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The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (ilçeler; sing. ilçe). In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the kaza.
| Districts of Turkey Türkiye'nin İlçeleri (Turkish) | |
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| Category | Unitary state |
| Location | Republic of Turkey |
| Number | 973 |
| Populations | 1,615 (Yalıhüyük)-Konya Province – 957,398 (Esenyurt)-Istanbul |
| Areas | 5.2 km2 (2 sq mi) (Güngören)-Istanbul – 3,710 km2 (1,432 sq mi) (Karaman)-Karaman Province |
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Most provinces bear the same name as their respective provincial capital districts. However, many urban provinces, designated as greater municipalities, have a center consisting of multiple districts, such as the provincial capital of Ankara province, The City of Ankara, comprising nine separate districts.[1] Additionally four provinces, Kocaeli, Sakarya, İçel and Hatay have their capital district named differently from their province, as İzmit, Adapazarı, Mersin and Antakya respectively.[2]
A district may cover both rural and urban areas. In many provinces, one district of a province is designated the central district (merkez ilçe) from which the district is administered. The central district is administered by an appointed provincial deputy governor and other non-central districts by an appointed sub-governor (kaymakam) from their district center (ilçe merkezi) municipality. In these central districts the district center municipality also serves as the provincial center municipality. Both the deputy governor and sub-governors are responsible to the province governor (vali). Greater Municipalities, however, are administrated differently where a separate seat of municipality exists for the entire province, having administrative power over all districts of the province.
Local governmentEdit
Municipalities (belediye) can be created in, and are subordinate to, the districts in which they are located. Each district has at least one municipality (belde) in the district center from which both the municipal government for that municipality and the district government is administered. A municipality is headed by an elected mayor (belediye başkanı) who administers the local government for defined municipal matters. More and more settlements which are outside district centers have municipalities as well, usually because their population requires one. A municipality's borders usually correspond to that of the urban settlement it covers, but may also include some undeveloped land.
Villages (köy) outside municipalities and quarters or neighborhoods (mahalle) within municipalities are the lowest level of local government, and are also the most numerous unit of local government in Turkey. They elect muhtars to care for specific administrative matters such as residence registration. The designation slightly differs (köy muhtarı for village muhtar, mahalle muhtarı for quarter muhtar) and the tasks, which are largely similar but are adapted to their locality.
