Metropolitan Municipalities Law (The Law No. 6360) brings significant changes in the Turkish public administration system. First and foremost, the Lawdissolves the legal entity of villages and special provincial administrations in citieswhere there are metropolitan municipalities. The Law also entails that the provincialborder and the border of the metropolitan municipality is one and the same in aprovince. This converts metropolitan cities into integrated cities. The overseeing roleof the governor, who is representing the central administration, has now becomedisputable.In this study, the potential effects of the Law No. 6360 are being evaluated,particularly in the Şanlıurfa case. The first section of the study, comprising of twosections, examines the Law No. 6360. In the second section, the possible consequencesof the Law No. 6360 on Şanlıurfa are reviewed under three separate headings. Theseheadings are administrative and financial consequences, political consequences, andsocial and cultural consequences.The Law No. 6360 is expected to bring about somewhat difficulties forŞanlıufa since the city has huge number of villages, a large urban area, and social andeconomical underdevelopment. On the other hand, new financial resources andinvestment opportunities offered by a metropolitan city will increase the expectationsand hopes for the society.