Territorial organization of Türkiye
Turkey is a unitary state that is administratively divided into 81 provinces, (iller, singular il) headed by each of which is a governor (vali) appointed by the central government. The provinces are, in turn, divided into districts (subprovinces or ilçeler, singular ilçe) and communes that can establish taxes and exercise other initiatives. The provincial capital (usually called central ilçe) generally bears the name of the province, with the following exceptions: Hatay (capital: Antioquia), Kocaeli (capital: İzmit), and Sakarya (capital: Adapazarı).
List of provinces and capitals
- Population according to the 2000 Census.
- The system is according to the numbers used in the car plates in each province, which corresponds to the ISO 3166-2 standard.
On the other hand, geographically the country is divided into 7 regions: Aegean Region, Black Sea Region, Central Anatolia Region, Eastern Anatolia Region, Marmara Region. Mediterranean region and Southeast Anatolia region.
| Area | Population | Density | ISO | Province | Surface (km2) | Population (2000) | Density (hab/km2) | Capital | Population | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 7 | 15 | TR-01 | Adana Province | 14 256 | 1 849 478 | 129.73 | Adana | 1 130 710 | 5 |
| 44 | 36 | 29 | TR-02 | Adıyaman Province | 7572 | 623 811 | 82.38 | Adıyaman | 178 538 | 29 |
| 11 | 28 | 47 | TR-03 | Afyonkarahisar Province | 14 532 | 812 416 | 55.91 | Afyonkarahisar | 128 516 | 38 |
| 26 | 41 | 59 | TR-04 | Ağrı Province | 11 315 | 528 744 | 46.73 | Ağrı | 79 764 | 51 |
| 59 | 54 | 39 | TR-05 | Amasya Province | 5731 | 365 231 | 63.73 | Amasya | 74 393 | 56 |
| 3 | 2 | 11 | TR-06 | Ankara Province | 25 615 | 4 007 860 | 156.47 | Ankara | 3 203 362 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | 28 | TR-07 | Antalya Province | 20 599 | 1 719 751 | 83.49 | Antalya | 603 190 | 8 |
| 45 | 73 | 77 | TR-08 | Artvin Province | 7493 | 191 934 | 25,62 | Artvin | 23 157 | 80 |
| 42 | 21 | 17 | TR-09 | Aydın Province | 7922 | 950 757 | 120.01 | Aydın | 142 267 | 35 |
| 12 | 17 | 33 | TR-10 | Balıkesir Province | 14 442 | 1 076 347 | 74.53 | Balıkesir | 215 436 | 24 |
| 70 | 72 | 61 | TR-11 | Bilecik Province | 4181 | 194 326 | 46,48 | Bilecik | 34 105 | 75 |
| 39 | 66 | 72 | TR-12 | Bingöl Province | 8402 | 253 739 | 30,20 | Bingöl | 68 876 | 60 |
| 37 | 50 | 62 | TR-13 | Bitlis Province | 8413 | 388 678 | 46.20 | Bitlis | 44 923 | 72 |
| 28 | 62 | 78 | TR-14 | Bolu Province | 10 716 | 270 654 | 25,26 | Bolu | 84 565 | 49 |
| 49 | 65 | 67 | TR-15 | Burdur Province | 7238 | 256 803 | 35,48 | Burdur | 63 363 | 65 |
| 27 | 6 | 8 | TR-16 | Bursa Province | 11 087 | 2 125 140 | 191.68 | Bursa | 1 194 687 | 4 |
| 30 | 44 | 58 | TR-17 | Province of Çanakkale | 9887 | 464 975 | 47,03 | Çanakkale | 75 810 | 55 |
| 38 | 63 | 69 | TR-18 | Cankiri Province | 8411 | 270 355 | 32,14 | Çankırı | 62 508 | 66 |
