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After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the official establishment of the Republic of Turkey on 29 October 1923, changes were made to the administrative system. Two years later, Ardahan, Beyoğlu, Çatalca, Dersim, Ergani, Gelibolu, Genç, Kozan, Oltu, Muş, Siverek and Üsküdar provinces were transformed into districts.
Besides the governors and the city governors, other senior public officials are also appointed by the central government rather than appointed by mayors or elected by constituents. [1] Within this unitary framework, Turkey is subdivided into 81 provinces for administrative purposes. Each province is divided into districts, for a total of 973 ...
Geographical regions of Turkey. Map of the geographic regions, color-coded, with national (gray) and provincial borders (white). The geographical regions of Turkey comprise seven regions (Turkish: bölge), which were originally defined at the country's First Geography Congress in 1941. [1] The regions are subdivided into 31 sections (Turkish ...
Politics of Turkey. 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.
Aksaray Province (8 C, 2 P) Amasya Province (8 C, 3 P) Ankara Province (11 C, 3 P) Antalya Province (11 C, 8 P) Ardahan Province (8 C, 3 P) Artvin Province (9 C, 2 P) Aydın Province (10 C, 4 P)
Contents. (Top) Provinces of Turkey by population. According to data obtained from the Address-Based Population Registration System, as of the beginning of 2024, Turkey 's population is 85,372,377. [ 1 ] This figure was 13.6 million when the first official population census was conducted in 1927. [ 2 ] The figure in 2017 was 995,000 more than ...
This is a list of the largest cities and towns in Turkey by population, which includes cities and towns that are provincial capitals or have a population of at least 7,000. The total population of Turkey is 85,279,553 [ 1 ] according to the 2023 estimate, making it the 18th most populated country in the world.
Ankara (/ ˈ æ ŋ k ər ə / ANG-kər-ə, US also / ˈ ɑː ŋ-/ AHNG-kər-ə; Turkish: ⓘ), [b] historically known as Ancyra [c] and Angora, [d] [15] is the capital of Turkey.Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and 5.8 million in Ankara Province, [5] [4] making it Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul, but the first by ...