Provinces of Turkey

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Turkey is divided into 81 provinces (Turkish: il / vilayet). Each province is divided into a number of different districts (ilçe). The provincial governorate is set in the central district (merkez ilçe). The central area usually bears the name of the province (e.g. the city of Van is the central district of Van Province). There are only 3 exceptions[1] to this naming scheme:

A province is administered by an appointed governor (vali) from the ministry of interior.

List of provinces

Provinces of the Republic of Turkey
License plate code Name Area (km²) Population in latest census (2000) Population in latest official estimation (2014)
01 Adana 14,045.56 1,854,270 2,149,260
02 Adıyaman 7,606.16 623,811 597,184
03 Afyonkarahisar 14,718.63 812,416 707,123
04 Ağrı 11,498.67 528,744 551,177
05 Amasya 5,703.78 365,231 321,977
06 Ankara 25,401.94 4,007,860 5,045,083
07 Antalya 20,790.56 1,719,751 2,158,265
08 Artvin 7,367.10 191,934 169,334
09 Aydın 7,904.43 950,757 1,020,957
10 Balıkesir 14,472.73 1,076,347 1,162,761
11 Bilecik 4,306.77 194,326 208,888
12 Bingöl 8,253.51 253,739 265,514
13 Bitlis 7,094.50 388,678 337,156
14 Bolu 8,323.39 270,654 283,496
15 Burdur 7,134.95 256,803 257,267
16 Bursa 10,886.38 2,125,140 2,740,970
17 Çanakkale 9,950.43 464,975 502,328
18 Çankırı 7,491.89 270,355 190,909
19 Çorum 12,796.21 597,065 532,080
20 Denizli 11,804.19 950,757 963,464
21 Diyarbakır 15,204.01 1,362,708 1,607,437
22 Edirne 6,097.91 402,606 398,582
23 Elazığ 9,281.45 569,616 568,239
24 Erzincan 11,727.55 316,841 219,996
25 Erzurum 25,330.90 937,389 766,729
26 Eskişehir 13,902.03 706,009 799,724
27 Gaziantep 6,844.84 1,285,249 1,844,438
28 Giresun 6,831.58 523,819 425,007
29 Gümüşhane 6,437.01 186,953 141,412
30 Hakkâri 7,178.88 236,581 273,041
31 Hatay 5,831.36 1,253,726 1,503,066
32 Isparta 8,871.08 513,681 417,774
33 Mersin 15,512.25 1,651,400 1,705,774
34 Istanbul 5,315.33 10,018,735 14,160,467
35 İzmir 12,015.61 3,370,866 4,061,074
36 Kars 10,139.09 325,016 300,874
37 Kastamonu 13,157.98 375,476 368,093
38 Kayseri 17,109.33 1,060,432 1,295,355
39 Kırklareli 6,299.78 328,461 340,559
40 Kırşehir 6,530.32 253,239 223,498
41 Kocaeli 3,625.29 1,206,085 1,676,202
42 Konya 40,813.52 2,192,166 2,079,225
43 Kütahya 12,013.57 656,903 572,059
44 Malatya 12,102.70 853,658 762,538
45 Manisa 13,228.50 1,260,169 1,359,463
46 Kahramanmaraş 14,456.74 1,002,384 1,075,706
47 Mardin 8,806.04 705,098 779,738
48 Muğla 12,949.21 715,328 866,665
49 Muş 8,067.16 453,654 412,553
50 Nevşehir 5,391.64 309,914 285,460
51 Niğde 7,365.29 348,081 343,658
52 Ordu 5,952.49 887,765 731,452
53 Rize 3,921.98 365,938 328,205
54 Sakarya 4,880.19 756,168 917,373
55 Samsun 9,364.10 1,209,137 1,261,810
56 Siirt 5,473.29 263,676 314,153
57 Sinop 5,816.55 225,574 204,568
58 Sivas 28,567.34 755,091 623,824
59 Tekirdağ 6,342.30 623,591 874,475
60 Tokat 10,072.62 828,027 598,708
61 Trabzon 4,664.04 975,137 758,237
62 Tunceli 7,685.66 93,584 85,428
63 Şanlıurfa 19,336.21 1,443,422 1,801,980
64 Uşak 5,363.09 322,313 346,508
65 Van 19,414.14 877,524 1,070,113
66 Yozgat 14,074.09 682,919 444,211
67 Zonguldak 3,309.86 615,599 601,567
68 Aksaray 7,965.51 396,084 382,806
69 Bayburt 3,739.08 97,358 75,620
70 Karaman 8,868.90 243,210 237,939
71 Kırıkkale 4,569.76 383,508 274,658
72 Batman 4,659.21 456,734 547,581
73 Şırnak 7,151.57 353,197 475,255
74 Bartın 2,080.36 184,178 189,139
75 Ardahan 4,967.63 133,756 102,782
76 Iğdır 3,587.81 168,634 190,424
77 Yalova 850.46 168,593 220,122
78 Karabük 4,108.80 225,102 230,251
79 Kilis 1,427.76 114,724 128,586
80 Osmaniye 3,195.99 458,782 498,981
81 Düzce 2,592.95 314,266 351,509

