Balik Gol Sanliurfa Turkiye

Şanlıurfa (Urfa / ancient Edessa) – "The City of Prophets"

Local Belief: Many Muslims in Turkey believe Hazrat Ibrahim was born or lived in Şanlıurfa.

Key Sites:

Balıklıgöl (Pool of Sacred Fish):

Local tradition says that King Nimrod threw Hazrat Ibrahim into a fire for rejecting idol worship.

God turned the fire into water and the burning logs into fish.