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 (Turkish: ilçe). The provincial governorate is set in the central district (Turkish: merkez ilçe). The central district 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 to this naming scheme:

• Antakya of Hatay province
• İzmit of Kocaeli province
• Adapazarı of Sakarya province

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

List of provinces

Ankara

Kırklareli

Edirne

Tekirdağ

Çanakkale

Balıkesir

Bursa

Yalova

Istanbul

Kocaeli

Sakarya

Düzce

Zonguldak

Bolu

Bilecik

Eskişehir

Kütahya

Manisa

İzmir

Aydın

Muğla

Denizli

Burdur

Uşak

Afyon

Isparta

Antalya

Konya

Mersin

Karaman

Aksaray

Kırşehir

Kırıkkale

Çankırı

Karabük

Bartın

Kastamonu

Sinop

Çorum

Yozgat

Nevşehir

Niğde

Adana

Hatay

Osmaniye

K. Maraş

Kayseri

Sivas

Tokat

Amasya

Samsun

Ordu

Giresun

Erzincan

Malatya

Gaziantep

Kilis

Şanlıurfa

Adıyaman

Gümüşhane

Trabzon

Rize

Bayburt

Erzurum

Artvin

Ardahan

Kars

Ağrı

Iğdır

Tunceli

Elâzığ

Diyarbakır

Mardin

Batman

Siirt

Şırnak

Bitlis

Bingöl

Muş

Van

Hakkâri

Provinces of the Republic of Turkey

License plate code	Name	Area (km²)	Province 2000 Census population	Province 2007 Census population	Population density (/km²) 2007	Capital	Population of capital 2000 Census	Census region
01	Adana	14,045.56	1,854,270	2,006,650	143	Adana	1,130,710	Mediterranean
02	Adıyaman	7,606.16	623,811	582,762	77	Adıyaman	178,538	Southeastern Anatolia
03	Afyonkarahisar	14,718.63	812,416	701,572	48	Afyon	128,516	Aegean
04	Ağrı	11,498.67	528,744	539,879	47	Ağrı	79,764	Eastern Anatolia
05	Amasya	5,703.78	365,231	328,674	58	Amasya	74,393	Black Sea
06	Ankara	25,401.94	4,007,860	4,466,756	176	Ankara	3,203,362	Central Anatolia
07	Antalya	20,790.56	1,719,751	1,789,295	86	Antalya	603,190	Mediterranean
08	Artvin	7,367.10	191,934	168,092	23	Artvin	25,500	Black Sea
09	Aydın	7,904.43	950,757	946,971	120	Aydın	143,267	Aegean
10	Balıkesir	14,472.73	1,076,347	1,118,313	77	Balıkesir	215,436	Marmara
11	Bilecik	4,306.77	194,326	203,777	47	Bilecik	49,700	Marmara
12	Bingöl	8,253.51	253,739	251,552	30	Bingöl	68,876	Eastern Anatolia
13	Bitlis	7,094.50	388,678	327,886	46	Bitlis	46,200	Eastern Anatolia
14	Bolu	8,323.39	270,654	270,417	32	Bolu	84,565	Black Sea
15	Burdur	7,134.95	256,803	251,181	35	Burdur	63,363	Mediterranean
16	Bursa	10,886.38	2,125,140	2,439,876	224	Bursa	1,194,687	Marmara
17	Çanakkale	9,950.43	464,975	476,128	48	Çanakkale	75,810	Marmara
18	Çankırı	7,491.89	270,355	174,012	23	Çankırı	62,508	Central Anatolia
19	Çorum	12,796.21	597,065	549,828	43	Çorum	161,321	Black Sea
20	Denizli	11,804.19	950,757	946,971	80	Denizli	275,480	Aegean
21	Diyarbakır	15,204.01	1,362,708	1,460,714	96	Diyarbakır	545,983	Southeastern Anatolia
22	Edirne	6,097.91	402,606	396,462	65	Edirne	119,298	Marmara
23	Elazığ	9,281.45	569,616	541,258	58	Elazığ	266,495	Eastern Anatolia
24	Erzincan	11,727.55	316,841	213,538	18	Erzincan	107,175	Eastern Anatolia
25	Erzurum	25,330.90	937,389	784,941	31	Erzurum	361,235	Eastern Anatolia
26	Eskişehir	13,902.03	706,009	724,849	52	Eskişehir	482,793	Central Anatolia
27	Gaziantep	6,844.84	1,285,249	1,560,023	228	Gaziantep	853,513	Southeastern Anatolia
28	Giresun	6,831.58	523,819	417,505	61	Giresun	83,636	Black Sea
29	Gümüşhane	6,437.01	186,953	130,825	20	Gümüşhane	31,000	Black Sea
30	Hakkâri	7,178.88	236,581	246,469	34	Hakkâri	58,145	Eastern Anatolia
31	Hatay	5,831.36	1,253,726	1,386,224	238	Antakya	144,910	Mediterranean
32	Isparta	8,871.08	513,681	419,845	47	Isparta	148,496	Mediterranean
33	Mersin	15,512.25	1,651,400	1,595,938	103	Mersin	537,842	Mediterranean
34	İstanbul	5,315.33	10,018,735	12,573,836	2,366	İstanbul	8,803,468	Marmara
35	İzmir	12,015.61	3,370,866	3,739,353	311	İzmir	2,232,265	Aegean
36	Kars	10,139.09	325,016	312,205	31	Kars	78,473	Eastern Anatolia
37	Kastamonu	13,157.98	375,476	360,366	27	Kastamonu	64,606	Black Sea
38	Kayseri	17,109.33	1,060,432	1,165,088	68	Kayseri	536,392	Central Anatolia
39	Kırklareli	6,299.78	328,461	333,256	53	Kırklareli	53,221	Marmara
