1927 Turkish census
The 1927 Turkish census was held 28 September 1927. The population of Turkey was 13,649,945. The census covered 63 vilâyet, 328 kazâ and 39,901 villages. It was the first census conducted in newly established Republic of Turkey.
Population by vilâyet
Languages
| Language | Population | % |
| Turkish | 11,778,810 | 86.42 |
| Kurdish | 1,184,446 | 8.69 |
| Arabic | 134,273 | 0.98 |
| Greek | 119,822 | 0.88 |
| Circassian | 95,901 | 0.70 |
| Judaeo-Spanish | 68,900 | 0.51 |
| Armenian | 64,745 | 0.48 |
| Albanian | 21,774 | 0.16 |
| Bulgarian | 20,554 | 0.15 |
| Tatar | 11,465 | 0.08 |
| French | 8,456 | 0.06 |
| Italian | 7,248 | 0.05 |
| English | 1,938 | 0.01 |
| Persian | 1,687 | 0.01 |
| others | 110,469 | 0.81 |
| Total | 13,630,488 | 100 |