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Şanlıurfa (Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey)

Urfa

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[Flag] image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 March 2015

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Flag of Şanlıurfa

The flag of Şanlıurfa (photo) is white with the municipality's emblem. "Büyükşehir Belediyesi" means "Metropolitan Municipality".

Şanlıurfa, originally and still mostly known as Urfa, renamed on 22 June 1984 to Şanlıurfa (Glorious Urfa), is traditionally identified by Muslims (nut not by Christians) with Ur, Abraham's birthplace. The cave where Abraham was born and remained hidden for the next seven years makes of Şanlıurfa a very popular place of pilgrimage.
Later on, Abraham, opposed to the idol worshipers of Ur, was sentenced by Nimrod to be burnt at the stake. A violent storm raised by God's intervention swept the prophet up into the air while the fire turned into water and the embers into fish. Since then, sacred carps thrive in the pond, fed by the pilgrims; anyone who would kill one of these carps would immediately get blind.
The Rızvaniye Vakfı Mosque, named for Governor Rizvan, who erected in 1736, was fully restored in 1993.

Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 6 November 2017

City Council

[Flag] image by Tomislav Šipek, 18 November 2018

The flag of the Şanlıurfa City Council (photo) is white with the council's emblem. "Kent Konseyi" means "City Council".

Tomislav Šipek, 18 November 2018

Şanlıurfa Water and Sewerage Administration

[Flag]    [Flag] images by Tomislav Šipek, 2 February 2018

The flag of SUSKİ (photo) is white with the administration's logo.

Tomislav Šipek, 2 February 2018

Professional boards

Şanlıurfa Chamber of Commerce and Industry

[Flag] image by Ivan Sache, 3 September 2019

The flag of ŞTSO (photo, photo, photo) is white with the organization's emblem.
The former flag of ŞTSO (photo, photo, photo, photo) was white with a slightly different version of the emblem.

Ivan Sache, 3 September 2019

Şanlıurfa Commodity Exchange

[Flag] image by Ivan Sache, 7 August 2019

The flag of ŞUTB (photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo) is white with the organization's emblem.

Ivan Sache, 7 August 2019

Şanlıurfaspor

[Flag] image by Ivan Sache, 17 December 2017

Şanlıurfaspor was established in 1969, as the merger of Kahraman Uyanışspor, Beşiktaş and 11 Nisanspor.

The flag of Şanlıurfaspor (photo, photo, photo) is green with the club's emblem.

Ivan Sache, 17 December 2017