Özet:

The city of Sanliurfa, which has a history extending to the Neolithic age, has attracted the attention of the whole world with archaeological researches made in recent years. The city, which houses the oldest known temple of the world, Göbeklitepe, has many natural and cultural attractions as well as historical riches. Due to these reasons, Sanliurfa is a tourism mobility issue, which is based on very ancient history. Sanliurfa, which is one of the most important tourist destinations of Turkey as it is in the past, is evaluated more as a religious tourism due to its being a city of prophets. Sanliurfa, which has a very rich faith tourism potential, also carries significant values and attractiveness in terms of youth tourism. In this study, respectively, information was given about Sanliurfa, the current tourism activities in Sanliurfa and youth tourism concept. And then the potential of youth tourism in Sanliurfa was examined. At the end of the work, suggestions for improving youth tourism in Şanlıurfa are given.