40	Kırşehir	6,530.32	253,239	223,170	34	Kırşehir	88,105	Central Anatolia
41	Kocaeli	3,625.29	1,206,085	1,437,926	397	İzmit	195,699	Marmara
42	Konya	40,813.52	2,192,166	1,959,082	48	Konya	742,690	Central Anatolia
43	Kütahya	12,013.57	656,903	583,910	49	Kütahya	166,665	Aegean
44	Malatya	12,102.70	853,658	722,065	60	Malatya	381,081	Eastern Anatolia
45	Manisa	13,228.50	1,260,169	1,319,920	100	Manisa	214,345	Aegean
46	Kahramanmaraş	14,456.74	1,002,384	1,004,414	69	Kahramanmaraş	326,198	Mediterranean
47	Mardin	8,806.04	705,098	745,778	85	Mardin	65,072	Southeastern Anatolia
48	Muğla	12,949.21	715,328	766,156	59	Muğla	62,600	Aegean
49	Muş	8,067.16	453,654	405,509	50	Muş	67,927	Eastern Anatolia
50	Nevşehir	5,391.64	309,914	280,058	52	Nevşehir	67,864	Central Anatolia
51	Niğde	7,365.29	348,081	331,677	45	Niğde	78,088	Central Anatolia
52	Ordu	5,952.49	887,765	715,409	120	Ordu	112,525	Black Sea
53	Rize	3,921.98	365,938	316,252	81	Rize	78,144	Black Sea
54	Sakarya	4,880.19	756,168	835,222	171	Adapazarı	283,752	Marmara
55	Samsun	9,364.10	1,209,137	1,228,959	131	Samsun	363,180	Black Sea
56	Siirt	5,473.29	263,676	291,528	53	Siirt	98,281	Southeastern Anatolia
57	Sinop	5,816.55	225,574	198,412	34	Sinop	38,600	Black Sea
58	Sivas	28,567.34	755,091	638,464	22	Sivas	251,776	Central Anatolia
59	Tekirdağ	6,342.30	623,591	728,396	115	Tekirdağ	107,191	Marmara
60	Tokat	10,072.62	828,027	620,722	62	Tokat	113,100	Black Sea
61	Trabzon	4,664.04	975,137	740,569	159	Trabzon	214,949	Black Sea
62	Tunceli	7,685.66	93,584	84,022	11	Tunceli	32,800	Eastern Anatolia
63	Şanlıurfa	19,336.21	1,443,422	1,523,099	79	Şanlıurfa	385,588	Southeastern Anatolia
64	Uşak	5,363.09	322,313	334,115	62	Uşak	137,001	Aegean
65	Van	19,414.14	877,524	979,671	50	Van	284,464	Eastern Anatolia
66	Yozgat	14,074.09	682,919	492,127	35	Yozgat	73,930	Central Anatolia
67	Zonguldak	3,309.86	615,599	615,890	186	Zonguldak	104,276	Black Sea
68	Aksaray	7,965.51	396,084	366,109	46	Aksaray	129,949	Central Anatolia
69	Bayburt	3,739.08	97,358	76,609	20	Bayburt	35,400	Black Sea
70	Karaman	8,868.90	243,210	226,049	25	Karaman	105,384	Central Anatolia
71	Kırıkkale	4,569.76	383,508	280,234	61	Kırıkkale	205,078	Central Anatolia
72	Batman	4,659.21	456,734	472,487	101	Batman	246,678	Southeastern Anatolia
73	Şırnak	7,151.57	353,197	416,001	58	Şırnak	52,743	Southeastern Anatolia
74	Bartın	2,080.36	184,178	182,131	88	Bartın	55,600	Black Sea
75	Ardahan	4,967.63	133,756	112,721	23	Ardahan	18,300	Eastern Anatolia
76	Iğdır	3,587.81	168,634	181,866	51	Iğdır	59,880	Eastern Anatolia
77	Yalova	850.46	168,593	181,758	214	Yalova	70,118	Marmara
78	Karabük	4,108.80	225,102	218,463	53	Karabük	108,000	Black Sea
79	Kilis	1,427.76	114,724	118,457	83	Kilis	70,670	Southeastern Anatolia
80	Osmaniye	3,195.99	458,782	452,880	142	Osmaniye	173,977	Mediterranean
81	Düzce	2,592.95	314,266	323,328	125	Düzce	56,649	Black Sea

• Population data according to 2000 and 2007 censuses.
• After Zonguldak (67) the ordering is not alphabetical but in the order of creation of provinces, because these provinces were recently created and named by the government, and their plate numbers were assigned thereafter.

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
İstanbul-I (Thrace)	TR-34	TR100	212
İstanbul-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
İstanbul	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	Mustafa Taşkesen	2009
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

• Bayazıt, now part of Ağrı Province.
• Çatalca, now part of İstanbul Province.
• Elazığ Madeni, now part of Elazığ Province.
• Gelibolu, now part of Çanakkale Province.
• Genç, now part of Bingöl Province.
• Kozan, now part of Adana Province.
• Şebinkarahisar, now part of Giresun Province.
• Siverek, now part of Şanlıurfa Province.
• Silifke, now part of Mersin Province.

See also

• Bucak
• Districts of Turkey
• Metropolitan centers in Turkey
• Neighbourhoods of Turkey
• Regions of Turkey
• Villages of Turkey
• ISO 3166-2:TR
• Muhtar (title)