Proportional circle Turkey city town population map 2012

Turkey population density by province 2014

This is a list of cities and towns in

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 ...

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction usi ...

, which includes cities and towns that are

provincial capitals A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the ...

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 ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...

, 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 Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, 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 over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

, the capital of

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, Turkey's fourth largest city has a population of over 3.1 million in its metropolitan area as of 2021. *

Antalya la, Attalensis grc, Ἀτταλειώτης , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 07xxx , area_code = (+90) 242 , registration_plate = 07 , blank_name = Licence plate ...

, 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 the Turkish Statistical Institute are listed in the following table, along with the results of the

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses inc ...

es 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. File:View of Levent financial district from Istanbul Sapphire.jpg,

, the largest city in Turkey File:YDA-Center-03.jpg,

, 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 Aegean Region File:Bursa_image.jpg, Bursa, the fourth-largest city and former Ottoman capital File:Turcja. Zatoka Antalya.jpg,

Antalya la, Attalensis grc, Ἀτταλειώτης , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 07xxx , area_code = (+90) 242 , registration_plate = 07 , blank_name = Licence plate ...

, the fifth-largest city; the largest city in the Mediterranean Region. File:Konya 21 (cropped).JPG,

Konya Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...

, the sixth-largest city and former Seljuk capital File:AdanaSeyhanRiver.jpg,

Adana Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million. Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, wh ...

, the seventh-largest city. File:Mevlid-i_Halil_Mosque_19.jpg, Şanlıurfa, the eighth largest city File:Gaziantepskyline.jpg,

Gaziantep Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Aintab or Antep (), is a major city and capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, approxi ...

, the ninth-largest city File:MERSİN-1.jpg, Mersin, tenth-largest city and home to a major port File:Diyarbakir West August 2009.jpg,

Diyarbakır Diyarbakır (; ; ; ) is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortres ...

- the largest Kurdish-majority city File:Mount Erciyes (Argaeus), Turkey (31870998063).jpg, Kayseri File:Samsun_sea_(cropped).jpg, Samsun - largest city in the Black Sea Region File:TR Denizli asv2020-02 img11 view from Teleferik viewpoint.jpg, Denizli. File:Sazova Park 2.jpg, Eskişehir File:Serdivan,_Sakarya.jpg,

Adapazarı Adapazarı () is a city in northwestern Turkey and the central district of Sakarya Province. The province itself was originally named Adapazarı as well. Adapazarı is a part of the densely populated region of the country known as the Marmara Re ...

File:Malatya_city.jpg, Malatya, largest city in the Eastern Anatolia Region File:Kahramanmaraş_City.JPG, Kahramanmaraş 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 ...

Cities and towns with more than 7,000 inhabitants

Provinces of Turkey

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