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Sanliurfa used to be Urfa, but
as Antep became Gaziantep
–
Heroic Antep - after 1923, the
Urfs applied for the title "Sanli"
- Glorious; accepted after 50
years - in 1973. Alexander
the
Great called the city Edessa.
The city might have been
founded by king
Nimrod.
According to the Genesis, the
great-great-grand son of Noah.
Nimrod
worshipped the sun. He
might've been the source of the
sundays as well as
Christmas;
even Easter, the Easter egg
and the Christmas tree.
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