Greater municipalities (büyükşehir belediyesi) exist for large cities like İstanbul and İzmir that consist of an extra administrative layer run by an elected head mayor, who oversee the municipalities and mayors within the province. Currently, 30 provinces are administrated by greater municipalities in addition to having separate municipalities for every district within the province.
List of districts with populationEdit
The districts and their populations (as of December 31, 2019) are listed below, by region and by province (with capital district in bold text).
Aegean RegionEdit
Aydın SubregionEdit
Aydın ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,110,972
Denizli ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,037,208
Muğla ProvinceEdit
- Population: 983,142
İzmir SubregionEdit
İzmir ProvinceEdit
- Population: 4,367,251
- İzmir: 2,972,900
- Northern districts
- Southern districts
Manisa SubregionEdit
Afyonkarahisar ProvinceEdit
- Population: 729,483
Kütahya ProvinceEdit
- Population: 579,257
Manisa ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,440,611
Uşak ProvinceEdit
- Population: 370,509
Central AnatoliaEdit
Kayseri SubregionEdit
Kayseri ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,407,409
Sivas ProvinceEdit
- Population: 638,956
Yozgat ProvinceEdit
- Population: 421,200
- Akdağmadeni: 42,621
- Aydıncık: 10,079
- Boğazlıyan: 34,269
- Çandır: 4,450
- Çayıralan: 12,563
- Çekerek: 19,467
- Kadışehri: 11,277
- Saraykent: 12,486
- Sarıkaya: 32,489
- Şefaatli: 15,371
- Sorgun: 79,533
- Yenifakılı: 5,386
- Yerköy: 35,476
- Yozgat: 106,280
Kırıkkale SubregionEdit
Aksaray ProvinceEdit
- Population: 416,367
Kırıkkale ProvinceEdit
- Population: 283,017
Kırşehir ProvinceEdit
- Population: 242,938
Nevşehir ProvinceEdit
- Population: 303,010
Niğde ProvinceEdit
- Population: 362,861
Central-Eastern AnatoliaEdit
Malatya SubregionEdit
Bingöl ProvinceEdit
- Population: 279,812
Elazığ ProvinceEdit
- Population: 591,098
Malatya ProvinceEdit
- Population: 800,615
Tunceli ProvinceEdit
- Population: 84,660
Van SubregionEdit
Bitlis ProvinceEdit
- Population: 348,115
Hakkâri ProvinceEdit
- Population: 280,991
Muş ProvinceEdit
- Population: 408,809
Van ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,136,757
Eastern Black Sea RegionEdit
Ordu SubregionEdit
Giresun ProvinceEdit
- Population: 448,400
Gümüşhane ProvinceEdit
- Population: 164,521
Ordu ProvinceEdit
- Population: 754,198
Trabzon SubregionEdit
Artvin ProvinceEdit
- Population: 170,815
Rize ProvinceEdit
- Population: 343,212
- Ardeşen: 41,106
- Çamlıhemşin: 7,147
- Çayeli: 44,351
- Derepazarı: 7,653
- Fındıklı: 16,678
- Güneysu: 15,596
- Hemşin: 2,478
- İkizdere: 7,135
- İyidere: 8,554
- Kalkandere: 13,708
- Pazar: 31,190
- Rize: 147,411
Trabzon ProvinceEdit
- Population: 808,974
Eastern Marmara RegionEdit
Bursa SubregionEdit
Bilecik ProvinceEdit
- Population: 219,427
Bursa ProvinceEdit
- Population: 3,056,120
Eskişehir ProvinceEdit
- Population: 887,475
- Alpu: 10,974
- Beylikova: 6,400
- Çifteler: 14,878
- Odunpazarı: 413,461
- Tepebaşı: 370,150
- Günyüzü: 5,671
- Han: 2,117
- İnönü: 6,514
- Mahmudiye: 7,808
- Mihalgazi: 3,137
- Mihalıççık: 8,171
- Sarıcakaya: 4,854
- Seyitgazi: 13,009
- Sivrihisar: 20,330
Kocaeli SubregionEdit
Bolu ProvinceEdit
- Population: 316,126
Düzce ProvinceEdit
- Population: 392,166
Kocaeli ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,953,035
Sakarya ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,029,650
