General info

Entity:
Turkey
Capital:
Ankara
Population (2008-07-01):
71,892,808 (CIA)
Area:
780,580 sq.km.
Country code:
tr
Region:
Western Asia

Turkey

Administrative units

bölgesi
il (province)
ilçe (district)		 capital area (sq.km.) population
1997-11-30
census		 population
2000-10-22
census		 population
2007-03-31
census
source: State Institute of Statistics (SIS), Turkey.
note: Ege Bolgesi = Aegean Region; Akdeniz B. = Mediterranean R.; Ic Anadolu B. = Central Anatolian R.; Karadeniz B. = Black Sea R.; Dogu Anadolu B. = Eastern Anatolian R.; Guneydogu Anadolu B. = Southeastern Anatolian R.
Marmara Bölgesi   73,027.57 15,974,637 17,365,027 20,724,950
Balıkesir İli Balıkesir 14,472.73 1,033,468 1,076,347 1,118,313
Bilecik İli Bilecik 4,306.77 188,693 194,326 203,777
Bursa İli Bursa 10,886.38 1,946,327 2,125,140 2,439,876
Çanakkale İli Çanakkale 9,950.43 439,626 464,975 476,128
Edirne İli Edirne 6,097.91 387,993 402,606 396,462
İstanbul İli İstanbul 5,315.33 9,057,747 10,018,735 12,573,836
Kırklareli İli Kırklareli 6,299.78 309,528 328,461 333,256
Kocaeli İli Izmit 3,625.29 1,170,546 1,206,085 1,437,926
Sakarya İli Sakarya 4,880.19 732,414 756,168 835,222
Tekirdağ İli Tekirdağ 6,342.30 546,105 623,591 728,396
Yalova İli Yalova 850.46 162,190 168,593 181,758
Ege Bölgesi   89,997.23 8,398,536 8,938,781 9,299,322
Afyonkarahisar İli Afyonkarahisar 14,718.63 801,829 812,416 701,572
Aydın İli Aydın 7,904.43 897,821 950,757 946,971
Denizli İli Denizli 11,804.19 816,572 850,029 907,325
İzmir İli İzmir (Smyrna) 12,015.61 3,066,902 3,370,866 3,739,353
Kütahya İli Kütahya 12,013.57 643,117 656,903 583,910
Manisa İli Manisa 13,228.50 1,226,559 1,260,169 1,319,920
Muğla İli Muğla 12,949.21 629,786 715,328 766,156
Uşak İli Uşak 5,363.09 315,950 322,313 334,115
Akdeniz Bölgesi   89,838.49 8,062,223 8,710,797 8,906,427
Adana İli Adana 14,045.56 1,689,155 1,854,270 2,006,650
Antalya İli Antalya 20,790.56 1,477,347 1,719,751 1,789,295
Burdur İli Burdur 7,134.95 251,475 256,803 251,181
Hatay İli Antakya (Antiochia) 5,831.36 1,205,735 1,253,726 1,386,224
Isparta İli Isparta 8,871.08 456,421 513,681 419,845
Kahramanmaraş İli Kahramanmaraş 14,456.74 1,025,241 1,002,384 1,004,414
Mersin (ex İçel) İli Mersin 15,512.25 1,515,302 1,651,400 1,595,938
Osmaniye İli Osmaniye 3,195.99 441,547 458,782 452,880
İç Anadolu Bölgesi   188,051.56 10,592,944 11,608,868 11,327,675
Aksaray İli Aksaray 7,965.51 351,777 396,084 366,109
Ankara İli Ankara 25,401.94 3,631,612 4,007,860 4,466,756
Çankırı İli Çankırı 7,491.89 252,424 270,355 174,012
Eskişehir İli Eskişehir 13,902.03 658,991 706,009 724,849
Karaman İli Karaman 8,868.90 227,269 243,210 226,049
Kayseri İli Kayseri 17,109.33 978,927 1,060,432 1,165,088
Kırıkkale İli Kırıkkale 4,569.76 364,005 383,508 280,234
