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Halfeti, a must-see in Turkey
Halfeti, a must-see in Turkey
Halfeti district in southeastern Şanlıurfa province attracts visitors with its artificial coast, historical sunken city and endemic roses throughout the year. (Source: Anadolu Agency)
Halfeti was included in the quiet city network of the Cittaslow International Coordination Committee in 2013 with its calm and peaceful features.
Hosting Birecik dam lake, Halfeti seems like a coastal place although it is located in the country's southeastern steppes.
Visitors can take boat tours in the dam lake and take the opportunity to see the sunken city Rumkale, which was home to many civilizations, and the Savaşan Village, where abandoned old buildings are located.
Local and foreign tourists can also visit endemic black roses grown in greenhouses near Birecik dam.
Halfeti welcomed nearly 600,000 visitors in 2018 and the number has already reached 800,000 this year, Mayor Şeref Albayrak told state-run Anadolu Agency.
"These figures indicate that we are approaching our target of mattracting one million tourists," Albayrak said.
"The greenhouses of black roses, one of the important symbols of Halfeti, were built with the instruction of municipality and opened to visitors," Albayrak added.
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