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Turkey is divided into 81 provinces, 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" (vilayet).

The provinces are divided into a number of different districts. Each province has a government area (il merkezi) in the central district (merkez ilçe), and may include other districts (ilçe singular, ilçeler plural). The government area usually bears the same name as the province; the exceptions are Antakya (in Hatay), İzmit (in Kocaeli), and Adapazarı (in Sakarya).

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Provinces of the Republic of Turkey
Licence plate code Name Area (km²) Province population Population density (/km²) Capital Capital population
01 Adana 14,256 1,849,478 129 Adana (aggl.) 1,130,710
02 Adıyaman 7,572 623,811 82 Adıyaman 178,538
03 Afyonkarahisar 14,532 812,416 55 Afyon 128,516
04 Ağrı 11,315 528,744 46 Ağrı 79,764
05 Amasya 5,731 365,231 63 Amasya 74,393
06 Ankara 25,615 5,017,914 156 Ankara (aggl.) 3,203,362
07 Antalya 20,599 1,719,751 83 Antalya 603,190
08 Artvin 7,493 191,934 25 Artvin 23,157
09 Aydın 7,922 950,757 120 Aydın 142,267
10 Balıkesir 14,442 1,076,347 74 Balıkesir 215,436
11 Bilecik 4,181 194,326 46 Bilecik 34,105
12 Bingöl 8,402 253,739 30 Bingöl 68,876
13 Bitlis 8,413 388,678 46 Bitlis 44,923
14 Bolu 10,716 270,654 25 Bolu 84,565
15 Burdur 7,238 256,803 35 Burdur 63,363
16 Bursa 11,087 2,625,140 191 Bursa (aggl.) 1,594,687
17 Çanakkale 9,887 464,975 47 Çanakkale 75,810
18 Çankırı 8,411 270,355 32 Çankırı 62,508
19 Çorum 12,833 597,065 46 Çorum 161,321
20 Denizli 11,716 950,029 72 Denizli 350,000
21 Diyarbakır 15,162 1,362,708 89 Diyarbakır 545,983
22 Edirne 6,241 402,606 64 Edirne 119,298
23 Elazığ 9,181 569,616 62 Elazığ 266,495
24 Erzincan 11,974 316,841 26 Erzincan 107,175
25 Erzurum 24,741 937,389 37 Erzurum 361,235
26 Eskişehir 13,904 706,009 50 Eskişehir 482,793
27 Gaziantep 7,194 1,285,249 178 Gaziantep (aggl.) 853,513
28 Giresun 7,151 523,819 73 Giresun 83,636
29 Gümüşhane 6,125 186,953 30 Gümüşhane 30,270
30 Hakkâri 7,729 236,581 30 Hakkâri 58,145
31 Hatay 5,678 1,253,726 220 Antakya 144,910
32 Isparta 8,733 513,681 58 Isparta 148,496
33 Mersin 15,737 2,271,400 304 Mersin 1,375,842
34 İstanbul 5,170 11,622,257 1,937 İstanbul (aggl.) 11,008,790
35 İzmir 11811 3,370,866 285 İzmir (aggl.) 2,232,265
36 Kars 9,594 325,016 33 Kars 78,473
37 Kastamonu 13,473 375,476 27 Kastamonu 64,606
38 Kayseri 17,116 1,060,432 61 Kayseri (aggl.) 536,392
39 Kırklareli 6,056 328,461 54 Kırklareli 53,221
40 Kırşehir 6,434 253,239 39 Kırşehir 88,105
41 Kocaeli 3635 1,206,085 331 İzmit 195,699
42 Konya 40,824 2,192,166 53 Konya (aggl.) 742,690
43 Kütahya 12,119 656,903 54 Kütahya 166,665
44 Malatya 12,235 853,658 69 Malatya 381,081
45 Manisa 13,120 1,260,169 96 Manisa 214,345
46 Kahramanmaraş 14,213 1,002,384 70 Kahramanmaraş 326,198
47 Mardin 9,097 705,098 77 Mardin 65,072
48 Muğla 12,716 715,328 56 Muğla 43,845
49 Muş 8,023 453,654 56 Muş 67,927
50 Nevşehir 5,438 309,914 56 Nevşehir 67,864
51 Niğde 7,318 348,081 47 Niğde 78,088
52 Ordu 5,894 887,765 150 Ordu 112,525
53 Rize 3,792 365,938 96 Rize 78,144
54 Sakarya 4,895 756,168 154 Adapazarı 283,752
55 Samsun 9,474 1,209,137 127 Samsun 363,180
56 Siirt 5,465 263,676 48 Siirt 98,281
57 Sinop 5,858 225,574 38 Sinop 30,502
58 Sivas 28,129 755,091 26 Sivas 251,776
59 Tekirdağ 6,345 623,591 98 Tekirdağ 107,191
60 Tokat 9,912 828,027 83 Tokat 113,100
61 Trabzon 4,495 975,137 216 Trabzon 214,949
62 Tunceli 7,406 93,584 12 Tunceli 25,041
63 Şanlıurfa 19,091 1,443,422 75 Şanlıurfa 385,588
64 Uşak 5,174 322,313 62 Uşak 137,001
65 Van 20,927 877,524 41 Van 284,464
66 Yozgat 14,083 682,919 48 Yozgat 73,930
67 Zonguldak 3,470 615,599 177 Zonguldak 104,276
68 Aksaray 8,051 396,084 49 Aksaray 129,949
69 Bayburt 4,043 97,358 24 Bayburt 32,285
70 Karaman 8,816 243,210 27 Karaman 105,384
71 Kırıkkale 45,89 383,508 83 Kırıkkale 205,078
72 Batman 4,671 456,734 97 Batman 246,678
73 Şırnak 7,296 353,197 48 Şırnak 52,743
74 Bartın 1,960 184,178 93 Bartın 35,992
75 Ardahan 5,495 133,756 24 Ardahan 17,274
76 Iğdır 3,584 168,634 47 Iğdır 59,880
77 Yalova 403 168,593 418 Yalova 70,118
78 Karabük 2,864 225,102 78 Karabük 100,749
79 Kilis 1,239 114,724 92 Kilis 70,670
80 Osmaniye 3,189 458,782 143 Osmaniye 173,977
81 Düzce 1,065 314,261 295 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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