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Halfeti, Şanlıurfa

Some of the oldest and most remarkable Turkey and neighbouring countries
civilisations that history has recorded have their sources in this region. The
flourished in eastern Anatolia, a rugged Kura, Aras and Çoruh flowing
area adorned by high mountains and northward and the Fırat (Euphrates)
plateaus. The altitude in this part of and Dicle (Tigris) reaching the sea in the
Turkey starts at 1600m reaching 5165 m south of the Basra Gulf are powerful
on the peak of Mount Ağrı. The people rivers which move immense volumes of
living here are aware of where they live water. They lend themselves
and not surprisingly, call the area “the marvellously to the construction of
roof of the world”. In such high and dams and hydroelectric power plants.
rugged lands the winters are long and
cold. Though inflicting hardship on
humankind with its severe climate,
nature also endowed them with rich
resources. Rivers bringing fertility to

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