Editing Urfa (section)

===21st century===
During the [[Syrian Civil War]], thousands of Syrian refugees fled to Turkey, and many of them settled in Urfa.<ref name="Karademir and Doğan 2019">{{cite journal |last1=Karademir |first1=Diyar |last2=Doğan |first2=Mesut |title=Suriyeli Mültecilerin Mekânsal Analizi: Şanlıurfa Örneği (Spatial Analysis of Syrian Refugees: The Şanlıurfa Case) |journal=Coğrafya Dergısı |date=2019 |volume=39 |pages=111–124 |doi=10.26650/JGEOG2019-0053 |s2cid=212768026 |url=https://iupress.istanbul.edu.tr/en/journal/jgeography/article/suriyeli-multecilerin-mekansal-analizi-sanliurfa-ornegi |access-date=30 November 2022|doi-access=free }}</ref>{{rp|111–2}} When [[Raqqa]] became the capital of the [[Islamic State]], Urfa became a gateway for jihadists entering Syria because of its closeness to the [[Akçakale]]-[[Tall Abyad]] border crossing and to Raqqa itself.<ref name="EB 2016">{{cite news |title=How do Syrians live in the Turkish city of Urfa amid "extremism"? |url=https://english.enabbaladi.net/archives/2016/05/syrians-live-turkish-city-urfa-amid-extremism/?so=related |access-date=30 November 2022 |work=[[Enab Baladi]] |date=29 May 2016}}</ref> The city's general religious-conservative climate meant that many locals who adhere to [[Salafi]] thought sympathized with the Islamic State, and many of its members lived in the city as well.<ref name="EB 2016"/>

On 6 February 2023, Urfa suffered some damage from the twin [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake|Turkey-Syria earthquakes]].