| 19 | 39 | 60 | TR-19 | Province of Çorum | 12 833 | 597 065 | 46,53 | Çorum | 161 321 | 32 |
| 25 | 26 | 35 | TR-20 | Denizli Province | 11 716 | 850 029 | 72.55 | Denizli | 275 480 | 20 |
| 10 | 11 | 25 | TR-21 | Diyarbakır Province | 15 162 | 1 362 708 | 89.88 | Diyarbakır | 545 983 | 9 |
| 54 | 48 | 38 | TR-22 | Edirne Province | 6241 | 402 606 | 64.51 | Edirne | 119 298 | 39 |
| 33 | 40 | 41 | TR-23 | Elazığ Province | 9181 | 569 616 | 62.04 | Elazığ | 266 495 | 21 |
| 23 | 60 | 76 | TR-24 | Erzincan Province | 11 974 | 316 841 | 26,46 | Erzincan | 107 | 43 |
| 4 | 22 | 66 | TR-25 | Erzurum Province | 24 741 | 937 389 | 37,89 | Erzurum | 361 235 | 16 |
| 16 | 32 | 51 | TR-26 | Eskişehir Province | 13 904 | 706 009 | 50.78 | Eskişehir | 482 793 | 12 |
| 50 | 12 | 9 | TR-27 | Gaziantep Province | 7194 | 1 285 249 | 178,66 | Gaziantep | 853 513 | 6 |
| 51 | 42 | 34 | TR-28 | Giresun Province | 7151 | 523 819 | 73.25 | Giresun | 83 636 | 50 |
| 55 | 74 | 71 | TR-29 | Gümüşhane Province | 6125 | 186 953 | 30.52 | Gümüşhane | 30 270 | 78 |
| 43 | 69 | 70 | TR-30 | Hakkari Province | 7729 | 236 581 | 30.61 | Hakkari | 58 145 | 68 |
| 60 | 14 | 6 | TR-31 | Hatay Province | 5678 | 1 253 726 | 220,80 | Antioch | 144 910 | 34 |
| 36 | 43 | 43 | TR-32 | Isparta Province | 8733 | 513 681 | 58.82 | Isparta | 148 496 | 33 |
| 9 | 9 | 18 | TR-33 | Mersin Province | 15 737 | 1 651 400 | 104.94 | Mersin | 537 842 | 10 |
| 65 | 1 | 1 | TR-34 | Istanbul Province | 5170 | 10 018 735 | 1937.86 | Istanbul | 17.000,000 | 1 |
| 24 | 3 | 5 | TR-35 | Esmirna Province | 11 811 | 3 370 866 | 285,40 | Smirna | 2 232 265 | 3 |
| 31 | 58 | 68 | TR-36 | Kars Province | 9594 | 325 016 | 33,88 | Kars | 78 473 | 52 |
| 17 | 52 | 73 | TR-37 | Kastamonu Province | 13 473 | 375 476 | 27,87 | Kastamonu | 64 606 | 64 |
| 8 | 18 | 42 | TR-38 | Kayseri Province | 17 116 | 1 060 432 | 61,96 | Kayseri | 536 392 | 11 |
| 56 | 57 | 48 | TR-39 | Kirklareli Province | 6056 | 328 461 | 54,24 | Kırklareli | 53 221 | 70 |
| 52 | 67 | 64 | TR-40 | Kırşehir Province | 6434 | 253 239 | 39,36 | Kırşehir | 88 105 | 48 |
| 73 | 16 | 3 | TR-41 | Kocaeli Province | 3635 | 1 206 085 | 331.80 | İzmit | 195 699 | 28 |
| 1 | 5 | 50 | TR-42 | Konya Province | 40 824 | 2 192 166 | 53,70 | Konya | 742 690 | 7 |
| 22 | 35 | 49 | TR-43 | Kütahya Province | 12 119 | 656 903 | 54,20 | Kütahya | 166 665 | 31 |
| 21 | 25 | 37 | TR-44 | Malatya Province | 12 235 | 853 658 | 69.77 | Malatya | 381 081 | 14 |
| 18 | 13 | 22 | TR-45 | Manisa Province | 13 120 | 1 260 169 | 96.05 | Manisa | 214 345 | 26 |
| 14 | 19 | 36 | TR-46 | Kahramanmaraş Province | 14 213 | 1 002 384 | 70.53 | Kahramanmaraş | 326 198 | 17 |
| 34 | 33 | 31 | TR-47 | Mardin Province | 9097 | 705 098 | 77,51 | Mardin | 65 072 | 63 |
| 20 | 31 | 46 | TR-48 | Muğla Province | 12 716 | 715 328 | 56.25 | Muğla | 43 845 | 73 |
| 41 | 47 | 45 | TR-49 | Mus province | 8023 | 453 654 | 56.54 | Muş | 67 927 | 61 |
