List of districts in Turkey
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The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 957 districts (ilçeler; sing. ilçe). In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the kaza.
The district bears the same name as the district capital (with the exception of the district of Antakya (in Hatay)). 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 of 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 of 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.
List of districts with population
The districts and their populations (as of December 31, 2015) 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. (This is true only for 16 greater municipalities; Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, İstanbul, İzmir, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Konya, Mersin, Sakarya, Samsun. For the remaining 65 provinces the population figures for districts add up to total province population ) (see: Metropolitan centers in Turkey)
Istanbul Region
Istanbul Subregion
Istanbul Province
- Population: 14,657,434
- Adalar: 15,623
- Arnavutköy: 236,222
- Ataşehir: 419,368
- Avcılar: 425,228
- Bağcılar: 757,162
- Bahçelievler: 602,040
- Bakırköy: 223,248
- Başakşehir: 353,311
- Bayrampaşa: 272,374
- Beşiktaş: 190,033
- Beykoz: 249,727
- Beylikdüzü: 279,999
- Beyoğlu: 242,250
- Büyükçekmece: 231,064
- Çatalca: 67,329
- Çekmeköy: 231,818
- Esenler: 459,983
- Esenyurt: 742,810
- Eyüp: 375,409
- Fatih: 419,345
- Gaziosmanpaşa: 501,546
- Güngören: 302,066
- Kadıköy: 465,954
- Kağıthane: 437,942
- Kartal: 457,552
- Küçükçekmece: 761,064
- Maltepe: 487,337
- Pendik: 681,736
- Sancaktepe: 354,882
- Sarıyer: 344,159
- Şile: 33,477
- Silivri: 165,084
- Şişli: 274,017
- Sultanbeyli: 321,730
- Sultangazi: 521,524
- Tuzla: 234,372
- Ümraniye: 688,347
- Üsküdar: 540,617
- Zeytinburnu: 289,685
Western Marmara Region
Tekirdağ Subregion
Tekirdağ Province
- Population: 937,910
Edirne Province
- Population: 402,537
Kırklareli Province
- Population: 346,973
- Babaeski: 47,851
- Demirköy: 8,448
- Kırklareli: 95,274
- Kofçaz: 2,644
- Lüleburgaz: 142,840
- Pehlivanköy: 3,790
- Pınarhisar: 18,704
- Vize: 27,422
Balıkesir Subregion
Balıkesir Province
- Population: 1,186,688
- Ayvalık: 67,902
- Balıkesir: 347,072
- Balya: 13,648
- Bandırma: 146,688
- Bigadiç: 49,539
- Burhaniye: 57,090
- Dursunbey: 38,522
- Edremit: 140,857
- Erdek: 32,899
- Gömeç: 12,768
- Gönen: 72,701
- Havran: 27,564
- İvrindi: 33,710
- Kepsut: 23,508
- Manyas: 20,154
- Marmara: 8,848
- Savaştepe: 18,677
- Sındırgı: 34,868
- Susurluk: 39,673
Çanakkale Province
- Population: 513,341
Aegean Region
İzmir Subregion
İzmir Province
- Population: 4,168,415
- İzmir: 3,492,494
- Aliağa: 87,376
- Balçova: 78,121
- Bayındır: 39,925
- Bayraklı: 312,263
- Bornova: 435,162
- Buca: 470,768
- Çiğli: 182,349
- Foça: 28,647
- Gaziemir: 132,365
- Güzelbahçe: 29,774
- Karabağlar: 477,238
- Karşıyaka: 333,250
- Kemalpaşa: 101,693
- Konak: 375,490
- Menderes: 83,331
- Menemen: 156,974
- Narlıdere: 64,712
- Seferihisar: 36,335
- Selçuk: 35,736
- Torbalı: 156,983
- Urla: 60,750
- Northern districts
- Southern districts
- İzmir: 3,492,494
Aydın Subregion
Aydın Province
- Population: 1,053,506
Denizli Province
- Population: 993,442
Muğla Province
- Population: 908,877
Manisa Subregion
Manisa Province
- Population: 1,380,366
Afyonkarahisar Province
