Gaziantep

Districts

• Araban
• İslahiye
• Karkamış
• Nizip
• Nurdağı
• Oğuzeli
• Şahinbey
• Şehitkamil
• Yavuzeli

Experiences

Key points of interest

Zeugma Mosaic Museum & Gypsy Girl

World-class archaeological museum housing the world's finest Roman floor mosaics, including the legendary Gypsy Girl.

Historic Coppersmiths Bazaar (Bakırcılar Çarşısı)

Centuries-old Ottoman artisan market dedicated to hand-carved copper crafts, spices, and zincware.

Rumkale Euphrates Fortress & Emerald Gulf

Dramatic ancient cliffside stone fortress perched above the emerald green Euphrates River gorge.

Gaziantep Citadel & Defense Museum (Gaziantep Kalesi)

Historic Roman-Ottoman hilltop stone fortress offering panoramic views over the old city and defense exhibits.

Tahmis Kahvesi (Historic Ottoman Coffee House - 1635)

One of Türkiye's oldest operating coffee houses, famous for traditional Menengiç (Pistacia terebinthus) coffee.

Investment outlook

Gaziantep commands an outstanding Transparent Investment Score of 93.8/100, recognized as Southeastern Türkiye's undisputed industrial manufacturing, export trade, logistics, and higher education powerhouse. Hosting Türkiye's largest Organized Industrial Zone (Gaziantep OSB - spanning 5 massive industrial zones with over 2,000 active factories), the province generates billions of dollars in global exports across textiles, machine-woven carpets, food processing, and plastics. Anchored by Gaziantep University, Hasan Kalyoncu University, and Sanko University—hosting over 50,000 students combined—alongside world-class JCI-accredited medical centers, residential buy prices average $1,350/m² (exceeding $2,600/m² in luxury high-rise compounds in Şehitkamil and Şahinbey) with rapid annual appreciation (~47.5% YoY in USD).

Living here

Residing in Gaziantep represents a vibrant, prestigious, highly convenient, and gastronomically unparalleled urban lifestyle. Neighborhoods in Şehitkamil and Şahinbey feature wide modern avenues, luxury gated apartment compounds with private sports complexes, extensive green parks like Dülükbaba Nature Park, and efficient light-rail (Gaziantep Ray) transit networks. Residents benefit from top-tier healthcare access at Gaziantep City Hospital (Gaziantep Şehir Hastanesi) and private JCI hospitals, rich cultural events, world-class dining at every corner, and safe streets.

History & cultural identity

Gaziantep, strategically positioned along ancient Silk Road trade corridors in Southeastern Türkiye connecting the Anatolian plateau to Mesopotamia and the Levant, holds a monumental ancient civilizational legacy spanning over six millennia. Known anciently as Antep (derived from Aintab, meaning 'spring of good water'), the region served as a vital strategic realm under Hittite, Assyrian, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, Ayyubid, Mamluk, and Ottoman rule. Its crowning ancient jewel is the legendary Roman city of Zeugma along the Euphrates River, famous for producing the world's most intricate floor mosaics. In the early 20th century, the city earned the historic title 'Gazi' ('Heroic') in 1921 by decree of the Turkish Grand National Assembly for its legendary 10-month heroic defense against foreign occupation forces, establishing modern Gaziantep as Türkiye's ultimate symbol of national resilience, industrial power, and cultural pride.