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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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Göbeklitepe was found in 1963 by researchers from universities in Istanbul and Chicago. Since then, the excavations have never stopped.