Yalova ProvinceEdit
- Population: 270,976
Istanbul RegionEdit
Istanbul SubregionEdit
Istanbul ProvinceEdit
- Population: 15,519,267
- Anatolian Side
- European Side
- Arnavutköy: 282,488
- Avcılar: 448,882
- Bağcılar: 745,125
- Bahçelievler: 611,059
- Bakırköy: 229,239
- Başakşehir: 460,259
- Bayrampaşa: 274,735
- Beşiktaş: 182,649
- Beylikdüzü: 352,412
- Beyoğlu: 233,323
- Büyükçekmece: 254,103
- Çatalca: 73,718
- Esenler: 450,344
- Esenyurt: 954,579
- Eyüpsultan: 400,513
- Fatih: 443,090
- Gaziosmanpaşa: 491,962
- Güngören: 289,441
- Kağıthane: 448,025
- Küçükçekmece: 792,821
- Sarıyer: 347,214
- Silivri: 193,680
- Sultangazi: 534,565
- Şişli: 279,817
- Zeytinburnu: 293,574
Mediterranean RegionEdit
Adana SubregionEdit
Adana ProvinceEdit
- Population: 2,237,940
Mersin ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,840,425
Antalya SubregionEdit
Antalya ProvinceEdit
- Population: 2,511,700
- Akseki: 11,484
- Alanya: 327,503
- Aksu: 73,220
- Döşemealtı: 65,794
- Kepez: 556,033
- Konyaaltı: 190,043
- Muratpaşa: 510,368
- Demre: 26,362
- Elmalı: 38,972
- Finike: 48,534
- Gazipaşa: 50,555
- Gündoğmuş: 7,737
- İbradı: 3,032
- Kaş: 59,716
- Kemer: 46,143
- Korkuteli: 55,352
- Kumluca: 70,423
- Manavgat: 241,011
- Serik: 129,418
Burdur ProvinceEdit
- Population: 270,796
Isparta ProvinceEdit
- Population: 444,914
Hatay SubregionEdit
Hatay ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,628,894
Kahramanmaraş ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,154,102
- Afşin: 80,447
- Andırın: 32,503
- Çağlayancerit: 23,133
- Ekinözü: 11,221
- Elbistan: 141,538
- Göksun: 52,255
- Dulkadiroğlu: 222,673
- Onikişubat: 431,848
- Nurhak: 12,279
- Pazarcık: 69,097
- Türkoğlu: 77,112
Osmaniye ProvinceEdit
- Population: 538,759
- Bahçe: 22,155
- Düziçi: 84,133
- Hasanbeyli: 4,782
- Kadirli: 125,083
- Osmaniye: 268,647
- Sumbas: 13,840
- Toprakkale: 20,119
Northeast AnatoliaEdit
Ağrı SubregionEdit
Ağrı ProvinceEdit
- Population: 536,199
Ardahan ProvinceEdit
- Population: 97,319
Iğdır ProvinceEdit
- Population: 199,442
- Aralık: 21,313
- Iğdır: 140,267
- Karakoyunlu: 13,925
- Tuzluca: 23,937
Kars ProvinceEdit
- Population: 285,410
Erzurum SubregionEdit
Bayburt ProvinceEdit
Erzincan ProvinceEdit
- Population: 234,747
Erzurum ProvinceEdit
- Population: 762,062
- Aşkale: 23,152
- Aziziye: 63,502
- Çat: 16,708
- Palandöken: 172,332
- Yakutiye: 186,993
- Hınıs: 26,212
- Horasan: 38,837
- İspir: 14,959
- Karaçoban: 23,322
- Karayazı: 27,762
- Köprüköy: 15,784
- Narman: 13,326
- Oltu: 30,511
- Olur: 6,469
- Pasinler: 28,691
- Pazaryolu: 3,975
- Şenkaya: 17,511
- Tekman: 25,723
- Tortum: 18,135
- Uzundere: 8,153
Southeastern AnatoliaEdit
Gaziantep SubregionEdit
Adıyaman ProvinceEdit
- Population: 626,465
Gaziantep ProvinceEdit
- Population: 2,069,364
Kilis ProvinceEdit
Mardin SubregionEdit
Batman ProvinceEdit
- Population: 608,659
Mardin ProvinceEdit
- Population: 838,778
Şırnak ProvinceEdit
- Population: 529,615
- Beytüşşebap: 16,330
- Cizre: 148,697
- Güçlükonak: 12,295
- İdil: 76,895
- Silopi: 136,749
- Şırnak: 93,989
- Uludere: 44,660
Siirt ProvinceEdit
- Population: 330,280
Şanlıurfa SubregionEdit
Diyarbakır ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,756,353
Şanlıurfa ProvinceEdit
- Population: 2,073,614
Western AnatoliaEdit
