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TOURISM POTENTIALITY OF OLD HALFETİ (ŞANLIURFA) REPLACED BY BİRECİK DAM
Authors: Zeki BOYRAZ - M. Salih BOSTANCI
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In this study, tourism potentiality of old Halfeti will be tired to be depicted. Old Halfeti, the subject of the study, stands in 130 km west of Şanlıurfa city center, in the east of Fırat River and on 388 m height. While old Halfeti was a town related to city of Şanlıurfa, after the year 2000, 2/5 (180 hectar) of old Halfeti was covered with the water of dam lake as a result of completion of Birecik Dam that is a part of GAP. Whole of the region except two districts have been moved to the region ofKaraotaklak since 1999 by the completion of Birecik dam. Rüştiye and Şimaliye regions that remained in old Halfeti have been united to New Halfeti.
Halfeti, with its natural beauty, boat excursions on Birecik Dam Lake, its architecture and Siyahgül, became the member of Cittaslow (peaceful city) in 2013 and takes attention as its historical structures stays under the lake. Furthermore, it has been a region visited frequently by tourists in recent years because of its location being near to some touristic places such as Rumkale, Zeugma, Savaşan Köyü, Erenköy. In this study, old Halfeti (Şanlıurfa) that has developed with its peripheral in terms of tourism sector will be analyzed.