Mark Ziese May 29, 2013 Balkih Basin, Turkey He Was Slingshot Mark Ziese May 29, 2013 Balkih Basin, Turkey ling shot (verb): To be slung or flinged.Two columns rise from Urfa’s citadel.In the center of Urfa is a citadel. On the top of the citadel are two columns. From between these two columns, Abraham was slingshot.That is the story anyway.