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| Districts of Turkey Türkiye'nin ilçeleri (Turkish) | |
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| Category | Unitary state |
| Location | Republic of Turkey |
| Number | 973 |
| Populations | 1,615 (Yalıhüyük)-Konya Province – 957,398 (Esenyurt)-Istanbul Province |
| Areas | 5.2 km (2 sq mi) (Güngören)-Istanbul Province – 4,314.00 km (1,665.645 sq mi) (Siverek)-Şanlıurfa Province |
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The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (ilçeler; sing. ilçe). In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, the corresponding unit was the kaza.
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. Additionally three provinces, Kocaeli, Sakarya, and Hatay have their capital district named differently from their province, as İzmit, Adapazarı, and Antakya respectively.
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 administered differently where a separate seat of municipality exists for the entire province, having administrative power over all districts of the province.
Local government
Main article: Local government in TurkeyMunicipalities (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 Istanbul 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 administered by greater municipalities in addition to having separate municipalities for every district within the province.
List of districts with population
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 region
Afyonkarahisar Province
(Mostly in the Aegean Region)
- Population: 729,483
Aydın Province
(Entirely in the Aegean Region)
- Population: 1,110,972
Denizli Province
(Mostly in the Aegean Region)
- Population: 1,037,208
İzmir Province
(Entirely in the Aegean Region)
- Population: 4,367,251
- İzmir: 2,972,900
- Northern districts
- Southern districts
Kütahya Province
(Mostly in the Aegean Region)
- Population: 579,257
Manisa Province
(Entirely in the Aegean Region)
- Population: 1,440,611
Muğla Province
(Mostly in the Aegean Region)
- Population: 983,142
Uşak Province
(Entirely in the Aegean Region)
- Population: 370,509
Central Anatolia region
Aksaray Province
(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)
- Population: 416,367
Ankara Province
(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)
- Population: 5,639,076
- Akyurt: 36,123
- Altındağ: 389,510
- Ayaş: 13,900
- Bala: 30,280
- Beypazarı: 48,371
- Çamlıdere: 9,825
- Çankaya: 944,609
- Çubuk: 90,764
- Elmadağ: 45,557
- Etimesgut: 587,052
- Evren: 3,097
- Gölbaşı: 138,944
- Güdül: 8,892
- Haymana: 30,930
- Kahramankazan: 54,806
- Kalecik: 13,234
- Keçiören: 939,161
- Kızılcahamam: 28,350
- Mamak: 665,978
- Nallıhan: 27,579
- Polatlı: 125,075
- Pursaklar: 150,488
- Sincan: 535,637
- Şereflikoçhisar: 33,821
- Yenimahalle: 687,093
Çankırı Province
(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)
- 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
Eskişehir Province
(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)
- Population: 887,475
- Alpu: 10,974
- Beylikova: 6,400
- Çifteler: 14,878
- Odunpazarı: 413,461
- 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
- Tepebaşı: 370,150
Karaman Province
(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)
- Population: 253,279
- Ayrancı: 7,965
- Başyayla: 3,650
- Ermenek: 28,565
- Karaman: 197,276
- Kazımkarabekir: 4,328
- Sarıveliler: 11,495
Kayseri Province
(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)
- Population: 1,407,409
Kırıkkale Province
(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)
- Population: 283,017
Kırşehir Province
(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)
- Population: 242,938
Konya Province
(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)
- 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
- Kulu: 50,825
- Meram: 344,546
- Sarayönü: 27,026
- Selçuklu: 662,808
- Seydişehir: 64,822
- Taşkent: 6,296
- Tuzlukçu: 6,529
- Yalıhüyük: 1,629
- Yunak: 21,972
Nevşehir Province
(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)
- Population: 303,010
Niğde Province
(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)
- Population: 362,861
Sivas Province
(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)
- Population: 638,956
Yozgat Province
(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)
- 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
- Sorgun: 79,533
- Şefaatli: 15,371
- Yenifakılı: 5,386
- Yerköy: 35,476
- Yozgat: 106,280
Eastern Anatolia region
Ağrı Province
(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 536,199
Ardahan Province
(Mostly in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 97,319
Bingöl Province
(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 279,812
Bitlis Province
(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 348,115
Elazığ Province
(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 591,098
Erzincan Province
(Mostly in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 234,747
Erzurum Province
(Mostly in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 762,062
- Aşkale: 23,152
- Aziziye: 63,502
- Çat: 16,708
- 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
- Palandöken: 172,332
- Pasinler: 28,691
- Pazaryolu: 3,975
- Şenkaya: 17,511
- Tekman: 25,723
- Tortum: 18,135
- Uzundere: 8,153
- Yakutiye: 186,993
Hakkâri Province
(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 280,991
Iğdır Province
(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 199,442
- Aralık: 21,313
- Iğdır: 140,267
- Karakoyunlu: 13,925
- Tuzluca: 23,937
Kars Province
(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 285,410
