Provinces of Turkey
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Provinces of Turkey are called iller in Turkish (singular is il, see Turkish alphabet for capitalization of i).
A province is administered by an appointed governor (vali), and was formerly termed a "governorate".
Each province has a government center (il merkezi) in the central district (merkez ilçe), and may include other districts (ilçe singular, ilçeler plural). The government center usually bears the same name as the province; the exceptions are Hatay (in Antakya), İçel (in Mersin), Kocaeli (in İzmit), and Sakarya (in Adapazarı).
A district may cover both rural and urban areas. The central district is administered by an appointed "vice-governor" and other districts by a "sub-governor" (kaymakam). Each municipality (belediye) in its urban zone (belde) is an administrative division subject to elections depending on the province.
List of provinces and centers
| nr. | name | area | population | pop./km² | capital | population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adana | 14.256 km2 | 1.849.478 | 129,73 | Adana (aggl.) | 1.130.710 |
| 2 | Adıyaman | 7.572 km2 | 623.811 | 82,38 | Adıyaman | 178.538 |
| 3 | Afyonkarahisar | 14.532 km2 | 812.416 | 55,91 | Afyon | 128.516 |
| 4 | Ağrı | 11.315 km2 | 528.744 | 46,73 | Ağrı | 79.764 |
| 5 | Amasya | 5.731 km2 | 365.231 | 63,73 | Amasya | 74.393 |
| 6 | Ankara | 25.615 km2 | 4.007.860 | 156,47 | Ankara (aggl.) | 3.203.362 |
| 7 | Antalya | 20.599 km2 | 1.719.751 | 83,49 | Antalya | 603.190 |
| 8 | Artvin | 7.493 km2 | 191.934 | 25,62 | Artvin | 23.157 |
| 9 | Aydın | 7.922 km2 | 950.757 | 120,01 | Aydın | 142.267 |
| 10 | Balıkesir | 14.442 km2 | 1.076.347 | 74,53 | Balıkesir | 215.436 |
| 11 | Bilecik | 4.181 km2 | 194.326 | 46,48 | Bilecik | 34.105 |
| 12 | Bingöl | 8.402 km2 | 253.739 | 30,20 | Bingöl | 68.876 |
| 13 | Bitlis | 8.413 km2 | 388.678 | 46,20 | Bitlis | 44.923 |
| 14 | Bolu | 10.716 km2 | 270.654 | 25,26 | Bolu | 84.565 |
| 15 | Burdur | 7.238 km2 | 256.803 | 35,48 | Burdur | 63.363 |
| 16 | Bursa | 11.087 km2 | 2.125.140 | 191,68 | Bursa (aggl.) | 1.194.687 |
| 17 | Çanakkale | 9.887 km2 | 464.975 | 47,03 | Çanakkale | 75.810 |
| 18 | Çankırı | 8.411 km2 | 270.355 | 32,14 | Çankırı | 62.508 |
| 19 | Çorum | 12.833 km2 | 597.065 | 46,53 | Çorum | 161.321 |
| 20 | Denizli | 11.716 km2 | 850.029 | 72,55 | Denizli | 275.480 |
| 21 | Diyarbakır | 15.162 km2 | 1.362.708 | 89,88 | Diyarbakır | 545.983 |
| 22 | Edirne | 6.241 km2 | 402.606 | 64,51 | Edirne | 119.298 |
| 23 | Elazığ | 9.181 km2 | 569.616 | 62,04 | Elazığ | 266.495 |
| 24 | Erzincan | 11.974 km2 | 316.841 | 26,46 | Erzincan | 107.175 |
| 25 | Erzurum | 24.741 km2 | 937.389 | 37,89 | Erzurum | 361.235 |
| 26 | Eskişehir | 13.904 km2 | 706.009 | 50,78 | Eskişehir | 482.793 |
| 27 | Gaziantep | 7.194 km2 | 1.285.249 | 178,66 | Gaziantep (aggl.) | 853.513 |
| 28 | Giresun | 7.151 km2 | 523.819 | 73,25 | Giresun | 83.636 |
| 29 | Gümüşhane | 6.125 km2 | 186.953 | 30,52 | Gümüşhane | 30.270 |
| 30 | Hakkari | 7.729 km2 | 236.581 | 30,61 | Hakkari | 58.145 |
| 31 | Hatay | 5.678 km2 | 1.253.726 | 220,80 | Antakya | 144.910 |
| 32 | Isparta | 8.733 km2 | 513.681 | 58,82 | Isparta | 148.496 |
| 33 | İçel | 15.737 km2 | 1.651.400 | 104,94 | Mersin | 537.842 |
| 34 | İstanbul | 5.170 km2 | 10.018.735 | 1.937,86 | İstanbul (aggl.) | 8.803.468 |
