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Balikli Gol in Sanliurfa: The faith legends of Urfa in Turkey
Dressed in traditional outfits, a crowd of men, women and kids sprinkle something into the water of a clean pool. Schools of fish cluster around the long but crowded southern promenade of the pool. The fish jostle for space with their tails, burbling on the sheet of water. I am at Balikli Gol lake —the most popular of all the sights in Sanliurfa city, in the Sanliurfa province of Turkey. On the northern edge of the pool, behind a series of beautiful arches, is a visitor & arts’ centre and the Rizvaniye Mosque. Halil-Ur-Rahman Mosque borders the pool’s west and Doseme Mosque occupies half of its southern promenade. Some sources…