Kırşehir İli Kırşehir 6,530.32 246,815 253,239 223,170
Konya İli Konya 40,813.52 1,943,757 2,192,166 1,959,082
Nevşehir İli Nevşehir 5,391.64 293,017 309,914 280,058
Niğde İli Niğde 7,365.29 322,446 348,081 331,677
Sivas İli Sivas 28,567.34 707,645 755,091 638,464
Yozgat İli Yozgat 14,074.09 614,259 682,919 492,127
Karadeniz Bölgesi   116,239.68 7,978,614 8,439,213 7,462,451
Amasya İli Amasya 5,703.78 344,048 365,231 328,674
Artvin İli Artvin 7,367.10 187,174 191,934 168,092
Bartın İli Bartın 2,080.36 190,567 184,178 182,131
Bayburt İli Bayburt 3,739.08 101,489 97,358 76,609
Bolu İli Bolu 8,323.39 263,998 270,654 270,417
Çorum İli Çorum 12,796.21 593,053 597,065 549,828
Düzce İli Düzce 2,592.95 289,843 314,266 323,328
Giresun İli Giresun 6,831.58 471,875 523,819 417,505
Gümüşhane İli Gümüşhane 6,437.01 157,797 186,953 130,825
Karabük İli Karabük 4,108.80 229,690 225,102 218,463
Kastamonu İli Kastamonu 13,157.98 372,457 375,476 360,366
Ordu İli Ordu 5,952.49 863,041 887,765 715,409
Rize İli Rize 3,921.98 333,569 365,938 316,252
Samsun İli Samsun 9,364.10 1,168,574 1,209,137 1,228,959
Sinop İli Sinop 5,816.55 221,236 225,574 198,412
Tokat İli Tokat 10,072.62 711,465 828,027 620,722
Trabzon İli Trabzon 4,664.04 858,687 975,137 740,569
Zonguldak İli Zonguldak 3,309.86 620,051 615,599 615,890
Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi   146,329.65 5,651,804 6,137,414 5,694,582
Ağrı İli Ağrı 11,498.67 470,796 528,744 530,879
Ardahan İli Ardahan 4,967.63 133,313 133,756 112,721
Bingöl İli Bingöl 8,253.51 232,267 253,739 251,552
Bitlis İli Bitlis 7,094.50 340,338 388,678 327,886
Elazığ İli Elazığ 9,281.45 520,543 569,616 541,258
Erzincan İli Erzincan 11,727.55 279,835 316,841 213,538
Erzurum İli Erzurum 25,330.90 890,094 937,389 784,941
Hakkâri İli Hakkâri 7,178.88 212,486 236,581 246,469
Iğdır İli Iğdır 3,587.81 145,411 168,634 181,866
Kars İli Kars 10,139.09 321,041 325,016 312,205
Malatya İli Malatya 12,102.70 823,521 853,658 722,065
Muş İli Muş 8,067.16 427,812 453,654 405,509
Tunceli İli Tunceli 7,685.66 82,215 93,584 84,022
Van İli Van 19,414.14 772,132 877,524 979,671
Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi   76,509.08 6,151,353 6,608,619 7,170,849
Adıyaman İli Adıyaman 7,606.16 690,386 623,811 582,762
Batman İli Batman 4,659.21 405,765 456,734 472,487
Diyarbakır İli Diyarbakır 15,204.01 1,285,382 1,362,708 1,460,714
Gaziantep İli Gaziantep 6,844.84 1,129,096 1,285,249 1,560,023
Kilis İli Kilis 1,427.76 111,115 114,724 118,457
Mardin İli Mardin 8,806.04 654,268 705,098 745,778
Şanlıurfa İli Şanlıurfa 19,336.21 1,311,334 1,443,422 1,523,099
Siirt İli Siirt 5,473.29 263,258 263,676 291,528
Şırnak İli Şırnak 7,151.57 300,749 353,197 416,001
total   779,993.27 62,810,111 67,808,719 70,586,256

