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Districts of Turkey

The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (ilçeler; sing. ilçe). In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic,[when?] the corresponding unit was the kaza.

Districts of Turkey
Türkiye'nin ilçeleri (Turkish)
CategoryUnitary state
LocationRepublic of Turkey
Number973
Populations1,615 (Yalıhüyük)-Konya Province – 957,398 (Esenyurt)-Istanbul Province
Areas5.2 km2 (2 sq mi) (Güngören)-Istanbul Province – 4,314.00 km2 (1,665.645 sq mi) (Siverek)-Şanlıurfa Province
Government
Subdivisions

Most provinces bear the same name as their respective provincial capital districts. However, many urban provinces, designated as greater municipalities, have a center consisting of multiple districts, such as the provincial capital of Ankara province, The City of Ankara, comprising nine separate districts.[1] Additionally three provinces, Kocaeli, Sakarya, and Hatay have their capital district named differently from their province, as İzmit, Adapazarı, and Antakya respectively.[2]

A district may cover both rural and urban areas. In many provinces, 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 non-central districts by an appointed sub-governor (kaymakam) from their district center (ilçe merkezi) municipality. In these 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). Greater Municipalities, however, are administered differently where a separate seat of municipality exists for the entire province, having administrative power over all districts of the province.

Local government

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Main article: Local government in Turkey

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 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 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.

Greater municipalities (büyükşehir belediyesi) exist for large cities like Istanbul and İzmir that consist of an extra administrative layer run by an elected head mayor, who oversee the municipalities and mayors within the province. Currently, 30 provinces are administered by greater municipalities in addition to having separate municipalities for every district within the province.

List of districts with population

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The districts and their populations (as of December 31, 2019) are listed below, by region and by province (with capital district in bold text).

Aegean region

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Afyonkarahisar Province

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(Mostly in the Aegean Region)

 
Districts of Afyonkarahisar

Aydın Province

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(Entirely in the Aegean Region)

 
Districts of Aydın

Denizli Province

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(Mostly in the Aegean Region)

 
Districts of Denizli

İzmir Province

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(Entirely in the Aegean Region)

 
Districts of İzmir

Kütahya Province

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(Mostly in the Aegean Region)

 
Districts of Kütahya

Manisa Province

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(Entirely in the Aegean Region)

 
Districts of Manisa

Muğla Province

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(Mostly in the Aegean Region)

 
Districts of Muğla

Uşak Province

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(Entirely in the Aegean Region)

 
Districts of Uşak

Central Anatolia region

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Aksaray Province

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(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Aksaray

Ankara Province

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(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Ankara

Çankırı Province

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(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Çankırı

Eskişehir Province

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(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Eskişehir
Karaman Province
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(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Karaman

Kayseri Province

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(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Kayseri

Kırıkkale Province

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(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Kırıkkale

Kırşehir Province

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(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Kırşehir

Konya Province

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(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Konya

Nevşehir Province

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(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Nevşehir

Niğde Province

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(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Niğde

Sivas Province

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(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Sivas

Yozgat Province

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(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Yozgat

Eastern Anatolia region

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Ağrı Province

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(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Ağrı

Ardahan Province

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(Mostly in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Ardahan

Bingöl Province

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(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Bingöl

Bitlis Province

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(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Bitlis

Elazığ Province

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(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Elazığ

Erzincan Province

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(Mostly in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Erzincan

Erzurum Province

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(Mostly in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Erzurum

Hakkâri Province

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(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Hakkâri

Iğdır Province

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(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Iğdır

Kars Province

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(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Kars

Malatya Province

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(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Malatya

Muş Province

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(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Muş

Şırnak Province

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(Mostly in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Şırnak

Tunceli Province

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(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Tunceli

Van Province

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(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

 
Districts of Van

Black Sea region

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Amasya Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Amasya

Artvin Province

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(Mostly in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Artvin

Bartın Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Bartın

Bayburt Province

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(Mostly in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Bayburt

Bolu Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Bolu

Çorum Province

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(Mostly in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Çorum

Düzce Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Düzce

Giresun Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Giresun

Gümüşhane Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Gümüşhane

Karabük Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Karabük

Kastamonu Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Kastamonu

Ordu Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Ordu

Rize Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Rize

Samsun Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Samsun

Sinop Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Sinop

Tokat Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Tokat

Trabzon Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Trabzon

Zonguldak Province

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(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

 
Districts of Zonguldak

Marmara Region

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Balıkesir Province

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(Mostly in the Marmara Region)

 
Districts of Balıkesir

Bilecik Province

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(Mostly in the Marmara Region)

 
Districts of Bilecik

Bursa Province

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(Mostly in the Marmara Region)

 
Districts of Bursa

Çanakkale Province

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(Mostly in the Marmara Region)

 
Districts of Çanakkale

Edirne Province

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(Entirely in the Marmara Region)

 
Districts of Edirne

Istanbul Province

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(Entirely in the Marmara Region)

 
Districts of Istanbul

Kırklareli Province

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(Entirely in the Marmara Region)

 
Districts of Kırklareli

Kocaeli Province

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(Mostly in the Marmara Region)

 
Districts of Kocaeli

Sakarya Province

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(Mostly in the Marmara Region)

 
Districts of Sakarya

Tekirdağ Province

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(Entirely in the Marmara Region)

 
Districts of Tekirdağ

Yalova Province

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(Entirely in the Marmara Region)

 
Districts of Yalova

Mediterranean Region

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Adana Province

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(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)

 
Districts of Adana

Antalya Province

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(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)

 
Districts of Antalya

Burdur Province

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(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)

 
Districts of Burdur

Hatay Province

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(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)

 
Districts of Hatay

Isparta Province

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(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)

 
Districts of Isparta

Kahramanmaraş Province

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(Mostly in the Mediterranean Region)

 
Districts of Kahramanmaraş

Mersin Province

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(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)

 
Districts of Mersin

Osmaniye Province

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(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)

 
Districts of Osmaniye

Southeastern Anatolia region

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Adıyaman Province

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(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Adıyaman

Batman Province

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(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Batman

Diyarbakır Province

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(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Diyarbakır

Gaziantep Province

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(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Gaziantep

Kilis Province

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(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Kilis

Mardin Province

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(Entirely in the Southeastern Anatolia regio)

 
Districts of Mardin

Siirt Province

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(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Siirt

Şanlıurfa Province

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(Entirely in the Southeastern Anatolia region)

 
Districts of Şanlıurfa

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ankara ilinin ilçeleri ve merkez ilçeleri". 26 January 2024.
  2. ^ "İki İsimli İllerimiz ve İsmi Değiştirilen İllerimiz". 7 October 2018.
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