Districts of 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)).[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
List of districts with population
The districts and their populations (as of December 31, 2011) 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.[citation needed] (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
- Population: 13,624,240
- Adalar: 13,883
- Arnavutköy: 198,230
- Ataşehir: 387,502
- Avcılar: 383,736
- Bağcılar: 746,650
- Bahçelievler: 600,900
- Bakırköy: 220,663
- Başakşehir: 284,488
- Bayrampaşa: 269,709
- Beşiktaş: 187,053
- Beykoz: 274,284
- Beylikdüzü: 218,120
- Beyoğlu: 248,206
- Büyükçekmece: 192,843
- Çatalca: 63,379
- Çekmeköy: 183,013
- Esenler: 461,382
- Esenyurt: 500,027
- Eyüp: 345,790
- Fatih: 429,351
- Gaziosmanpaşa: 482,553
- Güngören: 309,135
- Kadıköy: 531,997
- Kağıthane: 419,865
- Kartal: 440,887
- Küçükçekmece: 711,112
- Maltepe: 452,099
- Pendik: 609,535
- Sancaktepe: 267,537
- Sarıyer: 287,309
- Şile: 28,847
- Silivri: 144,781
- Şişli: 320,763
- Sultanbeyli: 298,143
- Sultangazi: 483,225
- Tuzla: 197,230
- Ümraniye: 631,603
- Üsküdar: 532,182
- Zeytinburnu: 293,228
Western Marmara Region
Tekirdağ Subregion
- Population: 829,873
- Population: 399,316
- Population: 336,942
- Babaeski: 51,249
- Demirköy: 8,750
- Kırklareli: 87,798
- Kofçaz: 3,001
- Lüleburgaz: 136,783
- Pehlivanköy: 4,308
- Pınarhisar: 19,699
- Vize: 28,611
Balıkesir Subregion
- Population: 1,154,314
- Ayvalık: 64,349
- Balıkesir: 331,788
- Balya: 14,716
- Bandırma: 138,206
- Bigadiç: 48,993
- Burhaniye: 51,910
- Dursunbey: 42,740
- Edremit: 125,018
- Erdek: 46,294
- Gömeç: 11,795
- Gönen: 73,637
- Havran: 28,050
- İvrindi: 35,914
- Kepsut: 25,443
- Manyas: 21,923
- Marmara: 8,206
- Savaştepe: 19,818
- Sındırgı: 37,446
- Susurluk: 41,069
- Population: 486,445
Aegean Region
İzmir Subregion
- Population: 3,965,232
- İzmir: 3,492,494
- Aliağa: 68,432
- Balçova: 77,941
- Bayındır: 41,105
- Bayraklı: 309,147
- Bornova: 418,837
- Buca: 436,989
- Çiğli: 163,774
- Foça: 32,476
- Gaziemir: 126,737
- Güzelbahçe: 25,335
- Karabağlar: 463,279
- Karşıyaka: 312,213
- Kemalpaşa: 93,431
- Konak: 397,201
- Menderes: 73,191
- Menemen: 134,889
- Narlıdere: 65,478
- Seferihisar: 30,890
- Selçuk: 34,643
- Torbalı: 133,089
- Urla: 53,417
- Northern districts
- Southern districts
- İzmir: 3,492,494
Aydın Subregion
- Population: 999,163
- Population: 942,278
- Population: 838,324
Manisa Subregion
- Population: 1,340,074
- Population: 698,626
- Population: 564,264
- Population: 339,731
Eastern Marmara Region
Bursa Subregion
- Population: 2,652,126
- Population: 203,849
- Population: 781,247
- Eskişehir: 662,468
- Odunpazarı: 365,764
- Tepebaşı: 296,704
- Alpu: 12,757
- Beylikova: 6,557
- Çifteler: 16,392
- Günyüzü: 6,716
- Han: 2,187
- İnönü: 7,230
- Mahmudiye: 8,654
- Mihalgazi: 3,699
- Mihalıççık: 8,654
- Sarıcakaya: 5,353
- Seyitgazi: 15,783
- Sivrihisar: 23,423
- Eskişehir: 662,468
Kocaeli Subregion
- Population: 1,601,720
- Population: 276,506
- Population: 342,146
- Population: 888,556
- Population: 206,535
Western Anatolia
Ankara Subregion
- Population: 4,890,893
- Ankara: 4,584,161
- Beypazarı: 47,018
- Çamlıdere: 6,993
- Evren: 3,227
- Güdül: 8,891
- Haymana: 32,705
- Kızılcahamam: 24,966
- Nallıhan: 30,351
- Polatlı: 119,510
- Şereflikoçhisar: 36,071
Konya Subregion
- Population: 2,038,555
- Konya: 1,122,007
- Ahırlı: 5,016
- Akören: 7,042
- Akşehir: 94,886
- Altınekin: 14,362
- Beyşehir: 69,966
- Bozkır: 29,914
- Çeltik: 10,791
- Cihanbeyli: 59,342
- Çumra: 64,597
- Derbent: 5,020
- Derebucak: 9,355
- Doğanhisar: 20,940
- Emirgazi: 9,609
- Ereğli: 136,346
- Güneysınır: 10,181
- Hadim: 15,374
- Halkapınar: 4,831
- Hüyük: 18,212
- Ilgın: 58,005
- Kadınhanı: 33,659
- Karapınar: 48,094
- Kulu: 55,573
- Sarayönü: 27,433
- Seydişehir: 64,088
- Taşkent: 7,753
- Tuzlukçu: 7,477
- Yalıhüyük: 2,029
- Yunak: 26,653
- Population: 234,005
- Ayrancı: 9,186
- Başyayla: 4,497
- Ermenek: 30,361
- Karaman: 172,854
- Kazımkarabekir: 4,324
- Sarıveliler: 12,783
Mediterranean Region
