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Turkey is also subdivided into 7 regions and 21 subregions for geographic, demographic and economic purposes; this does not refer to an administrative division. The largely centralized structure of decision-making in Ankara is often considered an impediment to good governance, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and causes resentment in particular in ethnic ...
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.
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 ...
List of first-level administrative divisions by population List of FIPS region codes in FIPS 10-4 , withdrawn from the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) in 2008 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS), which covers the subdivisions of the members of the European Union
Former administrative divisions of Turkey (7 P) M. Municipalities of Turkey (5 C) P. Provinces of Turkey (83 C, 25 P) Q. Quarters in Turkey (2 C) R. Regions of Turkey ...
Local government in Turkey refers to the governance and administration of Turkey's 81 provinces, their districts, neighborhoods, and villages. This governance is split into two: the civilian administration ( Turkish: mülki idare) and the local administration ( Turkish: mahalli idare).
English: Map of the administrative divisions of Turkey (geographical regions, provinces, districts, metropolitan municipalities) Türkçe: Türkiye'nin idari bölümleri haritası (coğrafi bölgeler, iller, ilçeler, büyükşehir belediyeleri)
Category: Geography of Turkey. 112 languages. ... Administrative divisions of Turkey (9 C, 9 P) Aegean islands (11 C, 37 P) Arab settlements in Turkey (4 C, 3 P)