Districts of 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 government
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 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).
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 Region
Aydın Subregion
- Population: 1,110,972
- Population: 1,037,208
- Population: 983,142
İzmir Subregion
- Population: 4,367,251
- İzmir: 2,972,900
- Northern districts
- Southern districts
Manisa Subregion
- Population: 729,483
- Population: 579,257
- Population: 1,440,611
- Population: 370,509
Central Anatolia
Kayseri Subregion
- Population: 1,407,409
- Population: 638,956
- 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 Subregion
- Population: 416,367
- Population: 283,017
- Population: 242,938
- Population: 303,010
- Population: 362,861
Central-Eastern Anatolia
Malatya Subregion
- Population: 279,812
- Population: 591,098
- Population: 800,615
- Population: 84,660
Van Subregion
- Population: 348,115
- Population: 280,991
- Population: 408,809
- Population: 1,136,757
Eastern Black Sea Region
Ordu Subregion
- Population: 448,400
- Population: 164,521
- Population: 754,198
Trabzon Subregion
- Population: 170,815
- 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
- Population: 808,974
Eastern Marmara Region
Bursa Subregion
- Population: 219,427
- Population: 3,056,120
- Population: 887,475
- Alpu: 10,974
- Beylikova: 6,400
- Çifteler: 14,878
- 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 Subregion
- Population: 316,126
- Population: 392,166
- Population: 1,953,035
- Population: 1,029,650
- Population: 270,976
Istanbul Region
Istanbul Subregion
- 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 Region
Adana Subregion
- Population: 2,237,940
- Population: 1,840,425
Antalya Subregion
- Population: 2,511,700
- Akseki: 11,484
- Alanya: 327,503
- 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
- Population: 270,796
- Population: 444,914
Hatay Subregion
- Population: 1,628,894
- Population: 1,154,102
- Afşin: 80,447
- Andırın: 32,503
- Çağlayancerit: 23,133
- Ekinözü: 11,221
- Elbistan: 141,538
- Göksun: 52,255
- Dulkadiroğlu: 222,673
- Onikişubat: 431,848
- Nurhak: 12,279
- Pazarcık: 69,097
- Türkoğlu: 77,112
- 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 Anatolia
Ağrı Subregion
- Population: 536,199
- Population: 97,319
- Population: 199,442
- Aralık: 21,313
- Iğdır: 140,267
- Karakoyunlu: 13,925
- Tuzluca: 23,937
- Population: 285,410
Erzurum Subregion
- Population: 234,747
- Population: 762,062
- Aşkale: 23,152
- Aziziye: 63,502
- Çat: 16,708
- 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 Anatolia
Gaziantep Subregion
- Population: 626,465
- Population: 2,069,364
Mardin Subregion
- Population: 608,659
- Population: 838,778
- Population: 529,615
- Beytüşşebap: 16,330
- Cizre: 148,697
- Güçlükonak: 12,295
- İdil: 76,895
- Silopi: 136,749
- Şırnak: 93,989
- Uludere: 44,660
- Population: 330,280
Şanlıurfa Subregion
- Population: 1,756,353
- Population: 2,073,614
Western Anatolia
Ankara Subregion
- Population: 5,639,076
- Akyurt: 36,123
- Altındağ: 389,510
- Çankaya: 944,609
- Etimesgut: 587,052
- Gölbaşı: 138,944
- Keçiören: 939,161
- Mamak: 665,978
- Pursaklar: 150,488
- Sincan: 535,637
- Yenimahalle: 687,093
- Ayaş: 13,900
- Bala: 30,280
- Beypazarı: 48,371
- Çamlıdere: 9,825
- Çubuk: 90,764
- Elmadağ: 45,557
- Evren: 3,097
- Güdül: 8,892
- Haymana: 30,930
- Kahramankazan: 54,806
- Kalecik: 13,234
- Kızılcahamam: 28,350
- Nallıhan: 27,579
- Polatlı: 125,075
- Şereflikoçhisar: 33,821
Konya Subregion
- Population: 253,279
- Ayrancı: 7,965
- Başyayla: 3,650
- Ermenek: 28,565
- Karaman: 197,276
- Kazımkarabekir: 4,328
- Sarıveliler: 11,495
- 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
- Meram: 344,546
- Selçuklu: 662,808
- Kulu: 50,825
- Sarayönü: 27,026
- Seydişehir: 64,822
- Taşkent: 6,296
- Tuzlukçu: 6,529
- Yalıhüyük: 1,629
- Yunak: 21,972
Western Black Sea Region
Kastamonu Subregion
- 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
- 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
- Population: 218,243
Samsun Subregion
- Population: 337,800
- Population: 530,864
- Population: 1,348,542
- Population: 612,747
Zonguldak Subregion
- Population: 198,249
- Amasra: 14,151
- Bartın: 155,765
- Kurucaşile: 6,621
- Ulus: 21,712
- Population: 248,458
- Population: 596,053
Western Marmara Region
Balıkesir Subregion
- Population: 1,228,620
- Ayvalık: 70,720
- Altıeylül: 181,206
- Karesi: 183,084
- 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
- Population: 542,157
Tekirdağ Subregion
- Population: 413,903
- 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
- Population: 1,055,412