Editing Urfa (section)

===Kızılkoyun necropolis===
[[File:Şanlıurfa Kızılkoyun (1).jpg|thumb|Part of the Kızılkoyun necropolis]]
Just to the east of the Haleplibahçe museum complex is the Kızıllkoyun necropolis, where at least 75 rock-cut cave tombs were carved into a limestone ridge during the Roman period, in the 3rd and 4th centuries.<ref name="Şenol et al 2020">{{cite journal |last1=Şenol |first1=Halil İbrahim |last2=Memduhoğlu |first2=Abdulkadir |last3=Ulukavak |first3=Mustafa |title=Multi instrumental documentation and 3D modelling of an archaeological site: a case study in Kizilkoyun Necropolis Area |journal=Dicle University Journal of Engineering |date=2020 |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=1241–50 |url=https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1315627 |access-date=2 March 2023}}</ref>{{rp|1243–4}} The tombs vary in size and design based on the socioeconomic status of their occupants, ranging from one to three rooms and some having special front entrances.<ref name="Şenol et al 2020"/>{{rp|1244}} Some of the tombs were also decorated with statues and mosaics.<ref name="Şenol et al 2020"/>{{rp|1244}}

In the 1970s, the Kızılkoyun area became occupied by informal [[squatting|squatter]] housing, which was later legitimized through [[construction amnesty]] in the 1980s.<ref name="Şenol et al 2020"/>{{rp|1244}} Nearby sites were designated as protected monuments, but the Kızılkoyun necropolis was not designated as anything until 2008 when it was declared as a second-degree archaeological site.<ref name="Şenol et al 2020"/>{{rp|1245}} In 2012, the necropolis was officially registered as the Yenimahalle Urban Archaeological Site, and 387 houses and workplaces on the premises were demolished.<ref name="Şenol et al 2020"/>{{rp|1245}} A new landscaping project was commenced in 2015.<ref name="Şenol et al 2020"/>{{rp|1245}}