Ankara SubregionEdit
Ankara ProvinceEdit
- Population: 5,639,076
- Akyurt: 36,123
- Altındağ: 389,510
- Çankaya: 944,609
- Etimesgut: 587,052
- Gölbaşı: 138,944
- Keçiören: 939,161
- Mamak: 665,978
- Pursaklar: 150,488
- Sincan: 535,637
- Yenimahalle: 687,093
- Ayaş: 13,900
- Bala: 30,280
- Beypazarı: 48,371
- Çamlıdere: 9,825
- Çubuk: 90,764
- Elmadağ: 45,557
- Evren: 3,097
- Güdül: 8,892
- Haymana: 30,930
- Kahramankazan: 54,806
- Kalecik: 13,234
- Kızılcahamam: 28,350
- Nallıhan: 27,579
- Polatlı: 125,075
- Şereflikoçhisar: 33,821
Konya SubregionEdit
Karaman ProvinceEdit
- Population: 253,279
- Ayrancı: 7,965
- Başyayla: 3,650
- Ermenek: 28,565
- Karaman: 197,276
- Kazımkarabekir: 4,328
- Sarıveliler: 11,495
Konya ProvinceEdit
- Population: 2,232,374
- Ahırlı: 4,753
- Akören: 5,838
- Akşehir: 93,885
- Altınekin: 14,351
- Beyşehir: 74,469
- Bozkır: 25,894
- Cihanbeyli: 51,748
- Çeltik: 9,713
- Çumra: 67,282
- Derbent: 4,267
- Derebucak: 6,031
- Doğanhisar: 15,810
- Emirgazi: 8,535
- Ereğli: 146,998
- Güneysınır: 9,288
- Hadim: 12,015
- Halkapınar: 4,066
- Hüyük: 15,652
- Ilgın: 54,228
- Kadınhanı: 32,144
- Karapınar: 49,978
- Karatay: 338,976
- Meram: 344,546
- Selçuklu: 662,808
- Kulu: 50,825
- Sarayönü: 27,026
- Seydişehir: 64,822
- Taşkent: 6,296
- Tuzlukçu: 6,529
- Yalıhüyük: 1,629
- Yunak: 21,972
Western Black Sea RegionEdit
Kastamonu SubregionEdit
Çankırı ProvinceEdit
- Population: 195,789
- Atkaracalar: 5,534
- Bayramören: 2,924
- Çankırı: 97,882
- Çerkeş: 16,792
- Eldivan: 6,460
- Ilgaz: 14,098
- Kızılırmak: 7,304
- Korgun: 4,626
- Kurşunlu: 8,466
- Orta: 11,978
- Şabanözü: 11,869
- Yapraklı: 7,856
Kastamonu ProvinceEdit
- Population: 379,405
- Abana: 4,113
- Ağlı: 3,094
- Araç: 18,670
- Azdavay: 7,324
- Bozkurt: 9,468
- Cide: 22,196
- Çatalzeytin: 7,055
- Daday: 8,319
- Devrekani: 12,658
- Doğanyurt: 5,651
- Hanönü: 4,060
- İhsangazi: 5,381
- İnebolu: 20,980
- Kastamonu: 152,553
- Küre: 5,774
- Pınarbaşı: 5,841
- Seydiler: 4,019
- Şenpazar: 4,523
- Taşköprü: 37,815
- Tosya: 39,916
Sinop ProvinceEdit
- Population: 218,243
Samsun SubregionEdit
Amasya ProvinceEdit
- Population: 337,800
Çorum ProvinceEdit
- Population: 530,864
Samsun ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,348,542
Tokat ProvinceEdit
- Population: 612,747
Zonguldak SubregionEdit
Bartın ProvinceEdit
- Population: 198,249
- Amasra: 14,151
- Bartın: 155,765
- Kurucaşile: 6,621
- Ulus: 21,712
Karabük ProvinceEdit
- Population: 248,458
Zonguldak ProvinceEdit
- Population: 596,053
Western Marmara RegionEdit
Balıkesir SubregionEdit
Balıkesir ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,228,620
- Ayvalık: 70,720
- Altıeylül: 181,206
- Karesi: 183,084
- Balya: 12,937
- Bandırma: 156,787
- Bigadiç: 49,926
- Burhaniye: 60,490
- Dursunbey: 35,122
- Edremit: 155,837
- Erdek: 32,120
- Gömeç: 14,195
- Gönen: 74,183
- Havran: 27,857
- İvrindi: 32,492
- Kepsut: 23,142
- Manyas: 18,936
- Marmara: 9,730
- Savaştepe: 17,844
- Sındırgı: 33,253
- Susurluk: 38,704
Çanakkale ProvinceEdit
- Population: 542,157
Tekirdağ SubregionEdit
Edirne ProvinceEdit
- Population: 413,903
Kırklareli ProvinceEdit
- Population: 361,836
- Babaeski: 47,944
- Demirköy: 8,856
- Kırklareli: 103,042
- Kofçaz: 2,308
- Lüleburgaz: 149,184
- Pehlivanköy: 3,505
- Pınarhisar: 18,456
- Vize: 28,541
