a straight Bachweg in the calcareous soil, to which they have probably built small mills. The mills must have given this canyon its current name.

The wet limestone is partially covered by herabgeschwemmtem, fertile mud and overgrown green.

In Değirmen Deresi there is a two -meter-high waterfall. A little further are to be seen ruins of a stone hut and several caves.

One of the sides slope has the shape of a four -meter-high stone shaft, which passes under the wet trail. Her smooth, bare surface is rusty orange - colored and striped different light in the vertical direction. It depends on and is about 50 meters long. The stream must have once been so powerful that it has the rock on which he bounced, undulating ground. It forms all over the gorge across water basins that are used by the locals in the summer as a bathing places.

Değirmen Deresi is a popular excursion and picnic spot for the residents Halfetis.

Buk û Zava

Buk û Zava (Kurdish bride and groom) is an unexplored cave system near the Kurdish village Sırataşlar. The cave system has nine floors and is about 40 meters high. The cave has multiple edits, the purpose and the age of the plant are unknown.

Other attractions include:

• The Nuhrut Church
• The Armenian church in the village Cibin ( now part of the village mosque )
• Zaretê Karababa ( tomb Karababas )
• Dare Zaretê ( four large, ancient oak trees on a lonely hill )