The underwater city where black roses bloom | News Channel 3-12

The underwater city where black roses bloom | News Channel 3-12

By Alexander Rodway, CNN (CNN) — Over lunch of grilled shabout, or freshwater carp, at one of Halfeti’s floating restaurants, visitors might ponder what life was once like on the old streets, now abandoned several feet below the surface of the water. Halfeti is one of several settlements in the Şanlıurfa Province of southeastern Turkey that lie on the bank of the Euphrates river, relatively near its source. In 2000, two such towns and 10 smaller…