Villages of Turkey

{{Short description|Second smallest settlement unit in Turkey}}

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(Karaburun district of İzmir Province)]]

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(İnegöl district of Bursa Province)]]

A village ({{langx|tr|köy}}, karye in the Ottoman era) is the second smallest settlement unit in Turkey.

The 51 regular provinces of Turkey and 30 province-level metropolitan municipalities are divided into districts.

A 2013 reform converted all 16,803 villages in the metropolitan municipalities, into neighborhoods ({{langx|tr|mahalle}}) of the districts.[http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2012/12/20121206-1.htm Official gazette {{in lang|tr}}]{{Cite web |url=http://www.kesfetmekicinbak.com/30-martta-bir-gecede-16-bin-koy-kente-katildi/3769n.aspx |title=Atlas essay Yusuf Yavuz |language=tr |access-date=2014-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316065734/http://kesfetmekicinbak.com/30-martta-bir-gecede-16-bin-koy-kente-katildi/3769n.aspx |archive-date=2015-03-16 |url-status=live}}

Remaining villages are in the rural areas of the districts in regular provinces, and have about 8.7% of the country's population.[http://www.tuik.gov.tr/HbGetirHTML.do?id=15974 Statistical Institute {{in lang|tr}}] Each village or neighborhood elects a muhtar. Some more populous villages have been incorporated as towns ({{langx|tr|belde}}), but in the others, the muhtar is responsible for all village services.

As of 2023, there are 18,277 villages and 32,261 neighbourhoods in Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory], Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2022.