Districts of Turkey

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Districts of Turkey
Türkiye'nin ilçeleri (Turkish)
File:Map of the administrative divisions of Turkey.svg
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

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. 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

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

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

Aydın Subregion

Aydın Province
File:Aydın location districts.svg
Districts of Aydın
Denizli Province
File:Denizli location districts.png
Districts of Denizli
Muğla Province
File:Muğla location districts.svg
Districts of Muğla

İzmir Subregion

İzmir Province
File:İzmir location districts.svg
Districts of İzmir

Manisa Subregion

Afyonkarahisar Province
File:Afyonkarahisar districts.png
Districts of Afyonkarahisar
Kütahya Province
File:Kutahya districts.png
Districts of Kütahya
Manisa Province
File:Manisa districts.png
Districts of Manisa
Uşak Province
File:Uşak districts.png
Districts of Uşak

Central Anatolia

Kayseri Subregion

Kayseri Province
File:Kayseri districts.png
Districts of Kayseri
Sivas Province
File:Sivas districts.png
Districts of Sivas
Yozgat Province
File:Yozgat districts.png
Districts of Yozgat

Kırıkkale Subregion

Aksaray Province
File:Aksaray districts.png
Districts of Aksaray
Kırıkkale Province
File:Kırıkkale districts.png
Districts of Kırıkkale
Kırşehir Province
File:Kırşehir districts.png
Districts of Kırşehir
Nevşehir Province
File:Nevşehir districts.png
Districts of Nevşehir
Niğde Province
File:Niğde districts.png
Districts of Niğde

Central-Eastern Anatolia

Malatya Subregion

Bingöl Province
File:Bingöl districts.png
Districts of Bingöl
Elazığ Province
File:Elazığ districts.png
Districts of Elazığ
Malatya Province
File:Malatya districts.png
Districts of Malatya
Tunceli Province
File:Tunceli districts.png
Districts of Tunceli

Van Subregion

Bitlis Province
File:Bitlis districts.png
Districts of Bitlis
Hakkâri Province
File:Hakkari districts.png
Districts of Hakkâri
Muş Province
File:Muş districts.png
Districts of Muş
Van Province
File:Van districts.png
Districts of Van

Eastern Black Sea Region

Ordu Subregion

Giresun Province
File:Giresun districts.png
Districts of Giresun
Gümüşhane Province
File:Gümüşhane districts.png
Districts of Gümüşhane
Ordu Province
File:Districts of Ordu.png
Districts of Ordu

Trabzon Subregion

Artvin Province
File:Districts of Artvin.png
Districts of Artvin
Rize Province
File:Rize districts.png
Districts of Rize
Trabzon Province
File:Trabzon districts.png
Districts of Trabzon

Eastern Marmara Region

Bursa Subregion

Bilecik Province
File:Bilecik districts.png
Districts of Bilecik
Bursa Province
File:Bursa location districts.svg
Districts of Bursa
Eskişehir Province
File:Eskişehir districts.png
Districts of Eskişehir

Kocaeli Subregion

Bolu Province
File:Bolu districts.png
Districts of Bolu
Düzce Province
File:Düzce districts.png
Districts of Düzce
Kocaeli Province
File:Kocaeli location districts.svg
Districts of Kocaeli
Sakarya Province
File:Sakarya districts.png
Districts of Sakarya
Yalova Province
File:Yalova districts.png
Districts of Yalova

Istanbul Region

Istanbul Subregion

Istanbul Province
File:Istanbul location districts.svg
Districts of Istanbul

Mediterranean Region

Adana Subregion

Adana Province
File:Adana location districts.svg
Districts of Adana
Mersin Province
File:Mersin districts.png
Districts of Mersin

Antalya Subregion

Antalya Province
File:Antalya location districts.svg
Districts of Antalya
Burdur Province
File:Burdur districts.png
Districts of Burdur
Isparta Province
File:Isparta districts.png
Districts of Isparta

Hatay Subregion

Hatay Province
File:Hatay districts.png
Districts of Hatay
Kahramanmaraş Province
File:Kahramanmaraş districts.png
Districts of Kahramanmaraş
Osmaniye Province
File:Osmaniye districts.png
Districts of Osmaniye

Northeast Anatolia

Ağrı Subregion

Ağrı Province
File:Ağrı districts.png
Districts of Ağrı
Ardahan Province
File:Ardahan districts.png
Districts of Ardahan
Iğdır Province
File:Iğdır districts.png
Districts of Iğdır
Kars Province
File:Kars districts.png
Districts of Kars

Erzurum Subregion

Bayburt Province
File:Bayburt districts.png
Districts of Bayburt
Erzincan Province
File:Erzincan districts.png
Districts of Erzincan
Erzurum Province
File:Erzurum districts.png
Districts of Erzurum

Southeastern Anatolia

Gaziantep Subregion

Adıyaman Province
File:Adıyaman districts.png
Districts of Adıyaman
Gaziantep Province
File:Gaziantep districts.png
Districts of Gaziantep
Kilis Province
File:Kilis districts.png
Districts of Kilis

Mardin Subregion

Batman Province
File:Batman districts.png
Districts of Batman
Mardin Province
File:Mardin districts.png
Districts of Mardin
Şırnak Province
File:Şırnak districts.png
Districts of Şırnak
Siirt Province
File:Siirt districts.png
Districts of Siirt

Şanlıurfa Subregion

Diyarbakır Province
File:Diyarbakır districts.png
Districts of Diyarbakır
Şanlıurfa Province
File:Şanlıurfa districts.png
Districts of Şanlıurfa

Western Anatolia

Ankara Subregion

Ankara Province
File:Ankara location districts.svg
Districts of Ankara

Konya Subregion

Karaman Province
File:Karaman districts.png
Districts of Karaman
Konya Province
File:Konya districts.png
Districts of Konya

Western Black Sea Region

Kastamonu Subregion

Çankırı Province
File:Çankırı districts.png
Districts of Çankırı
Kastamonu Province
File:Kastamonu districts.png
Districts of Kastamonu
Sinop Province
File:Sinop districts.png
Districts of Sinop

Samsun Subregion

Amasya Province
File:Amasya districts.png
Districts of Amasya
Çorum Province
File:Çorum districts.png
Districts of Çorum
Samsun Province
File:Samsun districts.png
Districts of Samsun
Tokat Province
File:Tokat districts.png
Districts of Tokat

Zonguldak Subregion

Bartın Province
File:Bartın districts.png
Districts of Bartın
Karabük Province
File:Karabük districts.png
Districts of Karabük
Zonguldak Province
File:Zonguldak districts.png
Districts of Zonguldak

Western Marmara Region

Balıkesir Subregion

Balıkesir Province
File:Balikesir districts.png
Districts of Balıkesir
Çanakkale Province
File:Çanakkale districts.png
Districts of Çanakkale

Tekirdağ Subregion

Edirne Province
File:Edirne districts.png
Districts of Edirne
Kırklareli Province
File:Kırklareli districts.png
Districts of Kırklareli
Tekirdağ Province
File:Tekirdağ districts.png
Districts of Tekirdağ

See also

References

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