Date of Sanliurfa Province 3

The most accurate information on the history of Harran is based on the findings from archaeological excavations. The first time in the name of Harran, in the BC Kültepe and Mari II. thousands of cuneiform tablets belonging to the beginning, "Har-ra-na" or "Ha-ra-na" come across as. If the Ebla tablets from Harran in northern Syria, "Ha-ra-na" as mentioned. BC II. Get in the middle of the Hittite tablets, an agreement between Hitit'lerle Mitanni'ler Harran moon god (Sin) and witnesses of the God of the Sun is held is stated.

Harran, came to Northern Mesopotamia at the crossroads of important trade routes connecting the western and north-west, there. This is due to the nature of Harran, in the Assyrian merchants in Anatolia and the tight trade relations were important stopping points. Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Mesopotamia thousands of years the trade has been based on the Harran. This can also cause the accumulation of wealth, and has been a deep-rooted culture.

Harran, Moon, Sun and planets are regarded as holy and idolatry of ancient Mesopotamia (Sabiizm) is an important aspect of the center was known. This is why a very advanced knowledge of astronomy in Harran.

In Urfa, to become one of the most important centers of Christianity, the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Hittite ages since Sabiizm from Harran, while the presence of MS 11. succeeded in surviving as a century ago. One of the three major schools of philosophy in the world "school of Harran" roll.

Today Deysan Cüllab and rivers is dry, the Harran plain in the middle of a lack of water and the green to standing with the history of 5000 years. Typical houses, mound, fort, city walls and various architectural remains, with the stars shining in the sky at night, draw the attention of tourists. Ataturk Dam and the Harran Plain in Urfa tunnels through which flowed the Euphrates River, Harran in history will provide the green and fertile days.