Main cities

name population
1990-10-21
census		 population
2000-10-22
census
Istanbul 6,629,431 8,803,468
Ankara 2,583,963 3,203,362
Izmir 1,758,780 2,232,265
Bursa 834,576 1,194,687
Adana 916,150 1,130,710
Gaziantep 603,434 853,513
Konya 513,346 742,690
Antalya 378,208 603,190
Diyarbakir 373,810 545,983
Mersin (Icel) 422,357 537,842
Kayseri 425,776 536,392
Eskisehir 413,082 482,793
Sanliurfa (Urfa) 276,528 385,588
Malatya 270,412 381,081
Samsun 304,176 363,180
Erzurum 242,391 361,235
Kahramanmaras (Maras) 228,129 326,198
Van 155,623 284,464
Sakarya (Adapazari) 272,039 283,752
Denizli 203,741 275,480
Elazig 204,603 266,495
Gebze 159,116 253,487
Sivas 223,115 251,776
Batman 147,347 246,678
Tarsus 187,508 216,382
Balikesir 170,589 215,436
Trabzon 161,886 214,949
Manisa 158,928 214,345
Kirikkale 185,431 205,078
Kocaeli (Izmit) 190,741 195,699
Adiyaman 100,045 178,538
Sultanbeyli 82,298 175,700
Osmaniye 122,307 173,977
Kutahya 130,944 166,665
Corum 116,810 161,321
Iskenderun 154,807 159,149
Isparta 112,117 148,496
Hatay (Antakya) 123,871 144,910
Aydin 107,011 143,267
Corlu 74,681 141,525
Usak 105,270 137,001
Aksaray 90,698 129,949
Afyon 95,643 128,516
Siverek 63,049 126,820
Viransehir 57,461 121,382
Edirne 102,345 119,298
Kiziltepe 60,134 113,143
Tokat 83,058 113,100
Ordu 102,107 112,525
Ceyhan 85,308 108,602
Tekirdag 80,442 107,191
Erzincan 91,772 107,175
Inegol 71,120 105,959
Nazilli 80,277 105,665
Karaman 76,525 105,384
Zonguldak 117,975 104,276
Karabuk 105,373 100,749
Siirt 68,320 98,281
Bandirma 77,444 97,419
Turhal 69,079 95,536
Derince 66,141 93,997
Turgutlu 73,634 93,727
Alanya 52,460 88,346
Kirsehir 73,538 88,105
Bolu 61,509 84,565
Bafra 65,600 83,733
Giresun 67,604 83,636
Salihli 70,861 83,137
Eregli 74,283 82,633
Korfez (Yarimca) 63,194 81,938
Akhisar 73,944 81,510
Polatli 60,158 79,992
Agri (Karakose) 58,038 79,764
Eregli 66,859 79,486
Luleburgaz 52,384 79,002
Kars 78,455 78,473
Rize 52,743 78,144
Nigde 55,035 78,088
Kozan 54,451 75,833
Canakkale 53,995 75,810
Amasya 57,087 74,393
Nusaybin 49,671 74,110
Yozgat 50,335 73,930
Patnos 33,759 71,829
Manavgat 38,498 71,679
Nizip 58,604 71,629
Elbistan 54,741 71,500
Ercis 40,481 70,881
Kilis 84,077 70,670
Yalova 65,823 70,118
Cizre 50,023 69,591
Bingol 41,590 68,876
Mus 44,019 67,927
Nevsehir 52,719 67,864
Tatvan 54,071 66,748
Kadirli 55,061 65,227
Mardin 53,005 65,072
Silifke 46,858 64,827
Kastamonu 51,560 64,606
Silvan 60,731 64,136
Fatsa 39,467 63,721
Gemlik 50,237 63,710
Kirikhan 68,601 63,615
Burdur 56,432 63,363
Cankiri 45,496 62,508
Soke 50,866 62,384
Odemis 51,620 61,896
Unye 45,716 61,552
Bismil 39,834 61,182
Kahta 42,183 60,689
Soma 49,977 60,674
Aksehir 51,746 60,226
Igdir 38,917 59,880
Yuksekova 28,909 59,662
Hakkari 30,407 58,145
Midyat 29,569 56,669
Duzce 65,209 56,649
Dogubeyazit 35,213 56,261
Golcuk 65,600 55,790
Sorgun 31,179 53,884
Dortyul 47,144 53,597
Kirklareli 43,017 53,221
Sirnak 25,059 52,743
Zile 46,090 52,640
Bolvadin 44,969 52,398
Bergama 42,554 52,173
Reyhanli 42,451 52,135
Silopi 23,430 51,199
Fethiye 37,466 50,689
source: State Institute of Statistics, Turkey.