List of districts in Turkey
The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (ilçeler; sing. ilçe). In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the kaza.
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The provinces bear the same name as their respective provincial capital districts (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 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.
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, 2019) 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 30 greater municipalities; Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bursa, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Konya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Ordu, Sakarya, Samsun, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ, Trabzon, Van. For the remaining 51 provinces the population figures for districts add up to the total province population. See Metropolitan centers in Turkey)
Aegean Region
Aydın Subregion
Denizli Province
- Population: 1,037,208
- Acıpayam: 55,351
- Babadağ: 6,445
- Baklan: 5,524
- Bekilli: 6,826
- Beyağaç: 6,397
- Bozkurt: 12,671
- Buldan: 27,179
- Çal: 18,869
- Çameli: 18,039
- Çardak: 8,736
- Çivril: 60,333
- Denizli: 657,802
- Merkezefendi: 311,177
- Pamukkale: 346,625
- Güney: 9,802
- Honaz: 34,343
- Kale: 20,310
- Sarayköy: 30,810
- Serinhisar: 14,451
- Tavas: 43,320
Muğla Province
İzmir Subregion
İzmir Province
- Population: 4,367,251
- İzmir: 2,972,900
- Northern districts
- Southern districts
Manisa Subregion
Kütahya Province
Manisa Province
- Population: 1,440,611
- Ahmetli: 16,525
- Akhisar: 173,026
- Alaşehir: 104,622
- Demirci: 40,048
- Gölmarmara: 15,212
- Gördes: 27,703
- Kırkağaç: 38,459
- Köprübaşı: 13,185
- Kula: 44,001
- Manisa: 417,578
- Şehzadeler: 171,138
- Yunusemre: 246,440
- Salihli: 162,787
- Sarıgöl: 35,890
- Saruhanlı: 55,340
- Selendi: 19,781
- Soma: 109,946
- Turgutlu: 166,418
Uşak Province
Central Anatolia
Kayseri Subregion
Sivas Province
Yozgat Province
- Population: 421,200
- Akdağmadeni: 42,621
- Aydıncık: 10,079
- Boğazlıyan: 34,269
- Çandır: 4,450
- Çayıralan: 12,563
- Çekerek: 19,467
- Kadışehri: 11,277
- Saraykent: 12,486
- Sarıkaya: 32,489
- Şefaatli: 15,371
- Sorgun: 79,533
- Yenifakılı: 5,386
- Yerköy: 35,476
- Yozgat: 106,280
Kırıkkale Subregion
Aksaray Province
Kırıkkale Province
Kırşehir Province
Nevşehir Province
Niğde Province
- Population: 362,861
- Altunhisar: 12,961
- Bor: 60,462
- Çamardı: 12,715
- Çiftlik: 27,374
- Niğde: 229,121
- Ulukışla: 20,228
Central-Eastern Anatolia
Malatya Subregion
Bingöl Province
Elazığ Province
Malatya Province
Tunceli Province
Van Subregion
Bitlis Province
Hakkâri Province
Muş Province
Van Province
Eastern Black Sea Region
Ordu Subregion
Giresun Province
Gümüşhane Province
Trabzon Subregion
Artvin Province
Rize Province
- Population: 343,212
- Ardeşen: 41,106
- Çamlıhemşin: 7,147
- Çayeli: 44,351
- Derepazarı: 7,653