Codes

The numbers of the ISO code, the first two digits of the vehicle registration plates of Turkey and the first digits of the postal codes in Turkey are the same. NUTS codes are different.

Name ISO 3166-2 NUTS Phone prefix
Adana TR-01 TR621 322
Adıyaman TR-02 TRC12 416
Afyon TR-03 TR332 272
Ağrı TR-04 TRA21 472
Aksaray TR-68 TR712 382
Amasya TR-05 TR834 358
Ankara TR-06 TR510 312
Antalya TR-07 TR611 242
Ardahan TR-75 TRA24 478
Artvin TR-08 TR905 466
Aydın TR-09 TR321 256
Balıkesir TR-10 TR221 266
Bartın TR-74 TR813 378
Batman TR-72 TRC32 488
Bayburt TR-69 TRA13 458
Bilecik TR-11 TR413 228
Bingöl TR-12 TRB13 426
Bitlis TR-13 TRB23 434
Bolu TR-14 TR424 374
Burdur TR-15 TR613 248
Bursa TR-16 TR411 224
Çanakkale TR-17 TR222 286
Çankırı TR-18 TR822 376
Çorum TR-19 TR833 364
Denizli TR-20 TR322 258
Diyarbakır TR-21 TRC22 412
Düzce TR-81 TR423 380
Edirne TR-22 TR212 284
Elazığ TR-23 TRB12 424
Erzincan TR-24 TRA12 446
Erzurum TR-25 TRA11 442
Eskisehir TR-26 TR412 222
Gaziantep TR-27 TRC11 342
Giresun TR-28 TR903 454
Gümüşhane TR-29 TR906 456
Hakkari TR-30 TRB24 438
Hatay TR-31 TR631 326
Iğdır TR-76 TRA23 476
Isparta TR-32 TR612 246
Istanbul-I (Thrace) TR-34 TR100 212
Istanbul-II (Anatolia) TR-34 TR100 216
İzmir TR-35 TR310 232
Kahramanmaraş TR-46 TR632 344
Karabük TR-78 TR812 370
Karaman TR-70 TR522 338
Kars TR-36 TRA22 474
Kastamonu TR-37 TR821 366
Kayseri TR-38 TR721 352
Kilis TR-79 TRC13 348
Kırıkkale TR-71 TR711 318
Kırklareli TR-39 TR213 288
Kırşehir TR-40 TR715 386
Kocaeli (İzmit) TR-41 TR421 262
Konya TR-42 TR521 332
Kütahya TR-43 TR333 274
Malatya TR-44 TRB11 422
Manisa TR-45 TR331 236
Mardin TR-47 TRC31 482
Mersin TR-33 TR622 324
Muğla TR-48 TR323 252
Muş TR-49 TRB22 436
Nevşehir TR-50 TR714 384
Niğde TR-51 TR713 388
Ordu TR-52 TR902 452
Osmaniye TR-80 TR633 328
Rize TR-53 TR904 464
Sakarya (Adapazarı) TR-54 TR422 264
Samsun TR-55 TR831 362
Şanlıurfa TR-63 TRC21 414
Siirt TR-56 TRC34 484
Sinop TR-57 TR823 368
Sivas TR-58 TRC33 346
Şırnak TR-73 TR722 486
Tekirdağ TR-59 TR211 282
Tokat TR-60 TR832 356
Trabzon TR-61 TR901 462
TRNC* 392
Tunceli TR-62 TRB14 428
Uşak TR-64 TR334 276
Van TR-65 TRB21 432
Yalova TR-77 TR425 226
Yozgat TR-66 TR723 354
Zonguldak TR-67 TR811 372