- Population: 709,015
Kütahya Province
- Population: 571,463
Uşak Province
- Population: 353,048
Eastern Marmara Region
Bursa Subregion
Bursa Province
- Population: 2,842,547
Bilecik Province
- Population: 212,361
Eskişehir Province
- Population: 826,716
- Eskişehir: 717,076
- Odunpazarı: 383,523
- Tepebaşı: 333,553
- Alpu: 11,526
- Beylikova: 6,091
- Çifteler: 15,232
- Günyüzü: 5,970
- Han: 1,959
- İnönü: 6,822
- Mahmudiye: 7,987
- Mihalgazi: 4,507
- Mihalıççık: 8,850
- Sarıcakaya: 5,678
- Seyitgazi: 13,753
- Sivrihisar: 21,265
- Eskişehir: 717,076
Kocaeli Subregion
Kocaeli Province
- Population: 1,780,055
Bolu Province
- Population: 291,095
Düzce Province
- Population: 360,388
Sakarya Province
- Population: 953,181
Yalova Province
- Population: 233,009
Western Anatolia
Ankara Subregion
Ankara Province
- Population: 5,270,575
- Ankara: 4,584,161
- Beypazarı: 47,582
- Çamlıdere: 6,479
- Evren: 2,847
- Güdül: 8,392
- Haymana: 28,355
- Kızılcahamam: 25,179
- Nallıhan: 29,209
- Polatlı: 121,858
- Şereflikoçhisar: 33,729
Konya Subregion
Konya Province
- Population: 2,130,544
- Konya: 1,122,007
- Ahırlı: 4,545
- Akören: 6,409
- Akşehir: 94,159
- Altınekin: 14,171
- Beyşehir: 71,370
- Bozkır: 27,006
- Çeltik: 9,864
- Cihanbeyli: 53,551
- Çumra: 65,152
- Derbent: 4,441
- Derebucak: 6,807
- Doğanhisar: 17,069
- Emirgazi: 8,939
- Ereğli: 139,173
- Güneysınır: 9,636
- Hadim: 12,820
- Halkapınar: 4,412
- Hüyük: 15,899
- Ilgın: 55,484
- Kadınhanı: 32,670
- Karapınar: 49,098
- Kulu: 49,283
- Sarayönü: 26,450
- Seydişehir: 64,028
- Taşkent: 6,420
- Tuzlukçu: 6,754
- Yalıhüyük: 1,512
- Yunak: 22,940
Karaman Province
- Population: 242,196
- Ayrancı: 8,497
- Başyayla: 3,706
- Ermenek: 29,558
- Karaman: 184,493
- Kazımkarabekir: 4,320
- Sarıveliler: 11,622
Mediterranean Region
Antalya Subregion
Antalya Province
- Population: 2,288,456
- Antalya: 1,088,044
- Aksu: 68,496
- Döşemealtı: 55,462
- Kepez: 497,242
- Konyaaltı: 154,920
- Muratpaşa: 477,290
- Akseki: 11,088
- Alanya: 291,643
- Demre: 26,180
- Elmalı: 38,515
- Finike: 46,817
- Gazipaşa: 48,866
- Gündoğmuş: 7,583
- İbradı: 2,761
- Kaş: 56,386
- Kemer: 42,796
- Korkuteli: 52,746
- Kumluca: 67,135
- Manavgat: 222,419
- Serik: 120,111
- Antalya: 1,088,044
Burdur Province
- Population: 258,339
Isparta Province
- Population: 421,766
Adana Subregion
Adana Province
- Population: 2,108,805
Mersin Province
- Population: 1,745,221
Hatay Subregion
Hatay Province
- Population: 1,533,507
Kahramanmaraş Province
- Population: 1,096,610
- Afşin: 81,390
- Andırın: 34,038
- Çağlayancerit: 23,607
- Ekinözü: 11,886
- Elbistan: 141,468
- Göksun: 51,415
- Kahramanmaraş: 603,020
- Nurhak: 12,054
- Pazarcık: 67,802
- Türkoğlu: 69,480
Osmaniye Province
- Population: 512,873
- Bahçe: 21,115
- Düziçi: 80,691
- Hasanbeyli: 4,127
- Kadirli: 119,857
- Osmaniye: 254,116
- Sumbas: 14,518
- Toprakkale: 18,449
Central Anatolia
Kırıkkale Subregion
Kırıkkale Province
- Population: 270,271
Aksaray Province
- Population: 386,514
Kırşehir Province
- Population: 225,562
Nevşehir Province
- Population: 286,767
Niğde Province
- Population: 346,114
Kayseri Subregion
Kayseri Province
- Population: 1,341,056
Sivas Province
- Population: 618,617
Yozgat Province
- Population: 419,440
- Akdağmadeni: 44,326
- Aydıncık: 10,089
- Boğazlıyan: 33,794
- Çandır: 4,399
- Çayıralan: 13,073
- Çekerek: 20,857
- Kadışehri: 12,768
- Saraykent: 12,909