- Fındıklı: 16,678
- Güneysu: 15,596
- Hemşin: 2,478
- İkizdere: 7,135
- İyidere: 8,554
- Kalkandere: 13,708
- Pazar: 31,190
- Rize: 147,411
Eastern Marmara Region
Bursa Subregion
Bilecik Province
Bursa Province
Eskişehir Province
- Population: 887,475
- Alpu: 10,974
- Beylikova: 6,400
- Çifteler: 14,878
- Eskişehir: 783,611
- Odunpazarı: 413,461
- Tepebaşı: 370,150
- Günyüzü: 5,671
- Han: 2,117
- İnönü: 6,514
- Mahmudiye: 7,808
- Mihalgazi: 3,137
- Mihalıççık: 8,171
- Sarıcakaya: 4,854
- Seyitgazi: 13,009
- Sivrihisar: 20,330
Kocaeli Subregion
Bolu Province
Düzce Province
Kocaeli Province
Sakarya Province
Yalova Province
Istanbul Region
Istanbul Subregion
Istanbul Province
- Population: 15,519,267
- Anatolian Side
- European Side
- Arnavutköy: 282,488
- Avcılar: 448,882
- Bağcılar: 745,125
- Bahçelievler: 611,059
- Bakırköy: 229,239
- Başakşehir: 460,259
- Bayrampaşa: 274,735
- Beşiktaş: 182,649
- Beylikdüzü: 352,412
- Beyoğlu: 233,323
- Büyükçekmece: 254,103
- Çatalca: 73,718
- Esenler: 450,344
- Esenyurt: 954,579
- Eyüpsultan: 400,513
- Fatih: 443,090
- Gaziosmanpaşa: 491,962
- Güngören: 289,441
- Kağıthane: 448,025
- Küçükçekmece: 792,821
- Sarıyer: 347,214
- Silivri: 193,680
- Sultangazi: 534,565
- Şişli: 279,817
- Zeytinburnu: 293,574
Mediterranean Region
Adana Subregion
Adana Province
Mersin Province
Antalya Subregion
Antalya Province
- Population: 2,511,700
- Akseki: 11,484
- Alanya: 327,503
- Antalya: 1,395,458
- Aksu: 73,220
- Döşemealtı: 65,794
- Kepez: 556,033
- Konyaaltı: 190,043
- Muratpaşa: 510,368
- Demre: 26,362
- Elmalı: 38,972
- Finike: 48,534
- Gazipaşa: 50,555
- Gündoğmuş: 7,737
- İbradı: 3,032
- Kaş: 59,716
- Kemer: 46,143
- Korkuteli: 55,352
- Kumluca: 70,423
- Manavgat: 241,011
- Serik: 129,418
Burdur Province
Isparta Province
Hatay Subregion
Hatay Province
Kahramanmaraş Province
- Population: 1,154,102
- Afşin: 80,447
- Andırın: 32,503
- Çağlayancerit: 23,133
- Ekinözü: 11,221
- Elbistan: 141,538
- Göksun: 52,255
- Kahramanmaraş: 654,521
- Dulkadiroğlu: 222,673
- Onikişubat: 431,848
- Nurhak: 12,279
- Pazarcık: 69,097
- Türkoğlu: 77,112
Osmaniye Province
- Population: 538,759
- Bahçe: 22,155
- Düziçi: 84,133
- Hasanbeyli: 4,782
- Kadirli: 125,083
- Osmaniye: 268,647
- Sumbas: 13,840
- Toprakkale: 20,119
Northeast Anatolia
Ağrı Subregion
Ağrı Province
Ardahan Province
Iğdır Province
- Population: 199,442
- Aralık: 21,313
- Iğdır: 140,267
- Karakoyunlu: 13,925
- Tuzluca: 23,937
Kars Province
Erzurum Subregion
Bayburt Province
Erzincan Province
Erzurum Province
- Population: 762,062
- Aşkale: 23,152
- Aziziye: 63,502
- Çat: 16,708
- Erzurum: 359,325
- Palandöken: 172,332
- Yakutiye: 186,993
- Hınıs: 26,212
- Horasan: 38,837
- İspir: 14,959
- Karaçoban: 23,322
- Karayazı: 27,762
- Köprüköy: 15,784
- Narman: 13,326
- Oltu: 30,511
- Olur: 6,469
- Pasinler: 28,691
- Pazaryolu: 3,975
- Şenkaya: 17,511
- Tekman: 25,723
- Tortum: 18,135
- Uzundere: 8,153
Southeastern Anatolia
