Provinces of Turkey

Turkey is divided into 81 provinces (). Each province is divided into a number of districts (). Each provincial government is seated in the central district (). For non-metropolitan municipality designated provinces, the central district bears the name of the province (e.g. the city/district of Rize is the central district of Rize Province). In the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the vilayet.

Each province is administered by an appointed governor () from the Ministry of the Interior.

Background After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the official establishment of the Republic of Turkey on 29 October 1923, changes were made to the administrative system. Two years later, Ardahan, Beyoğlu, Çatalca, Tunceli, Ergani, Gelibolu, Genç, Kozan, Oltu, Muş, Siverek and Üsküdar provinces were transformed into districts. In 1927, Doğubayazıt was transformed into a district and was made a part of Ağrı. In 1929, Muş became a province again and Bitlis became a district. Four years later, Aksaray, Cebelibereket, Hakkâri and Şebinkarahisar became districts, Mersin and Silifke were merged to form a new province called İçel, and Artvin and Rize were merged to form a new province called Çoruh, bringing the number down to fifty-six. In 1936, Rize, Tunceli and Hakkâri became provinces again, in the same year Dersim was renamed Tunceli; 3 years later in 1939, Hatay was annexed to Turkey and became a province. In 1953, it was decided that Uşak would become a province and that Kırşehir would be transformed into a district, one year later in 1954 Adıyaman, Nevşehir and Sakarya gained province status. In 1956, the name of Çoruh province was changed to Artvin, and in 1957 Kırşehir's province status was restored. After this year, there were no changes in the number of provinces for the next 32 years until Aksaray, Bayburt, Karaman and Kırıkkale became provinces in 1989 along with Batman and Şırnak in 1990; Bartın in 1991; Ardahan and Iğdır in 1992; Yalova, Karabük and Kilis in 1995; Osmaniye in 1996, and Düzce in 1999.

Provinces Below is a list of the 81 provinces of Turkey, sorted according to their license plate codes. Initially, the order of the codes matched the alphabetical order of the province names. After Zonguldak (code 67), the ordering is not alphabetical, but in the order of the creation of provinces, as these provinces were created more recently and thus their plate numbers were assigned after the initial set of codes had been assigned.

