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Urfa
,→South towards to Harran, Akçakale, Syria
'''Şanlıurfa''' (officially, and thus signs and maps always refer to it this way) or '''Urfa''' (pre-1984 name, colloquially and locally the city is always referred in this way) is a city in [[Southeastern Anatolia]]. It lies on west-east highway '''D400''', which is assigned European highway number '''E90'''.
== Hitchhiking out ==
Urfa is quite a big city, so getting to the exit on foot takes more than an hour from the city centre. The descriptions below take the ''Balıklıgöl'' ("Fish Pond") area in the old city—the most widely visited part of the city—as a starting point.
=== West towards [[Gaziantep]] ===
Bus #33 from the central street. Get out on bus stop "Akabe Toki".
=== East towards [[Viranşehir]], [[Mardin]] (and possibly [[Zakho]] in [[Iraq]]) ===
If all this walking makes you upset, dream that you are walking along the Silk Road—well, you actually are, as the highway—''İpek Yolu Bulvarı'', i.e. "Silk Road Boulevard"—follows the route what was once the Silk Road when through Urfa.
'''Or!''' Walk like ten minutes from ''Balıklıgöl'' to the central bus station, and take a dolmus to SIRRIN. It goes really out of the city, and you can go all the way, or get off wherever you feel like.
=== North towards [[Diyarbakir]] ===
Modern Urfa is centred around a large crossroads/roundabout in the middle of the city. From here, catch any minibus heading to the north "Otogar" (bus station), which is located about ten minutes up the main road out of the city on the right hand side. It's officially called "Şanlıurfa Sehirler Arasi Otobus Terminali". The bus will cost 1.5TL per person. From here, walk back to the main road out of the city, and you can hitchhike from just north of the big intersection there. That spot is five minutes short of the intersection linking to the main highway (E99) that goes directly to DIyarbakir.
=== South towards to [[Harran]], [[Akçakale]], [[Syria]] ===You can take the bus 64 till the end, it is going to Urfa's University. After, you can start hitch-hiking hitchhiking or walk a little if you want.
If you plan to go to the border, you will find very easily truckers to go there, if you plan to go to Harran, when you will leave the main road, HH starts to be difficult but you will find dolmus (collectives buses) for a very cheap price.
French people, careful, Harran people had some troubles with french! (Feb 2012)
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