Indeed, according to Gary Rendsburg, the association of “Ur of the Chaldees” with Urfa, which he also agrees with, was the majority opinion in Biblical scholarship until the excavations of the site of Ur conducted by Leonard Woolley in 1922-34, see Gary Rendsburg, “Ur Kasdim: Where is Abraham’s Birthplace?, https://www.thetorah.com/article/ur-kasdim-where-is-abrahams-birthplace.