- Sarıkaya: 33,419
- Şefaatli: 15,371
- Sorgun: 78,178
- Yenifakılı: 5,502
- Yerköy: 36,507
- Yozgat: 98,248
Western Black Sea Region
Zonguldak Subregion
Zonguldak Province
- Population: 598,796
Bartın Province
- Population: 190,708
- Amasra: 15,067
- Bartın: 147,472
- Kurucaşile: 6,759
- Ulus: 21,410
Karabük Province
- Population: 236,978
Kastamonu Subregion
Kastamonu Province
- Population: 372,633
- Abana: 4,215
- Ağlı: 2,903
- Araç: 18,861
- Azdavay: 6,885
- Bozkurt: 9,141
- Çatalzeytin: 6,504
- Cide: 23,838
- Daday: 8,883
- Devrekani: 12,386
- Doğanyurt: 6,209
- Hanönü: 3,898
- İhsangazi: 5,939
- İnebolu: 22,144
- Kastamonu: 140,944
- Küre: 6,405
- Pınarbaşı: 5,606
- Şenpazar: 5,176
- Seydiler: 3,913
- Taşköprü: 38,253
- Tosya: 40,530
Çankırı Province
- Population: 180,945
- Atkaracalar: 4,804
- Bayramören: 2,361
- Çankırı: 88,538
- Çerkeş: 16,539
- Eldivan: 5,346
- Ilgaz: 13,716
- Kızılırmak: 7,320
- Korgun: 4,116
- Kurşunlu: 8,178
- Orta: 11,485
- Şabanözü: 10,746
- Yapraklı: 7,796
Sinop Province
- Population: 204,133
Samsun Subregion
Samsun Province
- Population: 1,279,884
Amasya Province
- Population: 322,167
Çorum Province
- Population: 527,220
Tokat Province
- Population: 593,990
Eastern Black Sea Region
Trabzon Subregion
Trabzon Province
- Population: 768,417
Artvin Province
- Population: 168,370
Rize Province
- Population: 328,979
- Ardeşen: 40,278
- Çamlıhemşin: 6,203
- Çayeli: 41,916
- Derepazarı: 8,104
- Fındıklı: 16,163
- Güneysu: 13,794
- Hemşin: 2,365
- İkizdere: 5,711
- İyidere: 8,373
- Kalkandere: 12,077
- Pazar: 30,534
- Rize: 143,461
Ordu Subregion
Ordu Province
- Population: 728,949
Giresun Province
- Population: 426,686
Gümüşhane Province
- Population: 151,449
Northeast Anatolia
Erzurum Subregion
Erzurum Province
- Population: 762,321
- Erzurum: 395,472
- Aziziye: 53,506
- Palandöken: 167,892
- Yakutiye: 190,928
- Aşkale: 23,471
- Çat: 17,842
- Hınıs: 27,096
- Horasan: 40,299
- İspir: 15,603
- Karaçoban: 23,985
- Karayazı: 29,137
- Köprüköy: 16,520
- Narman: 14,234
- Oltu: 31,087
- Olur: 6,708
- Pasinler: 30,113
- Pazaryolu: 4,148
- Şenkaya: 18,895
- Tekman: 26,792
- Tortum: 16,007
- Uzundere: 8,058
- Erzurum: 395,472
Bayburt Province
Erzincan Province
- Population: 222,918
Ağrı Subregion
Ağrı Province
- Population: 555,479
Ardahan Province
- Population: 107,455
Iğdır Province
- Population: 188,857
- Aralık: 22,425
- Iğdır: 127,609
- Karakoyunlu: 14,054
- Tuzluca: 24,769
Kars Province
- Population: 305,755
Central-Eastern Anatolia
Malatya Subregion
Malatya Province
- Population: 757,930
Bingöl Province
- Population: 262,263
Elazığ Province
- Population: 558,556
Tunceli Province
- Population: 85,062
Van Subregion
Van Province
- Population: 1,022,532
Bitlis Province
- Population: 336,624
Hakkâri Province
Muş Province
- Population: 414,706
Southeastern Anatolia
Gaziantep Subregion
Gaziantep Province
- Population: 1,753,596
Adıyaman Province
- Population: 593,931
Kilis Province
Şanlıurfa Subregion
Şanlıurfa Province
- Population: 1,716,254
Diyarbakır Province
- Population: 1,570,943
Mardin Subregion
Mardin Province
- Population: 764,033
Batman Province
- Population: 524,499
Siirt Province
- Population: 310,468
Şırnak Province
- Population: 457,997
- Beytüşşebap: 17,836
- Cizre: 122,967
- Güçlükonak: 12,034
- İdil: 70,187
- Silopi: 112,582
- Şırnak: 85,369
- Uludere: 37,022
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