Name Capital Area Populationcensus(Oct. 2000) Populationcensus(Nov. 2011) Population estimate(Dec. 2021) Population density(per km²)2021sq mi 01 Adana Adana 1,849,478 2,102,375 2,263,373 02 Adıyaman Adıyaman 623,811 594,163 632,148 03 Afyonkarahisar Afyonkarahisar 812,416 701,461 744,179 04 Ağrı Ağrı 528,744 553,241 524,069 05 Amasya Amasya 365,231 323,331 335,331 06 Ankara Ankara 4,007,860 4,868,418 5,747,325 07 Antalya Antalya 1,719,751 2,035,563 2,619,832 08 Artvin Artvin 191,934 166,177 169,543 09 Aydın Aydın 950,757 999,131 1,134,031 10 Balıkesir Balıkesir 1,076,347 1,155,216 1,250,610 11 Bilecik Bilecik 194,326 203,157 228,334 12 Bingöl Bingöl 253,739 261,276 283,112 13 Bitlis Bitlis 388,678 336,226 352,277 14 Bolu Bolu 270,654 276,976 320,014 15 Burdur Burdur 256,803 250,984 273,716 16 Bursa Bursa 2,125,140 2,640,128 3,147,818 17 Çanakkale Çanakkale 464,975 489,298 557,276 18 Çankırı Çankırı 270,355 175,716 196,515 19 Çorum Çorum 597,065 534,825 526,282 20 Denizli Denizli 850,029 940,532 1,051,056 21 Diyarbakır Diyarbakır 1,362,708 1,561,110 1,791,373 22 Edirne Edirne 402,606 400,554 412,115 23 Elazığ Elazığ 569,616 559,063 588,088 24 Erzincan Erzincan 316,841 214,863 237,351 25 Erzurum Erzurum 937,389 781,626 756,893 26 Eskişehir Eskişehir 706,009 778,421 898,369 27 Gaziantep Gaziantep 1,285,249 1,739,569 2,130,432 28 Giresun Giresun 523,819 420,433 450,154 29 Gümüşhane Gümüşhane 186,953 129,045 150,119 30 Hakkâri Hakkâri 236,581 271,405 278,218 31 Hatay Antakya 1,253,726 1,472,282 1,670,712 32 Isparta Isparta 513,681 412,039 445,678 33 Mersin Mersin 1,651,400 1,660,522 1,891,145 34 Istanbul 10,018,735 13,565,798 15,840,900 35 İzmir İzmir 3,370,866 3,952,036 4,425,789 36 Kars Kars 325,016 306,238 281,077 37 Kastamonu Kastamonu 375,476 360,694 375,592 38 Kayseri Kayseri 1,060,432 1,251,907 1,434,357 39 Kırklareli Kırklareli 328,461 340,977 366,363 40 Kırşehir Kırşehir 253,239 221,935 242,944 41 Kocaeli İzmit 1,206,085 1,595,643 2,033,441 42 Konya Konya 2,192,166 2,033,227 2,277,017 43 Kütahya Kütahya 656,903 564,403 578,640 44 Malatya Malatya 853,658 749,225 808,692 45 Manisa Manisa 1,260,169 1,337,731 1,456,626 46 Kahramanmaraş Kahramanmaraş 1,002,384 1,052,336 1,171,298 47 Mardin Mardin 705,098 758,181 862,757 48 Muğla Muğla 715,328 837,804 1,021,141 49 Muş Muş 453,654 412,430 405,228 50 Nevşehir Nevşehir 309,914 284,150 308,003 51 Niğde Niğde 348,081 337,456 363,725 52 Ordu Ordu 887,765 712,998 760,872 53 Rize Rize 365,938 322,367 345,662 54 Sakarya Adapazarı 756,168 886,382 1,060,876 55 Samsun Samsun 1,209,137 1,250,598 1,371,274 56 Siirt Siirt 263,676 309,599 331,980 57 Sinop Sinop 225,574 203,288 218,408 58 Sivas Sivas 755,091 627,195 636,121 59 Tekirdağ Tekirdağ 623,591 824,223 1,113,400 60 Tokat Tokat 828,027 592,481 602,567 61 Trabzon Trabzon 975,137 757,857 816,684 62 Tunceli Tunceli 93,584 84,896 83,645 63 Şanlıurfa Şanlıurfa 1,443,422 1,701,127 2,143,020 64 Uşak Uşak 322,313 340,636 373,183 65 Van Van 877,524 1,059,734 1,141,015 66 Yozgat Yozgat 682,919 465,214 418,500 67 Zonguldak Zonguldak 615,599 614,775 589,684 68 Aksaray Aksaray 396,084 379,163 429,069 69 Bayburt Bayburt 97,358 76,859 85,042 70 Karaman Karaman 243,210 234,441 258,838 71 Kırıkkale Kırıkkale 383,508 276,847 275,968 72 Batman Batman 456,734 520,883 626,319 73 Şırnak Şırnak 353,197 453,828 546,589 74 Bartın Bartın 184,178 187,129 201,711 75 Ardahan Ardahan 133,756 107,776 94,932 76 Iğdır Iğdır 168,634 187,842 203,159 77 Yalova Yalova 168,593 205,664 291,001 78 Karabük Karabük 225,102 220,401 249,287 79 Kilis Kilis 114,724 124,276 145,826 80 Osmaniye Osmaniye 458,782 483,639 553,012 81 Düzce Düzce 314,266 342,281 400,976

Codes The province's ISO code suffix number, the first two digits of the vehicle registration plates of Turkey, and the first digits of the postal codes in Turkey are the same. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes are different.

