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This is a list of 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 84,680,273 according to the 2020 estimate, making it the 17th most populated country in the world.
* Istanbul, Turkey's economic and cultural capital is the largest city with a population of 15.84 million in its metropolitan area as of 2021.
* Ankara, the capital of Turkey and Turkey's second largest city has a population of 5.7 million in its metropolitan area as of 2021.
* Izmir, Turkey's third largest city has a population of over 4.3 million in its metropolitan area as of 2019.
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File:View of Levent financial district from Istanbul Sapphire.jpg, Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey
File:YDA-Center-03.jpg, Ankara, the second-largest city and capital of Turkey
File:Skyscrapers in Izmir - Turkey.jpg, Izmir, the third-largest city of Turkey and the largest city in the
State Institute of Statistics
* {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Cities In Turkey Turkey Turkey Largest
This is a list of 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 84,680,273 according to the 2020 estimate, making it the 17th most populated country in the world.
* Istanbul, Turkey's economic and cultural capital is the largest city with a population of 15.84 million in its metropolitan area as of 2021.
* Ankara, the capital of Turkey and Turkey's second largest city has a population of 5.7 million in its metropolitan area as of 2021.
* Izmir, Turkey's third largest city has a population of over 4.3 million in its metropolitan area as of 2019.
*Bursa
( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...
, Turkey's fourth largest city has a population of over 3.1 million in its metropolitan area as of 2021.
* Antalya, Turkey's fifth-largest city has a population of 2.6 million in its metropolitan area as of 2019.
Cities and towns with more than 7,000 inhabitants
Cities and Towns with a population of over 7,000 inhabitants according to theTurkish Statistical Institute
Turkish Statistical Institute (commonly known as TurkStat; tr, Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu or TÜİK) is the Turkish government agency commissioned with producing official statistics on Turkey, its population, resources, economy, society, and cu ...
are listed in the following table, along with the results of the censuses from 21 October 1990 and 22 October 2000, as well as the provinces in which the cities are located. The numbers of inhabitants refer to the actual city, not including urban areas.
Aegean Region
The Aegean Region () is one of the 7 Geographical regions of Turkey, geographical regions of Turkey. The largest city in the region is İzmir. Other big cities are Manisa, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla, Afyonkarahisar and Kütahya.
Located in w ...
File:Bursa_image.jpg, Bursa
( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...
, the fourth-largest city and former Ottoman capital
File:Turcja. Zatoka Antalya.jpg, Antalya, the fifth-largest city; the largest city in the Mediterranean Region.
File:Konya 21 (cropped).JPG, Konya, the sixth-largest city and former Seljuk Seljuk or Saljuq (سلجوق) may refer to:
* Seljuk Empire (1051–1153), a medieval empire in the Middle East and central Asia
* Seljuk dynasty (c. 950–1307), the ruling dynasty of the Seljuk Empire and subsequent polities
* Seljuk (warlord) (di ...
capital
File:AdanaSeyhanRiver.jpg, Adana, the seventh-largest city.
File:Mevlid-i_Halil_Mosque_19.jpg, Şanlıurfa, the eighth largest city
File:Gaziantepskyline.jpg, Gaziantep, the ninth-largest city
File:MERSİN-1.jpg, Mersin
Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ...
, tenth-largest city and home to a major port
File:Diyarbakir West August 2009.jpg, Diyarbakır - the largest Kurdish-majority city
File:Mount Erciyes (Argaeus), Turkey (31870998063).jpg, Kayseri
Kayseri (; el, Καισάρεια) is a large Industrialisation, industrialised List of cities in Turkey, city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri Province, Kayseri province. The Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality area is comp ...
File:Samsun_sea_(cropped).jpg, Samsun - largest city in the Black Sea Region
The Black Sea Region ( tr, Karadeniz Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Samsun. Other big cities are Trabzon, Ordu, Tokat, Giresun, Rize, Amasya and Sinop.
It is bordered by the Marmara Region to the ...
File:TR Denizli asv2020-02 img11 view from Teleferik viewpoint.jpg, Denizli
Denizli is an industrial city in the southwestern part of Turkey and the eastern end of the alluvial valley formed by the river Büyük Menderes, where the plain reaches an elevation of about . Denizli is located in the country's Aegean Region. ...
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File:Sazova Park 2.jpg, Eskişehir
File:Serdivan,_Sakarya.jpg, Adapazarı
File:Malatya_city.jpg, Malatya, largest city in the Eastern Anatolia Region
File:Kahramanmaraş_City.JPG, Kahramanmaraş
Marash (Armenian: Մարաշ), officially Kahramanmaraş () and historically Germanicea (Greek: Γερμανίκεια), is a city in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey and the administrative center of Kahramanmaraş Province. Before 1973, Kahrama ...
File:Erzurum_Cifte_Minareli_Sunrise.JPG, Erzurum
File:Akhtamar Island on Lake Van with the Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross.jpg, Van
A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across th ...
Provinces of Turkey
Map
See also
* List of regions in Turkey * List of provinces in Turkey *List of districts in Turkey
The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the ''kaza''.
Most provinces bear the same name as their respectiv ...
* List of villages in Turkey
* Metropolitan centers in Turkey
References
External links
State Institute of Statistics
* {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Cities In Turkey Turkey Turkey Largest