Beehive Houses of Harran

On our second day in Sanliurfa, we travel to the outskirts of Urfa to see the beehive houses of Harran. 

Harran Houses

After an hour drive by car we reached to Harran village and met by our local guide Ahmet who helped us to visit first settlement of the village. 

Ruins of Harran University

First inhabitants of Harran worshiped to the sun and planets. Thus it became the center of astronomy and they found the world famous university which dates back to antiquity. A number of luminaries including Sabit Bin Kurra, Battani, Cabir bin Hayyam and Ibn-i Teymiyye had educated in this university. 

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Not surprised to see camels in the village as Harran more influenced by Arabic and Kurdish culture. Most of the people speak Arabic or Kurdish in their houses rather than Turkish.

The cheapest material to built the houses is mud and people live in these beehive houses during winter and summer. The temperature inside the houses are around 18 C summer and winter thus they do not need air-co.

Harran Family

Syrian war negatively effected their life as their main incomes are tourism and farming. Ahmet says the number of tourist decreased slightly after the war started. Although we were also worried by the war, we wouldn't remember it till we have seen the boards of refugee camps.

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