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Şanluurfa , formerly Urfa , city (1990 pop. 278,516), capital of Şanluurfa prov., SE Turkey. It is the trade center for a productive agricultural region and one of the most rapidly growing cities in Turkey due to its position in the midst of a large-scale ...

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