| 63 | 4 | 44 | TR-50 | Nevsehir Province | 5438 | 309 914 | 56.99 | Nevşehir | 67 864 | 62 |
| 47 | 56 | 56 | TR-51 | Niğde Province | 7318 | 348 081 | 47,50 | Niğde | 78 088 | 54 |
| 57 | 23 | 13 | TR-52 | Province of Ordu | 5894 | 887 765 | 150.62 | Ordu | 112 525 | 41 |
| 72 | 53 | 21 | TR-53 | Rize Province | 3792 | 365 938 | 96.50 | Rize | 78 144 | 53 |
| 66 | 29 | 12 | TR-54 | Sakarya Province | 4895 | 756 168 | 154.48 | Adapazarı | 283 752 | 19 |
| 32 | 15 | 16 | TR-55 | Samsun Province | 9474 | 1 209 137 | 127.63 | Samsun | 363 180 | 15 |
| 62 | 64 | 55 | TR-56 | Siirt Province | 5465 | 263 676 | 48,25 | Siirt | 98 281 | 47 |
| 58 | 70 | 65 | TR-57 | Sinop Province | 5858 | 225 574 | 38,51 | Sinope | 30 502 | 77 |
| 2 | 30 | 75 | TR-58 | Sivas Province | 28 129 | 755 091 | 26,84 | Sivas | 251 776 | 22 |
| 53 | 37 | 19 | TR-59 | Tekirdağ Province | 6345 | 623 591 | 98.28 | Tekirdağ | 107 191 | 42 |
| 29 | 27 | 27 | TR-60 | Tokat Province | 9912 | 828 027 | 83.54 | Tokat | 113 100 | 40 |
| 69 | 20 | 7 | TR-61 | Trabzon Province | 4495 | 975 137 | 216,94 | Trebisonda | 214 949 | 25 |
| 46 | 81 | 81 | TR-62 | Tunceli Province | 7406 | 93 584 | 12,64 | Tunceli | 25 041 | 79 |
| 7 | 10 | 32 | TR-63 | Şanlıurfa Province | 19 091 | 1 443 422 | 75.61 | Sanliurfa | 385 588 | 13 |
| 64 | 59 | 40 | TR-64 | Uşak Province | 5174 | 322 313 | 62,29 | Uşak | 137 001 | 36 |
| 5 | 24 | 63 | TR-65 | Van Province | 20 927 | 877 524 | 41,93 | Van | 284 464 | 18 |
| 15 | 34 | 53 | TR-66 | Yozgat Province | 14 083 | 682 919 | 48,49 | Yozgat | 73 930 | 57 |
| 75 | 38 | 10 | TR-67 | Zonguldak Province | 3470 | 615 599 | 177.41 | Zonguldak | 104 276 | 45 |
| 40 | 49 | 52 | TR-68 | Aksaray Province | 8051 | 396 084 | 49.20 | Aksaray | 129 949 | 37 |
| 71 | 80 | 80 | TR-69 | Bayburt Province | 4043 | 97 358 | 24,08 | Bayburt | 32 285 | 76 |
| 35 | 68 | 74 | TR-70 | Karaman Province | 8816 | 243 210 | 27,59 | Karaman | 105 384 | 44 |
| 68 | 51 | 26 | TR-71 | Kırıkkale Province | 4589 | 383 508 | 83.57 | Kırıkkale | 205 078 | 27 |
| 67 | 46 | 20 | TR-72 | Batman Province | 4671 | 456 734 | 97.78 | Batman | 246 678 | 23 |
| 48 | 55 | 54 | TR-73 | Şırnak Province | 7296 | 353 197 | 48,41 | Şırnak | 52 743 | 71 |
| 78 | 75 | 23 | TR-74 | Province of Bartın | 1960 | 184 178 | 93.97 | Bartın | 35 992 | 73 |
| 61 | 78 | 79 | TR-75 | Ardahan Province | 5495 | 133 756 | 24,34 | Ardahan | 17 274 | 81 |
| 74 | 76 | 57 | TR-76 | Iğdır Province | 3584 | 168 634 | 47,05 | Iğdır | 59 880 | 67 |
| 81 | 77 | 2 | TR-77 | Yalova Province | 403 | 168 593 | 418.34 | Yalova | 70 118 | 59 |
| 77 | 71 | 30 | TR-78 | Karabük Province | 2864 | 225 102 | 78.60 | Karabük | 100 749 | 46 |
| 79 | 79 | 24 | TR-79 | Kilis Province | 1239 | 114 724 | 92.59 | Kilis | 70 670 | 58 |
| 76 | 45 | 14 | TR-80 | Osmaniye Province | 3189 | 458 782 | 143.86 | Osmaniye | 173 977 | 30 |
| 80 | 61 | 4 | TR-81 | Düzce Province | 1065 | 314 266 | 295,09 | Düzce | 56 649 | 69 |