Halfeti

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Halfeti

Total population

38,294

Land area643 km²

Coordinates37.23°, 37.95°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Halfeti is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 609 km2, and its population is 41,662 (2022). It is near the east bank of the river Euphrates, 120 km from the city of Şanlıurfa.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Arzu Toker

Turkish-German writer (born 1952)

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Müslüm Gürses

Turkish actor and singer (1953–2013)

Osman Öcalan

Turkish statesperson (1958–2021)

Mehmet Yasin Sani Kutluğ

Turkish statesperson (1889–1973)

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Nuri Sesigüzel

Turkish actor and singer (1937–2023)

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İbrahim Halil Balkıs

Turkish statesperson (1919–1978)

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Nihat Özdal

Turkish educator and writer (born 1984)

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Sedat Anar

Turkish composer (born 1988)

Ömer Öcalan

Turkish statesperson of Kurdish ancestry (born 1987)

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Mehmet Karayılan

Turkish politician (born 1967)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Şanlıurfa

• Şanlıurfa
  46.8 mi away · pop. 2,143,020
• Lhánice
  1359.9 mi away · pop. 152
• Horní Lhotice
  1363.3 mi away · pop. 108
• Kralice nad Oslavou
  1363.7 mi away · pop. 757
• Hluboké
  1363.7 mi away · pop. 223
• Košíkov
  1364.7 mi away · pop. 165
• Jindřichov
  1366.1 mi away · pop. 84
• Březské
  1366.8 mi away · pop. 239
• Vícenice u Náměště nad Oslavou
  1366.9 mi away · pop. 358
• Prosetín
  1367.4 mi away · pop. 222
• Dolní Čepí
  1367.6 mi away · pop. 87
• Čtyři Dvory
  1367.7 mi away · pop. 121

Browse all places in Şanlıurfa →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Halfeti

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Mediterranean Marbled White

Melanargia titea

Seen 2026-05-24

Pallid Scops-Owl

Otus brucei

Seen 2026-05-02

Northern Bald Ibis

Geronticus eremita

Seen 2026-05-02

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2025-10-24

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2025-10-23

Pygmy Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus

Seen 2025-10-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).