Cultural Production in

Present Day

Urfa

Türkiye

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Urfa ranks 8,713th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kyjov, Tregnago, and Tarvasjoki. Memorable people born in Urfa include İbrahim Tatlıses, and Hande Kader. Memorable people who died in Urfa include Ibas of Edessa, Krikor Zohrab, and Said Nursî. Urfa has been the birth place of many singers, and social activists and the death place of many religious figures, and politicians. Urfa is located in Türkiye.

Urfa, officially called Şanlıurfa, is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. The city was known as Edessa from Hellenistic times and into Christian times. Urfa is situated on a plain about 80 km (50 mi) east of the Euphrates. Its climate features extremely hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1952 and 1993, Urfa was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including İbrahim Tatlıses, and Hande Kader. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Urfa including Ibas of Edessa, Krikor Zohrab, and Said Nursî. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Urfa than were born there.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Urfa were singers (1), and social activists (1),  while most who died were religious figures (2), and politicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, singers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Urfa, including İbrahim Tatlıses. Whereas, throughout history, singers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Urfa, including İbrahim Tatlıses.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Urfa since 1700.