Urfa city is an important stage from very early times.
An important stage on the Fertile Crescent way from the Mediterranean shore to Upper Mesopotamia. Years ago, Christians St Paul , St Peter , and Jewish patriarchs Abraham are just a few of the names that made their mark in easthern Turkey. It is in many ways the northern rim of the Holy Land. According to legend, in Sanliurfa, in the southeastern corner of Turkey, is the cave where abraham was born 4,000 years ago. Today a mosque complex is there with a vast maze of canals, fed by a spring from Abraham s Cave.