Göbekli Tepe

Nomination for Inclusion on the World Heritage List

Draft Statement of Outstanding Universal Value
a. Brief Synthesis
Göbekli Tepe lies some 15 km east of Şanlıurfa in the Germuş mountains (c. 770 metres above sea level) from whence it has commanding views over the Harran plain to the south, and the modern city of Şanlıurfa to the west-south-west.