Economy

Our district has been a permanent settlement area under various names, as can be seen from the city of Zeugma, when we look into the depths of history, due to its geographical location, being on the road route, where people can rest both during trade and travel, and also due to its lands being suitable for agriculture and being close to the Euphrates River.

It is a district that takes its name as Green Nizip from the greenness of Gaziantep pistachios and olives, and whose economy is developed in terms of agriculture and industry and trade based on agriculture. It is much more developed than many provinces in our country, both economically, socially and in terms of population density. Nizip's industry developed based on agriculture, and thanks to this developing industry, it reached its current population density by receiving a large amount of population migration, especially from the districts of Şanlıurfa province.

Since there is no other river or lake in our district other than Nizip Stream, the ground water is quite deep. For this reason, a significant part of agricultural activities is in the form of dry farming. However, after the Hancağız Dam came into operation and the Birecik Dam was completed and opened to irrigation, the Barak Plain, which is a very important plain of our district and has made its name known in our country with its folk songs and fertile soil, began to be irrigated. However, irrigation works seem to be very inadequate. When all the irrigation channels of Birecik and Hancağız Dam are completed and water is started to be supplied, our district will reach a very important agricultural potential. In addition, it is expected that our district will undergo changes in climate change and vegetation due to the effect of dams built on and around our district.

Since our economic structure is based on agriculture, the soil of our district, which is one of the primary factors of agricultural production, is generally clayey, calcareous and permeable brown soils. We can divide the vegetation in our district into two parts: maquis and steppe. Maquis vegetation is located in the north, where it is high and where rainfall is abundant. Steppe areas are seen in the eastern and southern parts. The most common steppe plants are; Shepherd's Paw, Thistle, Astragalus, Hazer, Euphorbia, Thyme etc. is.


Due to the scarcity of water in our district, the number of irrigated agricultural products is limited. Pistachios, olives and grapes are grown on most of these lands. Wheat, barley and red lentils come first as field crops. Also melon, watermelon, okra, cucumber, chickpea, sesame, etc. products are grown. However, as we mentioned above, since the irrigation channels of both Hancağız Dam and Birecik Dam have become operational, albeit to a small extent, irrigated agricultural products have started in the fertile and rested lands of our district. Many irrigated agricultural products, especially cotton and corn, are produced. I would like to point out that as seasonal workers, we work in Adana, Osmaniye, etc. from our district. Our people who go to the provinces now stay at home and start working in the Barak Plain, thanks to this irrigated agriculture. This situation is a factor that increases employment in our district, and the children of these people do not fall behind in education and have the opportunity to attend school regularly.