Political Map of Turkey

 

The Republic of Turkey is located in Eurasia, on the Anatolian peninsula and East Thrace. Turkey’s location on the edge of Western Asia and Southeastern Europe makes it an important gateway between the two continents.

Turkey borders a total of eight countries, some in Europe and others in Asia: Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. The capital of Turkey is Ankara, which is located in northwestern Turkey and is only the second largest city, after Istanbul. Istanbul, which is located in the west, straddling the Bosphorus, was the capital of Turkey before it became a republic.

Turkey is divided into 81 provinces, each headquartered in its capital, known as the central district. Most provinces are named for their central district. The most populous provinces in Turkey are Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, and Andana.

Province	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Old capital
Adana	2,006,650	12,788	4,937	Seyhan
Adıyaman	582,762	7,614	2,940
Afyonkarahisar	701,572	14,230	5,494	Afyon
Agri	530,879	11,376	4,392	Karakose
Aksaray	366,109	7,626	2,944
Amasya	328,674	5,520	2,131
Ankara	4,466,756	25,706	9,925	Angora
Antalya	1,789,295	20,591	7,950	Adalia
Ardahan	112,721	5,576	2,153
Artvin	168,092	7,436	2,871
Aydın	946,971	8,007	3,092
Balıkesir	1,118,313	14,292	5,518
Bartın	182,131	2,140	826
Batman	472,487	4,694	1,812
Bayburt	76,609	3,652	1,410
Bilecik	203,777	4,307	1,663
Bingol	251,552	8,125	3,137	Capakcur
Bitlis	327,886	6,707	2,590
Bolu	270,417	10,037	3,875
Burdur	251,181	6,887	2,659
Bursa	2,439,876	10,963	4,233	Brusa
Canakkale	476,128	9,737	3,759
Cankırı	174,012	7,388	2,853
Corum	549,828	12,820	4,950
Denizli	907,325	11,868	4,582
Diyarbakır	1,460,714	15,355	5,929
Duzce	323,328	1,014	392
Edirne	396,462	6,276	2,423	Adrianople
Elazıg	541,258	9,153	3,534
Erzincan	213,538	11,903	4,596
Erzurum	784,941	25,066	9,678
Eskisehir	724,849	13,652	5,271
Gaziantep	1,560,023	6,207	2,397
Giresun	417,505	6,934	2,677
Gumushane	130,825	6,575	2,539
Hakkari	246,469	7,121	2,749	Colemerik
Hatay	1,386,224	5,403	2,086	Antioch (Antakya, Antioquia)
Igdir	181,866	3,539	1,366
Isparta	419,845	8,933	3,449
İstanbul	12,573,836	5,220	2,015	Constantinople
İzmir	3,739,353	11,973	4,623	Smyrna
Kahramanmaraş	1,004,414	14,327	5,532	Maras
Karabuk	218,463	4,074	1,573
Karaman	226,049	9,163	3,538
Kars	312,205	9,442	3,646
Kastamonu	360,366	13,108	5,061	Kostambul
Kayseri	1,165,088	16,917	6,532
Kilis	118,457	1,338	517
Kırıkkale	280,234	4,365	1,685
Kırklareli	333,256	6,550	2,529
Kırsehir	223,170	6,570	2,537
Kocaeli	1,437,926	3,626	1,400	İzmit, Ismid
Konya	1,959,082	38,157	14,733
Kutahya	583,910	11,875	4,585
Malatya	722,065	12,313	4,754
Manisa	1,319,920	13,810	5,332
Mardin	745,778	8,891	3,433
Mersin	1,595,938	15,853	6,121	İcel
Mugla	766,156	13,338	5,150
Mus	405,509	8,196	3,164
Nevsehir	280,058	5,467	2,111
Nigde	331,677	7,312	2,823
Ordu	715,409	6,001	2,317
Osmaniye	452,880	3,320	1,282
Rize	316,252	3,920	1,514	Coruh
Sakarya	835,222	4,817	1,860	Adapazarı
Samsun	1,228,959	9,579	3,698
Sanlıurfa	1,523,099	18,584	7,175	Urfa
Siirt	291,528	5,406	2,087
Sinop	198,412	5,862	2,263
Sırnak	416,001	7,172	2,769
Sivas	638,464	28,488	10,999
Tekirdag	728,396	6,218	2,401
Tokat	620,722	9,958	3,845
trabzon	740,569	4,685	1,809
Tunceli	84,022	7,774	3,002	Kalan
Usak	334,115	5,341	2,062
Van	979,671	19,069	7,363
Yalova	181,758	674	260
Yozgat	492,127	14,123	5,453
Zonguldak	615,890	3,481	1,344
81 provinces	70,586,256	773,575	298,679