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Balıklıgöl

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Balıklıgöl
Balıklıgöl. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Balıklıgöl (or Pool of Abraham, Halil-Ür Rahman Lake), is a pool in the southwest of the city center of Şanlıurfa, Turkey known in Jewish and Islamic legends as the place where Nimrod threw Abraham into a fire. Balıklıgöl and neighbouring Aynzeliha pools are among the most visited places in Şanlıurfa.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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