Malatya Province
(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 800,615
Muş Province
(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 408,809
Şırnak Province
(Mostly in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 529,615
- Beytüşşebap: 16,330
- Cizre: 148,697
- Güçlükonak: 12,295
- İdil: 76,895
- Silopi: 136,749
- Şırnak: 93,989
- Uludere: 44,660
Tunceli Province
(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 84,660
Van Province
(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)
- Population: 1,136,757
Black Sea region
Amasya Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 337,800
Artvin Province
(Mostly in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 170,815
Bartın Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 198,249
- Amasra: 14,151
- Bartın: 155,765
- Kurucaşile: 6,621
- Ulus: 21,712
Bayburt Province
(Mostly in the Black Sea Region)
Bolu Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 316,126
Çorum Province
(Mostly in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 530,864
Düzce Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 392,166
Giresun Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 448,400
Gümüşhane Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 164,521
Karabük Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 248,458
Kastamonu Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- 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
Ordu Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 754,198
Rize Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- 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
Samsun Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 1,348,542
Sinop Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 218,243
Tokat Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 612,747
Trabzon Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 808,974
Zonguldak Province
(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)
- Population: 596,053
Marmara Region
Balıkesir Province
(Mostly in the Marmara Region)
- Population: 1,228,620
- Ayvalık: 70,720
- Altıeylül: 181,206
- 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
- Karesi: 183,084
- Kepsut: 23,142
- Manyas: 18,936
- Marmara: 9,730
- Savaştepe: 17,844
- Sındırgı: 33,253
- Susurluk: 38,704
Bilecik Province
(Mostly in the Marmara Region)
- Population: 219,427
Bursa Province
(Mostly in the Marmara Region)
- Population: 3,056,120
Çanakkale Province
(Mostly in the Marmara Region)
- Population: 542,157
Edirne Province
(Entirely in the Marmara Region)
- Population: 413,903
Istanbul Province
(Entirely in the Marmara Region)
- 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
Kırklareli Province
(Entirely in the Marmara Region)
- 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
Kocaeli Province
(Mostly in the Marmara Region)
- Population: 1,953,035
Sakarya Province
(Mostly in the Marmara Region)
- Population: 1,029,650
Tekirdağ Province
(Entirely in the Marmara Region)
- Population: 1,055,412
Yalova Province
(Entirely in the Marmara Region)
- Population: 270,976
Mediterranean Region
Adana Province
(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)
- Population: 2,237,940
Antalya Province
(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)
- Population: 2,511,700
- Akseki: 11,484
- Alanya: 327,503
- Aksu: 73,220
- Demre: 26,362
- Döşemealtı: 65,794
- Elmalı: 38,972
- Finike: 48,534
- Gazipaşa: 50,555
- Gündoğmuş: 7,737
- İbradı: 3,032
- Kaş: 59,716
- Kemer: 46,143
- Kepez: 556,033
- Konyaaltı: 190,043
- Korkuteli: 55,352
- Kumluca: 70,423
- Manavgat: 241,011
- Muratpaşa: 510,368
- Serik: 129,418
Burdur Province
(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)
- Population: 270,796
Hatay Province
(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)
- Population: 1,628,894
Isparta Province
(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)
- Population: 444,914
Kahramanmaraş Province
(Mostly in the Mediterranean Region)
- Population: 1,154,102
- Afşin: 80,447
- Andırın: 32,503
- Çağlayancerit: 23,133
- Dulkadiroğlu: 222,673
- Ekinözü: 11,221
- Elbistan: 141,538
- Göksun: 52,255
- Nurhak: 12,279
- Onikişubat: 431,848
- Pazarcık: 69,097
- Türkoğlu: 77,112
Mersin Province
(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)
- Population: 1,840,425
Osmaniye Province
(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)
- Population: 538,759
- Bahçe: 22,155
- Düziçi: 84,133
- Hasanbeyli: 4,782
- Kadirli: 125,083
- Osmaniye: 268,647
- Sumbas: 13,840
- Toprakkale: 20,119
Southeastern Anatolia region
Adıyaman Province
(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)
- Population: 626,465
Batman Province
(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)
- Population: 608,659
Diyarbakır Province
(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)
- Population: 1,756,353
Gaziantep Province
(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)
- Population: 2,069,364
Kilis Province
(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)
Mardin Province
(Entirely in the Southeastern Anatolia regio)
- Population: 838,778
Siirt Province
(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)
- Population: 330,280
Şanlıurfa Province
(Entirely in the Southeastern Anatolia region)
- Population: 2,073,614
See also
- List of regions in Turkey
- List of provinces in Turkey
- List of cities and towns in Turkey
- List of villages in Turkey
References
- "Ankara ilinin ilçeleri ve merkez ilçeleri". 26 January 2024.
- "İki İsimli İllerimiz ve İsmi Değiştirilen İllerimiz". 7 October 2018.
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