The 33rd most developed province according to the socioeconomic development index, -The 7th most livable province according to the research done by CNBC-e Business Magazine, -High-level health services with High Specialization Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Hospital, -center of attraction with high standards of education opportunities, modern habitats, clean and natural environment, cultural assets  -machinery, defense, petroleum, insulation, food and furniture intensive industrial structure   -The backbone of Turkey in the field of defense with 5 large-scale factories of the Machinery and Chemical Industry Corporation,  -logistic advantages with central location, highway, railway, airline transport opportunities, -Turkey's first and only weapon-specialized organized industrial zone and two mixed organized industrial zones, -A rapidly growing city with wide university-industry collaboration opportunities, technopark, and high level of state aid,