In this study, the economics of the pistachio farms in Sanliurfa province were analysed in the 1996-1997 production period. In 14 villages, 56 farms were classified into three groups (1-50, 51-150 and more than 150 da) using the stratified random sampling method. The land ownership of pistachio enterprises was the farmers tehmselves. The average farm size was 78.48 da (non-irrigation). The average number of plots per farm was 2.46. The average size of farm family was 7.43. The average farm labour power was 6.96 units. Percentage of land, building, plant, tool-machines, animals and working capital were 21.96, 3.92, 60.15, 8.28, 0.33 and 5.36 of the active capital, respectively. Of this 866,490,000 TL total costs, 41.95 per cent was fixed and 58.05 per cent was variable costs. 84.45 per cent of 821,011,000 TL, which was the average family income, was agricultural income. However, 15.55 of the average family income was external income.