Gaziantep Subregion
Adıyaman Province
Gaziantep Province
Kilis Province
Mardin Subregion
Batman Province
Mardin Province
Şırnak Province
- Population: 529,615
- Beytüşşebap: 16,330
- Cizre: 148,697
- Güçlükonak: 12,295
- İdil: 76,895
- Silopi: 136,749
- Şırnak: 93,989
- Uludere: 44,660
Siirt Province
Şanlıurfa Subregion
Diyarbakır Province
Şanlıurfa Province
Western Anatolia
Ankara Subregion
Ankara Province
- Population: 5,639,076
Konya Subregion
Karaman Province
- Population: 253,279
- Ayrancı: 7,965
- Başyayla: 3,650
- Ermenek: 28,565
- Karaman: 197,276
- Kazımkarabekir: 4,328
- Sarıveliler: 11,495
Konya Province
- Population: 2,232,374
- Ahırlı: 4,753
- Akören: 5,838
- Akşehir: 93,885
- Altınekin: 14,351
- Beyşehir: 74,469
- Bozkır: 25,894
- Cihanbeyli: 51,748
- Çeltik: 9,713
- Çumra: 67,282
- Derbent: 4,267
- Derebucak: 6,031
- Doğanhisar: 15,810
- Emirgazi: 8,535
- Ereğli: 146,998
- Güneysınır: 9,288
- Hadim: 12,015
- Halkapınar: 4,066
- Hüyük: 15,652
- Ilgın: 54,228
- Kadınhanı: 32,144
- Karapınar: 49,978
- Konya: 1,346,330
- Kulu: 50,825
- Sarayönü: 27,026
- Seydişehir: 64,822
- Taşkent: 6,296
- Tuzlukçu: 6,529
- Yalıhüyük: 1,629
- Yunak: 21,972
Western Black Sea Region
Kastamonu Subregion
Çankırı Province
- Population: 195,789
- Atkaracalar: 5,534
- Bayramören: 2,924
- Çankırı: 97,882
- Çerkeş: 16,792
- Eldivan: 6,460
- Ilgaz: 14,098
- Kızılırmak: 7,304
- Korgun: 4,626
- Kurşunlu: 8,466
- Orta: 11,978
- Şabanözü: 11,869
- Yapraklı: 7,856
Kastamonu Province
- Population: 379,405
- Abana: 4,113
- Ağlı: 3,094
- Araç: 18,670
- Azdavay: 7,324
- Bozkurt: 9,468
- Cide: 22,196
- Çatalzeytin: 7,055
- Daday: 8,319
- Devrekani: 12,658
- Doğanyurt: 5,651
- Hanönü: 4,060
- İhsangazi: 5,381
- İnebolu: 20,980
- Kastamonu: 152,553
- Küre: 5,774
- Pınarbaşı: 5,841
- Seydiler: 4,019
- Şenpazar: 4,523
- Taşköprü: 37,815
- Tosya: 39,916
Sinop Province
Samsun Subregion
Amasya Province
Çorum Province
Tokat Province
Zonguldak Subregion
Bartın Province
- Population: 198,249
- Amasra: 14,151
- Bartın: 155,765
- Kurucaşile: 6,621
- Ulus: 21,712
Karabük Province
Zonguldak Province
Western Marmara Region
Balıkesir Subregion
Balıkesir Province
- Population: 1,228,620
- Ayvalık: 70,720
- Balıkesir: 364,290
- Balya: 12,937
- Bandırma: 156,787
- Bigadiç: 49,926
- Burhaniye: 60,490
- Dursunbey: 35,122
- Edremit: 155,837
- Erdek: 32,120
- Gömeç: 14,195
- Gönen: 74,183
- Havran: 27,857
- İvrindi: 32,492
- Kepsut: 23,142
- Manyas: 18,936
- Marmara: 9,730
- Savaştepe: 17,844
- Sındırgı: 33,253
- Susurluk: 38,704
Çanakkale Province
Tekirdağ Subregion
Edirne Province
Kırklareli Province
- Population: 361,836
- Babaeski: 47,944
- Demirköy: 8,856
- Kırklareli: 103,042
- Kofçaz: 2,308
- Lüleburgaz: 149,184
- Pehlivanköy: 3,505
- Pınarhisar: 18,456
- Vize: 28,541
Tekirdağ Province
See also
- List of regions in Turkey
- List of provinces in Turkey
- List of cities and towns in Turkey
- List of villages in Turkey