Harran Kültür Evi

I loved this traditional village which is 400 years old. Felt like I had stepped back in time. Very small. Great photos. Welcome ice cold drink and very strong air conditioning unit as was 36 degrees hot today 🥵

An incredible site that is sadly spoiled by the avarice of the local guides.
This is a very ancient site, important throughout history until it was mostly destroyed by the Mongols. Abraham and his family are said to have lived here. It was the site of a major temple of the moon god Sin in Assyrian and Babylonian times. A star worshipping sect called the Sabeans were present here before and after the Islamic conquest. It was the site of the first university in the Islamic world and a key factor in the Islamic Golden Age. After the site was destroyed, another unrelated tribe moved here and built some beehive houses, but the beehive houses are not ancient, nor particularly connected to the rest of the history of the site.
The site contains the ruins of a mosque and the old university. There is also a castle. All of the ruins can be viewed from a distance, but are all currently fenced off for renovation. There are some beehive houses that can be entered, but there is a fee for this. The local guides will be quite pushy about wanting to guide you around the site and they don’t really know the history that well. However, they will demand large sums of money for five minutes walking and inaccurate factoids, so be warned about this. Don’t get a tour guide unless you absolutely are sure they know what they are talking about.

Both residents of other regions of Turkey and foreign visitors come to Harran to see for themselves the village full of characteristic beehive-shaped houses. The concept of their construction dates back to the 3rd century BC, but the examples that have survived to this day are 200 to 300 years old.

Enjoy a warm welcome from the family to their unique Harran connical homeatead and emerse yourself in the Harran lifestyle.
Not forgetting the wealth history that is about you from the oldest university that advanced humanity and its adjacent ruin city that is giving up insights many periods of time. The castle that is not fully unstood and how far back in history it goes, but it's mentioned in scripts of the Greek times and a Jerusalem texts mention a beautiful Palace.

You can find anything about the harran culture here, bice and welcoming people.

If you're around Urfa, please check this place. You can spend a couple of hours there it is pretty interesting.

I love this place

Must see great history. Find your guide Omer who is extra helpful

Nice atmosphere but kids annoying a lot, be awake always

For genuine atmosphere of Arabic village, come here

Must visit border line houses.

Warm and friendly people

Nice archaic atmosphere as the times of Abraham

Lovely village to see

Roar camp

Amazing

Nice place

Super

Super

Mahmut Bey çok ilgili, kahve ve çayları sohbetleri kadar mükemmel. Harran'a gelmişken kesinlikle uğramalısınız