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Sanliurfa Culture Road Festival in Sanliurfa
Sanliurfa's spring edition of the national Turkiye Kultur Yolu Festivali leans into the region's Neolithic and religious heritage, staging programming at Gobekli Tepe, the sacred Baliklıgol pool complex, and active Tas Tepeler excavation sites, paired with a gastronomy strand spotlighting the city's kebab, lahmacun, and ciger cuisine.
When Sanliurfa joined the roster of cities hosting Turkey's nationwide Turkiye Kultur Yolu Festivali, the local program that emerged leaned directly into what makes the city globally significant: its position at the center of the world's earliest known monumental architecture.