Districts of Turkey


The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts. In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, the corresponding unit was the kaza.
Most provinces bear the same name as their respective provincial capital districts. However, many urban provinces, designated as greater municipalities, have a center consisting of multiple districts, such as the provincial capital of Ankara province, The City of Ankara, comprising nine separate districts. Additionally three provinces, Kocaeli, Sakarya, and Hatay have their capital district named differently from their province, as İzmit, Adapazarı, and Antakya respectively.
A district may cover both rural and urban areas. In many provinces, one district of a province is designated the central district from which the district is administered. The central district is administered by an appointed provincial deputy governor and other non-central districts by an appointed sub-governor from their district center municipality. In these central districts the district center municipality also serves as the provincial center municipality. Both the deputy governor and sub-governors are responsible to the province governor. Greater Municipalities, however, are administered differently where a separate seat of municipality exists for the entire province, having administrative power over all districts of the province.

Local government

Municipalities can be created in, and are subordinate to, the districts in which they are located. Each district has at least one municipality in the district center from which both the municipal government for that municipality and the district government is administered. A municipality is headed by an elected mayor who administers the local government for defined municipal matters. More and more settlements which are outside district centers have municipalities as well, usually because their population requires one. A municipality's borders usually correspond to that of the urban settlement it covers, but may also include some undeveloped land.
Villages outside municipalities and quarters or neighborhoods within municipalities are the lowest level of local government, and are also the most numerous unit of local government in Turkey. They elect muhtars to care for specific administrative matters such as residence registration. The designation slightly differs and the tasks, which are largely similar but are adapted to their locality.
Greater municipalities exist for large cities like Istanbul and İzmir that consist of an extra administrative layer run by an elected head mayor, who oversee the municipalities and mayors within the province. Currently, 30 provinces are administered by greater municipalities in addition to having separate municipalities for every district within the province.

List of districts with population

The districts and their populations are listed below, by region and by province.

[Aegean region]

[Afyonkarahisar Province]

The following population data is based on the 2024 census. The list is sorted from highest to lowest population. According to the results of the local elections of March 31, 2024, mayors are listed with their parties.
Afyonkarahisar Province Population: 750,193
DistrictPopulationMayorParty
Afyonkarahisar 328,319Burcu KöksalCHP
Sandıklı54,952Adnan ÖztaşAKP
Dinar47,326Veysel TopçuCHP
Bolvadin45,468Derviş AynacıMHP
Emirdağ43,484Serkan KoyuncuAKP
Sinanpaşa38,428Tolga YıldırımMHP
Şuhut35,492Muhittin ÖzaşkınMHP
Çay29,459Yaşar Kemal KantartopuİYİ Party
İhsaniye27,904Emine GökçeAKP
İscehisar25,084Seyhan KılınçarslanAKP
Çobanlar14,403Ali AltuntaşAKP
Sultandağı13,779Mehmet AldırmazAKP
Dazkırı11,670Fatih ÇiçekAKP
Başmakçı9,208Selçuk GönüllüCHP
Hocalar8,395Ali ArslanAKP
Bayat7,725Halilibrahim BodurAKP
Evciler7,063Berrin UğurluCHP
Kızılören2,034Ali ErolMHP

[Aydın Province]

The following population data is based on the 2024 census. The list is sorted from highest to lowest population. According to the results of the local elections of March 31, 2024, mayors are listed with their parties.
Aydın Province Population: 1,165,943
DistrictPopulationMayorParty
Efeler308,551Anıl YetişkinCHP
Nazilli162,041Ertuğrul TetikCHP
Kuşadası137,015Ömer GünelCHP
Söke123,850Mustafa İberya ArıkanCHP
Didim101,474Hatice GençayCHP
İncirliova57,483Aytekin KayaAKP
Çine48,209Mehmet KıvrakCHP
Germencik44,677Burak ZencirciCHP
Bozdoğan31,945Mustafa Galip ÖzelCHP
Köşk28,436Nuri GülerIndependent
Kuyucak26,684Uğur DoğancaCHP
Koçarlı22,464Özgür ArıcıCHP
Sultanhisar20,147Osman YıldırımkayaIndependent
Karacasu17,508Mustafa BüyükyapıcıCHP
Buharkent13,115Mehmet ErolAKP
Yenipazar11,834Malik ErcanCHP
Karpuzlu10,510Hilmi DönmezAKP

[Denizli Province]

The following population data is based on the 2024 census. The list is sorted from highest to lowest population. According to the results of the local elections of March 31, 2024, mayors are listed with their parties.
Denizli Province Population: 1,061,371
DistrictPopulationMayorParty
Merkezefendi345,933Şeniz DoğanCHP
Pamukkale345,850Ali Rıza ErtemürCHP
Çivril59,680Semih DereCHP
Acıpayam54,994Levent YıldırımY.Refah Party
Tavas40,591Kadir TatıkCHP
Honaz34,835Yüksel KepenekCHP
Sarayköy31,063Mehmet Salih KonyaCHP
Buldan26,456Mehmet Ali OrpakCHP
Kale19,154Erkan HaylaCHP
Çal17,546Ahmet HakanCHP
Çameli17,492Cengiz ArslanAKP
Serinhisar14,591Osman KılıçCHP
Bozkurt11,130Birsen ÇelikCHP
Güney9,280Mehmet Ali EraydınCHP
Çardak8,558Ali AltınerCHP
Bekilli6,416Önder DemirCHP
Babadağ6,303Murat KumralAKP
Beyağaç6,148Sezayi PütünY.Refah Party
Baklan5,351Yusuf GülseverAKP

[İzmir Province]

The following population data is based on the 2024 census. The list is sorted from highest to lowest population. According to the results of the local elections of March 31, 2024, mayors are listed with their parties.
İzmir Province Population: 4,493,242
DistrictPopulationMayorParty
Buca523,193Görkem DumanCHP
Karabağlar473,058Emine Helil İnay KınayCHP
Bornova448,737Ömer EşkiCHP
Karşıyaka341,580Behice Yıldız ÜnsalCHP
Konak322,393Nilüfer Çınarlı MutluCHP
Bayraklı299,859İrfan ÖnalCHP
Torbalı218,744Övünç DemirCHP
Çiğli215,697Onur Emrah YıldızCHP
Menemen214,409Aydın PehlivanAKP
Gaziemir136,930Ünal IşıkCHP
Ödemiş132,942Mustafa TuranCHP
Kemalpaşa120,375Mehmet TürkmenCHP
Menderes111,453İlkay ÇiçekCHP
Aliağa108,701Serkan AcarMHP
Bergama107,347Tanju ÇelikCHP
Tire87,858Hayati OkuroğluCHP
Urla79,610Selçuk BalkanCHP
Balçova76,613Onur YiğitCHP
Narlıdere61,732Erman UzunCHP
Seferihisar60,914İsmail YetişkinCHP
Çeşme50,828Lal DenizliCHP
Dikili48,647Adil KırgözIndependent
Kiraz43,401Nasuh CoşkunCHP
Bayındır40,054Davut SakarsuCHP
Selçuk38,688Filiz Ceritoğlu SengelCHP
Güzelbahçe38,500Mustafa GünayCHP
Foça36,688Saniye FıçıCHP
Kınık28,859Sema BodurCHP
Karaburun13,473İlkay Girgin ErdoğanCHP
Beydağ11,959Şakir BaşaranCHP