NameISO 3166-2NUTSPhoneprefixStatistical Region(NUTS-1)AdanaTR-01TR621322MediterraneanAdıyamanTR-02TRC12416Southeast AnatoliaAfyonkarahisarTR-03TR332272AegeanAğrıTR-04TRA21472Northeast AnatoliaAksarayTR-68TR712382Central AnatoliaAmasyaTR-05TR834358West Black SeaAnkaraTR-06TR510312West AnatoliaAntalyaTR-07TR611242MediterraneanArdahanTR-75TRA24478Northeast AnatoliaArtvinTR-08TR905466East Black SeaAydınTR-09TR321256AegeanBalıkesirTR-10TR221266West MarmaraBartınTR-74TR813378West Black SeaBatmanTR-72TRC32488Southeast AnatoliaBayburtTR-69TRA13458Northeast AnatoliaBilecikTR-11TR413228East MarmaraBingölTR-12TRB13426Central East AnatoliaBitlisTR-13TRB23434Central East AnatoliaBoluTR-14TR424374East MarmaraBurdurTR-15TR613248MediterraneanBursaTR-16TR411224East MarmaraÇanakkaleTR-17TR222286West MarmaraÇankırıTR-18TR822376West Black SeaÇorumTR-19TR833364West Black SeaDenizliTR-20TR322258AegeanDiyarbakırTR-21TRC22412Southeast AnatoliaDüzceTR-81TR423380East MarmaraEdirneTR-22TR212284West MarmaraElazığTR-23TRB12424Central East AnatoliaErzincanTR-24TRA12446Northeast AnatoliaErzurumTR-25TRA11442Northeast AnatoliaEskişehirTR-26TR412222East MarmaraGaziantepTR-27TRC11342Southeast AnatoliaGiresunTR-28TR903454East Black SeaGümüşhaneTR-29TR906456East Black SeaHakkariTR-30TRB24438Central East AnatoliaHatayTR-31TR631326MediterraneanIğdırTR-76TRA23476Northeast AnatoliaIspartaTR-32TR612246MediterraneanIstanbul-I (Thrace)TR-34TR100212IstanbulIstanbul-II (Anatolia)TR-34TR100216IstanbulİzmirTR-35TR310232AegeanKahramanmaraşTR-46TR632344MediterraneanKarabükTR-78TR812370West Black SeaKaramanTR-70TR522338West AnatoliaKarsTR-36TRA22474Northeast AnatoliaKastamonuTR-37TR821366West Black SeaKayseriTR-38TR721352Central AnatoliaKilisTR-79TRC13348Southeast AnatoliaKırıkkaleTR-71TR711318Central AnatoliaKırklareliTR-39TR213288West MarmaraKırşehirTR-40TR715386Central AnatoliaKocaeli (İzmit)TR-41TR421262East MarmaraKonyaTR-42TR521332West AnatoliaKütahyaTR-43TR333274AegeanMalatyaTR-44TRB11422Central East AnatoliaManisaTR-45TR331236AegeanMardinTR-47TRC31482Southeast AnatoliaMersinTR-33TR622324MediterraneanMuğlaTR-48TR323252AegeanMuşTR-49TRB22436Central East AnatoliaNevşehirTR-50TR714384Central AnatoliaNiğdeTR-51TR713388Central AnatoliaOrduTR-52TR902452East Black SeaOsmaniyeTR-80TR633328MediterraneanRizeTR-53TR904464East Black SeaSakarya (Adapazarı)TR-54TR422264East MarmaraSamsunTR-55TR831362West Black SeaŞanlıurfaTR-63TRC21414Southeast AnatoliaSiirtTR-56TRC34484Southeast AnatoliaSinopTR-57TR823368West Black SeaSivasTR-58TRC33346Central AnatoliaŞırnakTR-73TR722486Southeast AnatoliaTekirdağTR-59TR211282West MarmaraTokatTR-60TR832356West Black SeaTrabzonTR-61TR901462East Black SeaTunceliTR-62TRB14428Central East AnatoliaUşakTR-64TR334276AegeanVanTR-65TRB21432Central East AnatoliaYalovaTR-77TR425226East MarmaraYozgatTR-66TR723354Central AnatoliaZonguldakTR-67TR811372West Black Sea

Defunct provinces

Çatalca, now part of Istanbul Province Gelibolu, now part of Çanakkale Province İçel (Silifke), now part of Mersin Province Kozan, now part of Adana Province Şebinkarahisar, now part of Giresun Province Elazığ Madeni, now part of Elazığ Province Genç, now part of Bingöl Province Doğubayazıt, now part of Ağrı Province Siverek, now part of Şanlıurfa Province Biga, now part of Çanakkale Province Ergani, now part of Diyarbakır Province Oltu, now part of Erzurum Province Beyoğlu, now part of Istanbul Province Üsküdar, now part of Istanbul Province Batum, now part of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara Adalar, now part of Istanbul Province

See also Provinces of Turkey by population Geographical regions of Turkey Districts of Turkey Villages of Turkey Metropolitan centers in Turkey

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