Karaduman, AbdussametCimrin, Kerim Mesut2024-09-182024-09-1820161309-1743https://doi.org/10.18016/ksudobil.254785https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/10227The goal of this study is to determine soil fertility levels of Gaziantep Province, Turkey, through soil analyses. For this objective, a representative soil survey of 53 samplings with two different depths (0-30 ve 30-60 cm), totaling 106 soil samples, was performed to determine soil texture, lime content, soil pH, total salt, soil organic matter content (SOM), cation exchange capacity (CEC), and macro and micronutrient concentrations. The results showed that clayey, clay loam, and sandy clay loam soils covered 65.11, 27.35, and 7.54 % of the study area, respectively. Most of the soil pH measurements in the area fell between slightly alkaline and alkaline reactions. Soil organic matter content was deficient in all the region's soils and approximately half of the soils were categorized as saline soils. Deficiency of nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, iron, zinc, and cupper was determined in 55.65, 35.86, 39.63, 29.24, 43.4, and 2.8 % of the soils, respectively. Significant relationships were found for lime with pH, Salt, CEC, K, Zn; SOM with P, Salt, CEC, and pH; pH with Zn, CEC, and P; CEC with Clay, Sand, Salt, and P; Clay with K, Sand, and Silt; Sand with Silt and Cu in the soils of the study area.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGaziantepsoil fertilitysoil propertiesnutrient elementsArticle19211712910.18016/ksudobil.254785WOS:000409920900001N/A