Yeni Mahalle / Balıklıgöl Höyüğü

Şanlıurfa-Yeni Mahalle · Balıklıgöl mound · Urfa Man find-site

Rescue digNot open to visitors

A Neolithic settlement under the old city of Şanlıurfa, source of the famous Urfa Man. Its walls aren’t visible, but you can see the statue in the museum.

Visiting

Not open to visitors

The Neolithic site is not presented; the Urfa Man is on show in the Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum.

Source: Çelik; muze.gov.tr · checked 19 Oct 2026

Dating

PPN; Urfa Man about 9000 BC (secondary)

Phase: PPNA/PPNB

Source: Çelik (TTK); Wikipedia

Discovery

1993 (Urfa Man statue found during building work); rescue excavation 1997

Source: Çelik (TTK)

Excavation

Rescue digRecorded as: test trenches / rescue excavation; listed as a Taş Tepeler site since 2021

Not published (listed as active in 2021 and 2025)

Key finds

  1. ‘Urfa Man’ life-size male statue

    Çelik (TTK)

  2. Terrazzo floors of round buildings; fragment of a T-pillar

    Çelik (TTK)

Where

Eyyübiye/Haliliye

District level only. We don’t publish coordinates or directions to excavation and survey sites.

Field Log · 3 entries

  1. DiscoveryTaş Tepeler 5th anniversary: 30 new finds shown, including a ‘stitched-mouth’ statue
  2. PolicyTaş Tepeler (Şanlıurfa Neolithic Research Project) launched
  3. Discovery‘Urfa Man’ (Balıklıgöl statue) found in Şanlıurfa’s Yeni Mahalle

Open these in the Field Log

Sources · 3

  1. Şanlıurfa İli Neolitik Dönem Yüzey Araştırması Sonucunda Ortaya Çıkan Yeni Bilgi ve Bulgular (B. Çelik)Türk Tarih Kurumu (PDF) · c. 2020-2022
  2. Türkiye illuminates its Neolithic Heritage with TAŞ TEPELERGoTürkiye / TGA press release · Sep 2021
  3. Bakan Ersoy Yeni Keşifleri TanıttıŞanlıurfa Valiliği (Governorship) · 27 Nov 2025