| 35 | İzmir | 11.811 km2 | 3.370.866 | 285,40 | İzmir (aggl.) | 2.232.265 |
| 36 | Kars | 9.594 km2 | 325.016 | 33,88 | Kars | 78.473 |
| 37 | Kastamonu | 13.473 km2 | 375.476 | 27,87 | Kastamonu | 64.606 |
| 38 | Kayseri | 17.116 km2 | 1.060.432 | 61,96 | Kayseri (aggl.) | 536.392 |
| 39 | Kırklareli | 6.056 km2 | 328.461 | 54,24 | Kırklareli | 53.221 |
| 40 | Kırşehir | 6.434 km2 | 253.239 | 39,36 | Kırşehir | 88.105 |
| 41 | Kocaeli | 3.635 km2 | 1.206.085 | 331,80 | İzmit | 195.699 |
| 42 | Konya | 40.824 km2 | 2.192.166 | 53,70 | Konya (aggl.) | 742.690 |
| 43 | Kütahya | 12.119 km2 | 656.903 | 54,20 | Kütahya | 166.665 |
| 44 | Malatya | 12.235 km2 | 853.658 | 69,77 | Malatya | 381.081 |
| 45 | Manisa | 13.120 km2 | 1.260.169 | 96,05 | Manisa | 214.345 |
| 46 | Kahramanmaraş | 14.213 km2 | 1.002.384 | 70,53 | Kahramanmaraş | 326.198 |
| 47 | Mardin | 9.097 km2 | 705.098 | 77,51 | Mardin | 65.072 |
| 48 | Muğla | 12.716 km2 | 715.328 | 56,25 | Muğla | 43.845 |
| 49 | Muş | 8.023 km2 | 453.654 | 56,54 | Muş | 67.927 |
| 50 | Nevşehir | 5.438 km2 | 309.914 | 56,99 | Nevşehir | 67.864 |
| 51 | Niğde | 7.318 km2 | 348.081 | 47,57 | Niğde | 78.088 |
| 52 | Ordu | 5.894 km2 | 887.765 | 150,62 | Ordu | 112.525 |
| 53 | Rize | 3.792 km2 | 365.938 | 96,50 | Rize | 78.144 |
| 54 | Sakarya | 4.895 km2 | 756.168 | 154,48 | Adapazarı | 283.752 |
| 55 | Samsun | 9.474 km2 | 1.209.137 | 127,63 | Samsun | 363.180 |
| 56 | Siirt | 5.465 km2 | 263.676 | 48,25 | Siirt | 98.281 |
| 57 | Sinop | 5.858 km2 | 225.574 | 38,51 | Sinop | 30.502 |
| 58 | Sivas | 28.129 km2 | 755.091 | 26,84 | Sivas | 251.776 |
| 59 | Tekirdağ | 6.345 km2 | 623.591 | 98,28 | Tekirdağ | 107.191 |
| 60 | Tokat | 9.912 km2 | 828.027 | 83,54 | Tokat | 113.100 |
| 61 | Trabzon | 4.495 km2 | 975.137 | 216,94 | Trabzon | 214.949 |
| 62 | Tunceli | 7.406 km2 | 93.584 | 12,64 | Tunceli | 25.041 |
| 63 | Şanlıurfa | 19.091 km2 | 1.443.422 | 75,61 | Şanlıurfa | 385.588 |
| 64 | Uşak | 5.174 km2 | 322.313 | 62,29 | Uşak | 137.001 |
| 65 | Van | 20.927 km2 | 877.524 | 41,93 | Van | 284.464 |
| 66 | Yozgat | 14.083 km2 | 682.919 | 48,49 | Yozgat | 73.930 |
| 67 | Zonguldak | 3.470 km2 | 615.599 | 177,41 | Zonguldak | 104.276 |
| 68 | Aksaray | 8.051 km2 | 396.084 | 49,20 | Aksaray | 129.949 |
| 69 | Bayburt | 4.043 km2 | 97.358 | 24,08 | Bayburt | 32.285 |
| 70 | Karaman | 8.816 km2 | 243.210 | 27,59 | Karaman | 105.384 |
| 71 | Kırıkkale | 4.589 km2 | 383.508 | 83,57 | Kırıkkale | 205.078 |
| 72 | Batman | 4.671 km2 | 456.734 | 97,78 | Batman | 246.678 |
| 73 | Şırnak | 7.296 km2 | 353.197 | 48,41 | Şırnak | 52.743 |
| 74 | Bartın | 1.960 km2 | 184.178 | 93,97 | Bartın | 35.992 |
| 75 | Ardahan | 5.495 km2 | 133.756 | 24,34 | Ardahan | 17.274 |
| 76 | Iğdır | 3.584 km2 | 168.634 | 47,05 | Iğdır | 59.880 |
| 77 | Yalova | 403 km2 | 168.593 | 418,34 | Yalova | 70.118 |
| 78 | Karabük | 2.864 km2 | 225.102 | 78,60 | Karabük | 100.749 |
| 79 | Kilis | 1.239 km2 | 114.724 | 92,59 | Kilis | 70.670 |
| 80 | Osmaniye | 3.189 km2 | 458.782 | 143,86 | Osmaniye | 173.977 |
| 81 | Düzce | 1.065 km2 | 314.266 | 295,09 | Düzce | 56.649 |
- Population data according to 2000 census.
- After Zonguldak the ordering is according to traffic plate numbers of provinces, rather than alphabetical, because the provinces were newly created and named by the government.
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