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Districts of Turkey

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{{Infobox subdivision type

| name = Districts of Turkey
Türkiye'nin ilçeleri (Turkish)

| alt_name =

| map = Map of the administrative divisions of Turkey.svg

| category = Unitary state

| territory = Republic of Turkey

| start_date =

| current_number = 973

| number_date =

| population_range = 1,678 (Yalıhüyük)-Konya Province – 988,369 (Esenyurt)-Istanbul Province

| area_range = {{Convert|2|sqmi|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}} (Güngören)-Istanbul Province – {{Convert|1665.645|sqmi|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}} (Siverek)-Şanlıurfa Province

| government = District government, National government

| subdivision = Köy

}}

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The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (ilçeler; sing. ilçe). In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic,{{when|date=September 2023}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lafsozluk.com/2009/01/ankara-ilinin-ilceleri-ve-nufus-sayilari.html#:~:text=%C3%87ankaya%20(914.000%20%2D%20merkez%20il%C3%A7e),Etimesgut%20(501.000%20%2D%20merkez%20il%C3%A7e)|title = Ankara ilinin ilçeleri ve merkez ilçeleri| date=26 January 2024 }} Additionally three provinces, Kocaeli, Sakarya, and Hatay have their capital district named differently from their province, as İzmit, Adapazarı, and Antakya respectively.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imarhaber.com/iki-isimli-illerimiz-ve-ismi-degistirilen-illerimiz/2883/|title = İki İsimli İllerimiz ve İsmi Değiştirilen İllerimiz| date=7 October 2018 }}

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

{{Main|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

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]]=

==[[Afyonkarahisar Province]]==

(Mostly in the Aegean Region)

File:Afyonkarahisar districts.png

==[[Aydın Province]]==

(Entirely in the Aegean Region)

File:Aydın location districts.svg

==[[Denizli Province]]==

(Mostly in the Aegean Region)

File:Denizli location districts.png

==[[İzmir Province]]==

(Entirely in the Aegean Region)

File:İzmir location districts.svg

==[[Kütahya Province]]==

(Mostly in the Aegean Region)

File:Kutahya districts.png

==[[Manisa Province]]==

(Entirely in the Aegean Region)

File:Manisa districts.png

==[[Muğla Province]]==

(Mostly in the Aegean Region)

File:Muğla location districts.svg

==[[Uşak Province]]==

(Entirely in the Aegean Region)

File:Uşak districts.png

=[[Central Anatolia region]]=

==[[Aksaray Province]]==

(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)

File:Aksaray districts.png

==[[Ankara Province]]==

(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)

File:Ankara location districts.svg

==[[Çankırı Province]]==

(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)

File:Çankırı districts.png

==[[Eskişehir Province]]==

(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)

File:Eskişehir districts.png

===[[Karaman Province]]===

(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)

File:Karaman districts.png

==[[Kayseri Province]]==

(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)

File:Kayseri districts.png

==[[Kırıkkale Province]]==

(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)

File:Kırıkkale districts.png

==[[Kırşehir Province]]==

(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)

File:Kırşehir districts.png

==[[Konya Province]]==

(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)

File:Konya_districts.png

==[[Nevşehir Province]]==

(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)

File:Nevşehir districts.png

==[[Niğde Province]]==

(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)

File:Niğde districts.png

==[[Sivas Province]]==

(Mostly in the Central Anatolia region)

File:Sivas districts.png

==[[Yozgat Province]]==

(Entirely in the Central Anatolia region)

File:Yozgat districts.png

=[[Eastern Anatolia region]]=

==[[Ağrı Province]]==

(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Ağrı districts.png

==[[Ardahan Province]]==

(Mostly in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Ardahan districts.png

==[[Bingöl Province]]==

(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Bingöl districts.png

==[[Bitlis Province]]==

(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Bitlis districts.png

==[[Elazığ Province]]==

(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Elazığ districts.png

==[[Erzincan Province]]==

(Mostly in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Erzincan districts.png

==[[Erzurum Province]]==

(Mostly in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Erzurum districts.png

