Soil, which is one of the four main constituents of the universe, isindispensable for life, human life being in the first place. Soil can beregarded as the skin of the earth system whose lungs are the vegetationcover. This living cover, which is one of the most outstandingformations of the earth, is the only natural resource that has beenformed in thousands of years, cannot be produced, and is almostimpossible to be renewed. This natural element, which forms lifeecosystems as well as the basis of human activities, can be considered astrategic resource, a capital, and one of the building blocks of strongeconomies. Therefore, the importance attached to soil increases everypassing day, and soil resources become subject of competition.Environmental problems have evidently increased in the last fewdecades, which incites dependence on soil.People need to use and manage their soils sustainably in order toknow the features of the natural environment they live in and makeoptimal use of these features. If that can be achieved, it will be possiblefor us to reach the level of contemporary civilization as a communityand for people have to higher welfare levels. For that reason, it isimperative that the features of soil, which is one of the most importantconstituents of natural environment, be known, and appropriate soilprotection measures be taken.In parallel with the rapid population growth in the world in thelast century, cities growing more and more every passing day have beenincreasing their pressure on natural resources. That has brought abouta big damage to soil resources in particular. Soil resources which wereinitially used for providing cities with agricultural products started to beused for construction and industry later on. Such change has increasedthe importance of soil resources in urban areas, which has made itnecessary for specialists in different fields to carry out various scientificstudies on this subject.The present study aims to examine the soil features in the currentgrowth area of Tekirdağ City through a geographical approach. Withinthe framework of this aim, an attempt is made to prove the hypothesis,“soil plays an important role in urban site selection”. The study issignificant in that it tries to point out the importance of soil in theestablishment and growth of densely populated settlements. To thisend, an attempt is made to answer the following research questions;What are the factors influential on soil formation in the study area?What soil series cover the study area? What sort of a relationship isthere between soil and the city? Why is soil important for the city?The study area is located in the northwest of Turkey. Itcorresponds to the current growth area of Tekirdağ City, which is theadministrative center of Tekirdağ Province. This area, which is locatedin Süleymanpaşa district center, is situated between the valley of Çayırlar Brook in the east and that of Donlu Brook in the west. It hasan area of 22 km². 1:25.000 scale BANDIRMA G18-b2 and G19-mapsheets of Turkey’s Topographic Maps prepared by General Command ofMapping were used as basic material. Based on these map sheets, theDEM (Digital Elevation Model) dataset with a resolution of 10x10 m wasformed for the study area. The slope and aspect maps of the area werecreated by use of the same data, too. Other maps were obtained indifferent ways. The thematic maps of the study were produced based onGIS (Geographical Information Systems) techniques.The procedure applied in classic soil geography studies wasemployed in the present study, too. In this regard, the analysis resultsof the samples taken by various researchers from 19 different points ona horizon basis with the same mentality were used. These samples weregrouped with such sample number abbreviations as B (Boyraz, 2003), S(Sarı, 2010; Boyraz and Sarı, 2012), and A (Atmaca, 2011). The fact thatno soil map had been created for the study area in previous studiesmade the present study more crucial. The reliability of the results of theprevious studies and the created soil map was checked through fieldsurveys. To this end, the above-mentioned soil sampling points weredetermined via GPS, and the profiles were reopened. In this way,suspicion of linearity was removed. In addition, the shortcomings of thedraft soil map were eliminated through observations carried out at thisstage. Finally, the ground data collected from the area and the findingsobtained at the first stage were evaluated through a geographicalapproach.The present study, in which the soil features of the potentialsettlement of Tekirdağ City in the near future were showed, verified thehypothesis suggesting that soil plays an important role in urban siteselection based on the related sampling. It was understood thatgeomorphological features have the most evident influence on soilformation which is affected by various factors. It was found out thatthree soil orders (i.e. Entisol, Inceptisol, and Vertisol) cover the area.Among these orders, Inceptisols are represented by the suborder ofXerept, the big groups of Haploxerept and Calcixerept, and thesubgroups of Typic Haploxerept, Calcic Haploxerept, FluventicHaploxerept, and Typic Calcixerept. Entisols, which are divided into thesuborders of Fluvent and Orthent, are made up of Typic Xerofluvent,Typic Xerorthent, and Lithic Xerorthent that are included in the biggroups of Xerofluvent and Xerorthent. Vertisols, on the other hand,were seen to include the suborder of Xerert, the big group ofHaploxerert, and the subgroup of Typic Haploxerert.Soil types in the study area are quite important for site selection.They affect site selection according to their characters. Such effect willgain more importance as a result of urban growth in the near future.Based on the results of this study, a positive rel