A novel use of Nigella sativa on hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury Sep 20, 2008
The research team led by Assistant Prof Yildiz and his colleagues in Harran University Medical School (Sanli Urfa/ Turkey) investigated whether Nigella sativa, which have been described to have various therapeutic effects, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antihistaminic, antibacterial effects, protects the liver against the hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury ... Correspondence to: Fahrettin Yildiz, Assistant Professor,Harran University Medical Faculty, Department of General... (EurekAlert!)
Stories of men who killed Jun 6, 2008
Her mother had come to her husband's home as a distantly-related bride from the furthest village of Antep, on the border with Urfa. She was a serene, pious woman, who prayed five times a day. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Turkey: Discovery of 12,000-year-old Temple Complex Could Alter Theory of Human Development Apr 18, 2008
It s a theory the tourist board in the nearby city of Urfa has taken up with alacrity ... Director of a dig at Korpiktepe, on the Tigris River about 120 miles east of Urfa, Vecihi Ozkaya doubts the thousands of stone pots he has found since 2001 in hundreds of 11,500 year-old graves quite qualify as that. (EurasiaNet.org)
Jitters over Syria's Kurdish clashes Mar 29, 2008
In other parts of Turkey, however, the Nawrooz new year was banned - just as it had been for as long as anybody could remember - by Turkish authorities, in Hakkari, Urfa and Siirt. This is very bad timing for a region on the verge of explosion. (Asia Times Online)
Glimpses of veiled passion on unexpected wagon ride Oct 15, 2007
The bus from the nearby town of Urfa had left me at the turn-off on the highway; I had six miles to cover on foot down a road that cut through sweeping fields of barley and cotton. I walked alone, lost in thoughts about history and the Bible. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A country, new and old May 13, 2007
Or walk the streets and wait: One evening, on the main avenue of Sanliurfa , two suit-wearing students asked where I was from ... Continue east to modern-day Sanliurfa, once called Urfa , and Edessa as well ... Harran Hotel Ataturk Bulvari Sanliurfa. (Boston Globe)