==[[Hakkâri Province]]==

(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Hakkari districts.png

==[[Iğdır Province]]==

(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Iğdır districts.png

==[[Kars Province]]==

(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Kars districts.png

==[[Malatya Province]]==

(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Malatya districts.png

==[[Muş Province]]==

(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Muş districts.png

==[[Şırnak Province]]==

(Mostly in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Şırnak districts.png

==[[Tunceli Province]]==

(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Tunceli districts.png

==[[Van Province]]==

(Entirely in the Eastern Anatolia Region)

File:Van districts.png

=[[Black Sea region]]=

==[[Amasya Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Amasya districts.png

==[[Artvin Province]]==

(Mostly in the Black Sea Region)

File:Districts of Artvin.png

==[[Bartın Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Bartın districts.png

==[[Bayburt Province]]==

(Mostly in the Black Sea Region)

File:Bayburt districts.png

==[[Bolu Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Bolu districts.png

==[[Çorum Province]]==

(Mostly in the Black Sea Region)

File:Çorum districts.png

==[[Düzce Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Düzce districts.png

==[[Giresun Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Giresun districts.png

==[[Gümüşhane Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Gümüşhane districts.png

==[[Karabük Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Karabük districts.png

==[[Kastamonu Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Kastamonu districts.png

==[[Ordu Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Districts of Ordu.png

==[[Rize Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Rize districts.png

==[[Samsun Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Samsun districts.png

==[[Sinop Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Sinop districts.png

==[[Tokat Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Tokat districts.png

==[[Trabzon Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Trabzon districts.png

==[[Zonguldak Province]]==

(Entirely in the Black Sea Region)

File:Zonguldak districts.png

=[[Marmara Region]]=

==[[Balıkesir Province]]==

(Mostly in the Marmara Region)

File:Balikesir_districts.png

==[[Bilecik Province]]==

(Mostly in the Marmara Region)

File:Bilecik districts.png

==[[Bursa Province]]==

(Mostly in the Marmara Region)

File:Bursa location districts.svg

==[[Çanakkale Province]]==

(Mostly in the Marmara Region)

File:Çanakkale districts.png

==[[Edirne Province]]==

(Entirely in the Marmara Region)

File:Edirne districts.png

==[[Istanbul|Istanbul Province]]==

(Entirely in the Marmara Region)

File:Istanbul location districts.svg

==[[Kırklareli Province]]==

(Entirely in the Marmara Region)

File:Kırklareli districts.png

==[[Kocaeli Province]]==

(Mostly in the Marmara Region)

File:Kocaeli location districts.svg

==[[Sakarya Province]]==

(Mostly in the Marmara Region)

File:Sakarya districts.png

==[[Tekirdağ Province]]==

(Entirely in the Marmara Region)

File:Tekirdağ districts.png

==[[Yalova Province]]==

(Entirely in the Marmara Region)

File:Yalova districts.png

=[[Mediterranean region, Turkey|Mediterranean Region]]=

==[[Adana Province]]==

(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)

File:Adana location districts.svg

==[[Antalya Province]]==

(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)

File:Antalya location districts.svg

==[[Burdur Province]]==

(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)

File:Burdur districts.png

==[[Hatay Province]]==

(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)

File:Hatay districts.png

==[[Isparta Province]]==

(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)

File:Isparta districts.png

==[[Kahramanmaraş Province]]==

(Mostly in the Mediterranean Region)

File:Kahramanmaraş districts.png

==[[Mersin Province]]==

(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)

File:Mersin districts.png

==[[Osmaniye Province]]==

(Entirely in the Mediterranean Region)

File:Osmaniye districts.png

=[[Southeastern Anatolia region]]=

==[[Adıyaman Province]]==

(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)

File:Adıyaman districts.png

==[[Batman Province]]==

(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)

File:Batman districts.png

==[[Diyarbakır Province]]==

(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)

File:Diyarbakır districts.png

==[[Gaziantep Province]]==

(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)

File:Gaziantep districts.png

==[[Kilis Province]]==

(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)

File:Kilis districts.png

==[[Mardin Province]]==

(Entirely in the Southeastern Anatolia regio)

File:Mardin districts.png

==[[Siirt Province]]==

(Mostly in the Southeastern Anatolia region)

File:Siirt districts.png

==[[Şanlıurfa Province]]==

(Entirely in the Southeastern Anatolia region)

File:Şanlıurfa districts.png

See also

References

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