Antalya Subregion
- Population: 2,043,482
- Antalya: 1,088,044
- Aksu: 65,303
- Döşemealtı: 44,272
- Kepez: 419,997
- Konyaaltı: 127,084
- Muratpaşa: 431,348
- Akseki: 14,358
- Alanya: 259,787
- Demre: 25,384
- Elmalı: 37,901
- Finike: 46,256
- Gazipaşa: 48,184
- Gündoğmuş: 8,451
- İbradı: 3,076
- Kaş: 53,588
- Kemer: 38,302
- Korkuteli: 51,051
- Kumluca: 65,923
- Manavgat: 193,738
- Serik: 109,479
- Antalya: 1,088,044
- Population: 250,527
- Population: 411,245
Adana Subregion
- Population: 2,108,805
- Population: 1,667,939
Hatay Subregion
- Population: 1,474,223
- Population: 1,054,210
- Afşin: 84,244
- Andırın: 38,074
- Çağlayancerit: 26,257
- Ekinözü: 14,363
- Elbistan: 137,046
- Göksun: 54,024
- Kahramanmaraş: 545,704
- Nurhak: 14,099
- Pazarcık: 73,227
- Türkoğlu: 65,172
- Population: 485,357
- Bahçe: 20,900
- Düziçi: 77,599
- Hasanbeyli: 4,489
- Kadirli: 116,644
- Osmaniye: 234,901
- Sumbas: 15,463
- Toprakkale: 15,361
Central Anatolia
Kırıkkale Subregion
- Population: 274,992
- Population: 378,823
- Population: 221,015
- Population: 283,247
- Population: 337,553
Kayseri Subregion
- Population: 1,255,349
- Population: 627,056
- Population: 465,696
- Akdağmadeni: 50,591
- Aydıncık: 11,347
- Boğazlıyan: 37,369
- Çandır: 5,371
- Çayıralan: 18,040
- Çekerek: 26,810
- Kadışehri: 15,530
- Saraykent: 18,046
- Sarıkaya: 38,378
- Şefaatli: 17,554
- Sorgun: 84,591
- Yenifakılı: 6,147
- Yerköy: 39,272
- Yozgat: 96,350
Western Black Sea Region
Zonguldak Subregion
- Population: 612,406
- Population: 187,291
- Amasra: 15,143
- Bartın: 141,802
- Kurucaşile: 7,322
- Ulus: 23,024
- Population: 219,728
Kastamonu Subregion
- Population: 359,759
- Abana: 3,504
- Ağlı: 2,944
- Araç: 19,639
- Azdavay: 7,392
- Bozkurt: 8,941
- Çatalzeytin: 6,808
- Cide: 20,087
- Daday: 9,481
- Devrekani: 13,267
- Doğanyurt: 7,446
- Hanönü: 4,071
- İhsangazi: 5,750
- İnebolu: 23,098
- Kastamonu: 125,787
- Küre: 6,881
- Pınarbaşı: 5,040
- Şenpazar: 5,148
- Seydiler: 4,087
- Taşköprü: 39,595
- Tosya: 40,795
- Population: 177,211
- Atkaracalar: 4,640
- Bayramören: 2,422
- Çankırı: 82,291
- Çerkeş: 15,303
- Eldivan: 5,509
- Ilgaz: 13,987
- Kızılırmak: 8,189
- Korgun: 3,884
- Kurşunlu: 9,170
- Orta: 12,304
- Şabanözü: 10,152
- Yapraklı: 8,730
- Population: 203,027
Samsun Subregion
- Population: 1,251,729
- Population: 323,079
- Population: 534,578
- Population: 608,299
Eastern Black Sea Region
Trabzon Subregion
- Population: 757,353
- Population: 166,394
- Population: 323,012
- Ardeşen: 40,700
- Çamlıhemşin: 6,089
- Çayeli: 42,030
- Derepazarı: 7,508
- Fındıklı: 15,927
- Güneysu: 12,850
- Hemşin: 2,154
- İkizdere: 5,568
- İyidere: 8,559
- Kalkandere: 11,738
- Pazar: 30,473
- Rize: 139,416
Ordu Subregion
- Population: 714,390
- Population: 419,498
- Population: 132,374
Northeast Anatolia
Erzurum Subregion
- Population: 780,847
- Erzurum: 395,472
- Aziziye: 50,817
- Palandöken: 161,155
- Yakutiye: 183,500
- Aşkale: 25,043
- Çat: 19,783
- Hınıs: 30,627
- Horasan: 43,806
- İspir: 16,551
- Karaçoban: 25,758
- Karayazı: 32,664
- Köprüköy: 18,291
- Narman: 16,257
- Oltu: 32,159
- Olur: 7,689
- Pasinler: 31,984
- Pazaryolu: 4,492
- Şenkaya: 21,424
- Tekman: 30,032
- Tortum: 20,560
- Uzundere: 8,255
- Erzurum: 395,472
- Population: 215,277
Ağrı Subregion
- Population: 555,479
- Population: 107,455
- Population: 188,857
- Aralık: 22,425
- Iğdır: 127,609
- Karakoyunlu: 14,054
- Tuzluca: 24,769
- Population: 305,755
Central-Eastern Anatolia
Malatya Subregion
- Population: 757,930
- Population: 262,263
- Population: 558,556
- Population: 85,062
Van Subregion
- Population: 1,022,532
- Population: 336,624
- Population: 414,706
Southeastern Anatolia
Gaziantep Subregion
- Population: 1,753,596
- Population: 593,931
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Şanlıurfa Subregion
- Population: 1,716,254
- Population: 1,570,943
Mardin Subregion
- Population: 764,033
- Population: 524,499
- Population: 310,468
- 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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