Halfeti, Sanliurfa Province, Southeast Anatolia Region, Türkiye
🇹🇷 Halfeti is a small farming district on the east bank of the river Euphrates in Şanlıurfa Province in Turkey, 120 km (75 miles) from the city of Şanlıurfa. The majority of the population is in the surrounding villages).
Most of the villages were submerged in the 1990s under the waters behind the dam on the Euphrates at Birecik. The town was therefore moved to the village of Karaotlak.
Halfeti was the subject of an internet urban legend wherein the town was the only location on Earth where black roses grew.
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Halfeti has a population of over 33,467 people. Halfeti also forms part of the wider Şanlıurfa Province which has a population of over 2,031,425 people.
Halfeti is a member of the Cittaslow Network with: 🇵🇹 Viana do Castelo 🇨🇦 Lac-Mégantic 🇨🇳 Jingyang 🇨🇳 Luzhi 🇵🇹 Sao Bras de Alportel 🇹🇷 Akyaka 🇮🇹 Cisternino 🇮🇹 Guardiagrele 🇮🇹 Greve in Chianti 🇮🇹 San Potito Sannitico 🇩🇪 Stollberg 🇯🇵 Shibukawa 🇯🇵 Kesennuma 🇵🇱 Prudnik 🇮🇹 Galeata 🇮🇹 Zibello 🇫🇷 Creon 🇹🇷 Vize 🇩🇪 Bad Essen 🇹🇷 Yenipazar