Olive growing in Şanlıurfa
Güneydoğu Anadolu region · 8.150 t of olives and 1.265 t of olive oil in 2025-26.
In the 2025-26 season Şanlıurfa harvested 8.150 tonnes of olives from 2.319.000 bearing trees — an average of 3.5 kg per tree. Of that crop 1.825 t went to the table and 6.325 t to pressing, yielding 1.265 tonnes of olive oil.
Where it stands
- 3 of 9 in the Güneydoğu Anadolu region — 9.7% of the region's crop, 0.3% of Turkey's
- 3.5 kg per tree — 2.4 kg below the regional average of 5.9 kg
- 22% of the crop goes to the table (regional average 15%) — oil-oriented
The potential is there, the climate resists
Şanlıurfa is the Southeast's largest olive producer after Gaziantep. Growing takes place on the province's sloping, terraced land — ground unsuited to other crops but carrying real potential for olives.
That potential is not fully realised: high temperatures and insufficient rainfall are the two factors limiting the sector's development here. This is the Southeast's general constraint, and it makes irrigation decisive in the region.
The province's groves cluster around Bozova and Halfeti. Halfeti is one of three localities growing the Eğriburun variety (the others being Gaziantep-Nizip and Hatay-İskenderun). Kilis Yağlık, Nizip Yağlık and Halhalı are also widespread.
2025-26 season
| Bearing trees | 2.319.000 |
| Olives | 8.150 t |
| To the table | 1.825 t (%22) |
| For oil | 6.325 t |
| Olive oil | 1.265 t |
| Per tree | 3.5 kg |
Only the current season is published for this province; the multi-season series exists for İzmir, Aydın, Manisa, Muğla, Bursa and Çanakkale.
Varieties of the Güneydoğu Anadolu region
Varieties are recorded by region in the source, not by province.
- Belluti
- Eğriburun
- Hursuki
- Kalem Bezi
- Kan Çelebi
- Kilis Yağlık
- Mavi
- Melkebazi
- Nizip Yağlık
- Yağ Çelebi
- Zoncuk
Şanlıurfa in our articles
- The nameless olives of southeast Anatolia: Mardin, Şırnak and the pollinator problem
- How many kilos of olives does one tree yield?
- Pollination and pollinator varieties in olive
- Irrigating Olives: When, How Much, How
- Where do olives grow in Türkiye, and where don't they?
- Eğriburun olive: characteristics, oil content and growing areas
- Hursuki olive
- Belluti olive