Karacadag Development Agency is a public institution established in 2008, November. As a regional development agency, it provides its services in both Diyarbakır and Şanlıurfa, located in southeastern Turkey. It was established in order; *to prepare strategies related to regional development, *to improve economic and social indicators at the national, regional and local level, *to reduce inter-regional and intra-regional disparities and increase the general welfare of the country, *to encourage participation of entrepreneurs in local development efforts through research studies and promotion of the investment opportunities, *to support the development and implementation of projects, which are co-financed by the applicants and/or their partners, improvement of project design and implementation capacity of the local bodies, and also increasing cooperation among local and regional institutions, *to mobilize the region's entrepreneurial potential.