Country Houses In Sanliurfa

Country settlements, which are used as temporary settlements, and their dwellings have become a popular convalescent places where people take holiday in hot summer seasons. In summer, as hot and dry period begin because of the effects of the weather movements from the Basra low-pressure area, wealthy families of Sanliurfa city usually leave their permenant residences and move to north where they have built country houses in Tumlen, Golpinar and Yaylacik villages located in pistachio nuts gardens. Due to dominant wind direction from the north, appropriate altitude, easily transport and proper groundwater pacilities people have built convalescent houses in pistachio nuts gardens that are close to water sources and also to the main roads. These houses, with 2 or 3 flats, are usually 200-300 square meter in width and have 20-30 square meters large balconies. People usually do not do any economic activities in these settlements as they do in vineyard houses.