Restaurants are packed with locals and foreigners dining on the famed Urfa kebab of Turkish Cuisine and other delights of the area. The province of Urfa covers the plateau which connects Anatolian peninsula to the Arabian peninsula and has a surface area of 18,584 square kilometres. Its 1997 population is 1,303,589. The economy of the province depends upon agriculture and animal husbandry. Its cultivable land is used mostly to grow cereals.
Wheat is the main crop followed by barley and lentil.
There is also chickpea farming and pistachio culture. Its industrial crops are cotton and sesame. Upon the completion of GAP , weight will be given to textiles and dress making. Also, the number and capacity of enterprises producing feed and vegetable oil will be enhanced to meet demands from domestic and external markets. Sanliurfa Fortress is on the northern slope of Damlacik mountain to the south of the city.