Father of eight falls to his death while posing on top of a cliff on his birthday (Video)

A Turkish father of eight fell to his death while he was posing on top of a cliff on his birthday.

The horrifying moment which was captured in a footage shows the man identified as Halil Da?, leaping down off a rock at the historic Urfa Castle in southern Turkey before losing his balance and tumbling off a cliff edge.

 According to reports, the 39-year-old father-of-eight was posing for a photo to celebrate his birthday when he plunged 150ft, landing near a Kurdish restaurant at the bottom.

He was rushed to a nearby hospital in a critical condition but was later declared dead.

His devastated family later interred his body at the Abdurrahman Dede Cemetery, The Sun reported.

Watch the horrifying video below..