Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey

This is a list of Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey. There are 81 provinces in Turkey (Turkish: il) . Among the 81 provincial centers 16 of them are called metropolitan municipalities[1] (Turkish: Büyükşehir, Anakent). Within city borders of the metropolitan municipalities, there are more than one district governorate.(Turkish: ilçe) where each governorate has a municipality which is a vassal [2] of the metropolitan municipality. Actually, two metropolitan municipalities (İstanbul and Kocaeli) encompass the whole province. The other metropolitan municipalities encompass a part of provincial area and majority of provincial population.

The list of Metropolitan areas in Turkey

Metropolitan municipalities Plate No.[3] Population[4] Districts[5]
Adana 01 1,591,518 Çukurova, Karaisalı, Sarıçam, Seyhan, Yüreğir
Ankara 06 4,431,719 Altındağ, Akyurt, Ayaş, Bala, Çankaya, Çubuk, Elmadağ, Etimesgut, Gölbaşı, Kalecik , Kazan, Keçiören, Mamak, Pursaklar, Sincan, Yenimahalle
Antalya 07 1,001,318 Aksu, Döşemealtı, Kepez, Konyaaltı, Muratpaşa
Bursa 16 1,905,570 Gemlik, Gürsu, Kestel, Mudanya, Nilüfer, Osmangazi, Yıldırım
Diyarbakır 21 843,460 Bağlar, Kayapınar, Sur, Yenişehir
Erzurum 25 367,250 Aziziye, Palandöken, Yakutiye
Eskişehir 26 629,609 Odunpazarı, Tepebaşı
Gaziantep 27 1,341,054 Şahinbey, Şehitkamil, Oğuzeli
Mersin [6] 33 843,429 Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar, Yenişehir
İstanbul 34 13,120,596 Adalar, Arnavutköy, Ataşehir, Avcılar, Bağcılar, Bahçelievler, Bakırköy, Başakşehir, Bayrampaşa, Beşiktaş, Beykoz, Beylikdüzü, Beyoğlu, Büyükçekmece, Çatalca, Çekmeköy, Esenler- Esenyurt, Eyüp, Fatih, Gaziosmanpaşa, Güngören, Kadıköy, Kağıthane- Kartal, Küçükçekmece, Maltepe, Pendik, Sancaktepe, Sarıyer, Silivri- Sultanbeyli, Sultangazi, Şile, Şişli, Tuzla, Ümraniye- Üsküdar, Zeytinburnu
İzmir 35 3,354,934 Aliağa, Balçova, Bayındır, Bayraklı, Bornova- Buca, Çiğli, Foça, Gaziemir, Güzelbahçe, Karabağlar, Karşıyaka- Kemalpaşa, Konak, Menderes, Menemen, Narlıdere- Seferihisar, Selçuk, Torbalı, Urla
Kayseri 38 950,017 Hacılar, İncesu, Kocasinan, Melikgazi, Talas
Kocaeli[7] 41 1,459,772[8] Başiskele, Çayırova, Darıca, Derince, Dilovası, Gebze, Gölcük, İzmit, Kandıra, Karamürsel, Kartepe, Körfez
Konya 42 1,036,027 Karatay, Meram, Selçuklu
Sakarya[9] 54 560,876 Adapazarı, Akyazı, Arifiye, Erenler, Ferizli, Hendek, Karapürçek, Sapanca, Serdivan, Söğütlü
Samsun 55 531,997 Atakum, Canik, İlkadım, Tekkeköy

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Statistical Institute page
  2. ^ Law act no 5216 (Turkish)
  3. ^ Each province has a different traffic plate number between 01-81
  4. ^ Population (Statistical Institute page) as of 2010.
  5. ^ Districts (Statistical Institute page)
  6. ^ Former name of the province was İçel
  7. ^ The former name of the provincial center was İzmit. Now İzmit is the administrative centre of the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality
  8. ^ Population of whole province, the population of the city is 294,875
  9. ^ The former name of the provincial center was Adapazarı. Now Adapazarı is the administrative center of the Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality.