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World's oldest temple Göbeklitepe located in Turkey's Şanlıurfa attracts record visitors

Located in southeastern Turkey, Göbeklitepe, the world's oldest known temple, was visited by nearly 26,000 people during the recent nine-day Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, according to an official at the ancient site.

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The site, near the city of Sanliurfa, got extra attention after Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's president, declared 2019 the year of Göbeklitepe.