As a candidate country of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

(TR) is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). Defined in 2002 in agreement between Eurostat and the Turkish authorities, Turkey's NUTS classifications are officially termed ''statistical regions'', as Turkey is not a member of the EU and Eurostat only defines NUTS for member states. The three NUTS levels are: * NUTS-1: 12

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* NUTS-2: 26 Subregions * NUTS-3: 81

Provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

Below the NUTS levels, there are two LAU levels: * LAU-1: 923 districts * LAU-2: 37,675 municipalities The NUTS codes are as follows:

References

External links

Overview of the NUTS 2013 Classification

Statistics Illustrated. Interactive map of NUTS levels.

Regional Statistics Illustrated. Interactive map of statistics indicators by NUTS levels.

Statoids.com {{Statistical subregions of Turkey

Statistical subregions of Turkey Subdivisions of Turkey Turkey–European Union relations

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