Birecik Attractions
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Southeastern Anatolia (Urfa plateau)
Birecik, principal town of its district, occupies a picturesque location above the left bank of the Euphrates at a point where, from time immemorial, the river has been crossed by a ford. Here, downstream of the cataracts and foothills of the Taurus, the river also becomes navigable. In the last century a Colonel Chesney planned a steamship company to ply the Euphrates and provide a useful transport link between Europe and India. The scheme however came to nothing, in part because the water was too shallow and the volume irregular.
Birecik, principal town of its district, occupies a picturesque location above the left bank of the Euphrates at a point where, from time immemorial, the river has been crossed by a ford. Here, downstream of the cataracts and foothills of the Taurus, the river also becomes navigable. In the last century a Colonel Chesney planned a steamship company to ply the Euphrates and provide a useful transport link between Europe and India. The scheme however came to nothing, in part because the water was too shallow and the volume irregular.
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Barak (Karkamis), Turkey
(Near Birecik)
Near the border with Syria is the town of Barak, and the archeological site of Karkamis, with roots dating back to the 18th or 19th C B.C.
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Belkis, Turkey
(Near Birecik)
The village of Belkis and surroundings have revealed Greco-Roman remains which have been determined to be the site of the former town of Seleukia.
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Birecik Kalesi
The citadel ruins stand on a limestone outcrop. The fort was severely damaged by earthquakes. Below the ruins are subterranean vaults and a tunnel leading to the water supply.
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Halfeti - Rumkale, Turkey
(Near Birecik)
On a hill of the west bank of the Euphrates near the town of Halfeti stands the remains of this Roman fortress.
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