List of districts in Turkey
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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.
The provinces bear the same name as their respective provincial capital districts (with the exception of the district of Antakya (in Hatay).[citation needed] A district may cover both rural and urban areas. 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 the non-central districts by an appointed sub-governor (kaymakam) from their district center (ilçe merkezi) municipality. In 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).
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.
There are büyükşehir belediyesi (or greater municipalities) for large cities like İstanbul or İzmir and consist of an extra administrative layer run by an elected head mayor, who oversees a number of municipalities and mayors.[citation needed]
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).
In 16 provinces with greater municipality the total population of the province is not equal to the summation of all district populations. In greater municipalities some (in case of İstanbul and Kocaeli all) districts are within the capital city. Those intracity districts are shown as " (central district) " . The population in central districts is also shown in the boldface capital city. In greater municipalities, the actual population of the province is the sum of all district populations except the boldface capital city.[citation needed] (This is true only for 30 greater municipalities; Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bursa, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Konya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Ordu, Sakarya, Samsun, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ, Trabzon, Van. For the remaining 51 provinces the population figures for districts add up to the total province population. See Metropolitan centers in Turkey)
Aegean RegionEdit
Aydın SubregionEdit
Aydın ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,110,972
Denizli ProvinceEdit
- Population: 1,037,208
- Acıpayam: 55,351
- Babadağ: 6,445
- Baklan: 5,524
- Bekilli: 6,826
- Beyağaç: 6,397
- Bozkurt: 12,671
- Buldan: 27,179
- Çal: 18,869
- Çameli: 18,039
- Çardak: 8,736
- Çivril: 60,333
- Denizli: 657,802
- Merkezefendi: 311,177
- Pamukkale: 346,625
- Güney: 9,802
- Honaz: 34,343
- Kale: 20,310
- Sarayköy: 30,810
- Serinhisar: 14,451
- Tavas: 43,320
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
- Ahmetli: 16,525
- Akhisar: 173,026
- Alaşehir: 104,622
- Demirci: 40,048
- Gölmarmara: 15,212
- Gördes: 27,703
- Kırkağaç: 38,459
- Köprübaşı: 13,185
- Kula: 44,001
- Manisa: 417,578
- Şehzadeler: 171,138
- Yunusemre: 246,440
- Salihli: 162,787
- Sarıgöl: 35,890
- Saruhanlı: 55,340
- Selendi: 19,781
- Soma: 109,946
- Turgutlu: 166,418
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
- Eskişehir: 783,611
- 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
- Antalya: 1,395,458
- 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
- Kahramanmaraş: 654,521
- 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
- Erzurum: 359,325
- 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
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
- Konya: 1,346,330
- 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
- Balıkesir: 364,290
- 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