Governors

Province Name Since
Adana Hüseyin Avni Coş 2011
Adıyaman Ramazan Sodan 2008
Afyonkarahisar İrfan Balkanlıoğlu 2010
Ağrı Ali Yerlikaya 2010
Aksaray Orhan Alimoğlu 2008
Amasya Abdil Celil Öz 2011
Ankara Alâaddin Yüksel 2010
Antalya Ahmet Altıparmak 2010
Ardahan Mustafa Tekmen 2009
Artvin Mustafa Yemlihalıoğlu 2009
Aydın Kerem Al 2011
Balıkesir Yılmaz Arslan 2009
Bartın Halil Işık 2008
Batman Ahmet Turhan 2009
Bayburt Hasan İpek 2011
Bilecik Halil İbrahim Akpınar 2010
Bingöl Mustafa Hakan Güvençer 2010
Bitlis Nurettin Yılmaz 2008
Bolu İbrahim Özçimen 2010
Burdur Süleyman Tapsız 2010
Bursa Şahabettin Harput 2007
Çanakkale Güngör Azim Tuna 2011
Çankırı Şemsettin Uzun 2008
Çorum Nurullah Çakır 2010
Denizli Yavuz Erkmen 2008
Diyarbakır Mustafa Toprak 2010
Düzce Vasip Şahin 2010
Edirne Gökhan Sözer 2010
Elazığ Muammer Erol 2008
Erzincan Abdulkadir Demir 2008
Erzurum Sebahattin Öztürk 2009
Eskişehir Mehmet Kılıçlar 2008
Gaziantep Erdal Ata 2011
Giresun Dursun Ali Şahin 2011
Gümüşhane Yusuf Mayda 2011
Hakkari Muammer Türker 2008
Hatay Mehmet Celalettin Lekesiz 2009
Iğdır Amir Çiçek 2010
Isparta Memduh Oğuz 2010
Istanbul Hüseyin Avni Mutlu 2010
İzmir Mustafa Cahit Kıraç 2007
Kahramanmaraş Şükrü Kocatepe 2010
Karabük İzzettin Küçük 2010
Karaman Süleyman Kahraman 2010
Kars Ahmet Kara 2009
Kastamonu Erdoğan Bektaş 2010
Kayseri Mevlüt Bilici 2007
Kilis Yusuf Odabaş 2011
Kırıkkale Hakan Yusuf Güner 2009
Kırklareli Cengiz Aydoğdu 2009
Kırşehir Mehmet Ufuk Erden 2009
Kocaeli Ercan Topaca 2010
Konya Aydın Nezih Doğan 2009
Kütahya Kenan Çiftçi 2010
Malatya Ulvi Saran 2009
Manisa Halil İbrahim Daşöz 2011
Mardin Turhan Ayvaz 2011
Mersin (İçel) Hasan Basri Güzeloğlu 2010
Muğla Fatih Şahin 2010
Muş Erdoğan Bektaş 2008
Nevşehir Abdurrahman Savaş 2010
Niğde Alim Barut 2009
Ordu Ali Kaban 2008
Osmaniye Celalettin Cerrah 2009
Rize Seyfullah Hacımüftüoğlu 2009
Sakarya Mustafa Büyük 2010
Samsun Hüseyin Aksoy 2010
Siirt Musa Çolak 2010
Şırnak Vahdettin Özkan 2010
Sinop Ahmet Cengiz 2010
Sivas Ali Kolat 2009
Tekirdağ Zübeyir Kemelek 2009
Tokat Şerif Yılmaz 2009
Trabzon Recep Kızılcık 2009
Tunceli Osman Kaymak 2014
Şanlıurfa Nuri Okutan 2009
Uşak Özdemir Çakacak 2009
Van Münir Karaloğlu 2009
Yalova Osman Çapalı 2011
Yozgat Necati Şentürk 2010
Zonguldak Erol Ayyıldız 2011

Defunct provinces

A 1927 map of the provinces of Turkey

See also

References

  1. ↑ There were 4. The city of Mersin was previously under İçel province.