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Provinces
Provincial
divisions of Turkey
Turkey is subdivided into 81 provinces (iller in Turkish; singular il). Each
province is divided into subprovinces (ilçeler; singular ilçe). The province
usually bears the same name as the provincial capital, also called the central
subprovince; exceptions are Hatay (capital: Antakya), Kocaeli (capital: İzmit)
and Sakarya (capital: Adapazarı). Major provinces include: Istanbul 11 million,
Ankara 4 million, Izmir 3.5 million, Bursa 2.1 million, Konya 2.2 million, Adana
1.8 million.
Cities
Istanbul is Turkey's largest city and its financial hub
The capital of Turkey is the city of Ankara, but the largest city is İstanbul.
Other important cities include İzmir, Bursa, Adana, Trabzon, Malatya, Gaziantep,
Erzurum, Kayseri, İzmit (Kocaeli), Konya, Mersin, Eskişehir, Diyarbakır, Antalya
and Samsun. See the list of cities in Turkey. An estimated 68% of Turkey's
population live in urban centers[1].
The five largest cities by population are:
Istanbul
- 10,019,000
Ankara
- 4,319,000
Izmir
- 2,409,000
Bursa
- 1,195,000
Adana
- 1,131,000
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