List of cities in Turkey

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This is a list of cities in Turkey by population.

Included are cities that are provincial capitals or have a population of at least 20,000.

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[edit] Cities over 70000

In the following table are cities over 70,000 inhabitant according to a census from 2007-12-31, with the results of the censuses specified from 1990-10-21 and 2000-10-22, as well as the province, in which the city is found. The numbers of inhabitants refer to the actual city without suburb areas.

Rank	City	1990 Census	2000 Census	2007 Census	2008 est.	Province
1	Istanbul	6.629.431	8.803.468	10.757.327	11.000.144	Istanbul
2	Ankara	2.583.963	3.203.362	3.763.591	3.832.981	Ankara
3	İzmir	1.758.780	2.232.265	2.606.294	2.656.148	İzmir
4	Bursa	834.576	1.194.687	1.431.172	1.466.266	Bursa
5	Adana	916.150	1.130.710	1.366.027	1.392.490	Adana
6	Gaziantep	603.434	853.513	1.175.042	1.208.666	Gaziantep
7	Konya	513.346	742.690	967.055	993.744	Konya
8	Antalya	378.208	603.190	775.157	798.507	Antalya
9	Kayseri	425.776	536.392	696.833	712.778	Kayseri
10	Mersin	422.357	537.842	623.861	635.714	Mersin
11	Diyarbakır	373.810	545.963	592.557	605.424	Diyarbakır
12	Eskişehir	413.082	482.793	570.825	580.104	Eskişehir
13	Şanlıurfa	276.528	385.588	472.238	483.750	Şanlıurfa
14	Samsun	304.176	363.180	423.859	430.899	Samsun
15	Adapazarı	272.039	283.752	377.683	391.102	Sakarya
16	Malatya	270.412	381.081	383.185	389.819	Malatya
17	Kahramanmaraş	228.129	326.198	371.463	379.894	Kahramanmaraş
18	Erzurum	242.391	361.235	338.073	343.701	Erzurum
19	Van	155.623	284.464	331.986	342.360	Van
20	Denizli	203.741	275.480	323.151	330.175	Denizli
21	Elazığ	204.603	266.495	319.381	326.133	Elazığ
22	Gebze	159.116	253.487	310.815	319.738	Kocaeli
23	Batman	147.347	246.678	293.024	301.593	Batman
24	Sivas	223.115	251.776	294.402	298.595	Sivas
25	Manisa	158.928	214.949	281.890	289.123	Manisa
26	Sultanbeyli	82.298	175.700	272.758	283.962	İstanbul
27	Esenyurt	70.280	148.981	253.084	263.837	Istanbul
28	İzmit	190.741	195.699	248.424	255.956	Kocaeli
29	Balıkesir	170.589	215.436	241.404	245.570	Balıkesir
30	Trabzon	161.886	214.949	228.826	232.764	Trabzon
31	Tarsus	187.508	216.382	229.921	232.416	Mersin
32	Kütahya	130.944	166.665	212.934	217.757	Kütahya
33	Çorum	116.810	161.321	202.322	207.352	Çorum
34	Çorlu	74.681	141.525	190.792	197.622	Tekirdağ
35	Adıyaman	100.045	178.538	191.627	197.014	Adıyaman
36	Kırıkkale	185.431	205.078	192.257	192.659	Kırıkkale
37	Antakya	123.871	144.910	186.243	189.912	Hatay
38	Isparta	112.117	148.496	184.735	189.007	Isparta
39	Osmaniye	122.307	173.977	180.477	183.899	Osmaniye
40	Kayapınar	10.958	68.150	166.905	181.013	Diyarbakır
41	İskenderun	154.807	159.149	177.294	178.617	Hatay
42	Uşak	105.270	137.001	172.709	176.676	Uşak
43	Aydın	107.011	143.267	168.216	171.816	Aydın
44	Afyon	95.643	128.516	159.967	163.751	Afyonkarahisar
45	Aksaray	90.698	129.949	151.164	154.721	Aksaray
46	Edirne	102.345	119.298	136.070	138.054	Edirne
47	Tekirdağ	80.442	107.191	133.322	136.433	Tekirdağ
48	Ordu	102.107	112.525	134.005	135.881	Ordu
49	İnegöl	71.120	105.959	130.448	133.938	Bursa
50	Kızıltepe	60.134	113.143	127.148	131.090	Mardin
51	Tokat	83.058	113.100	127.988	130.631	Tokat
52	Karaman	76.525	105.384	122.809	125.532	Karaman
53	Beylikdüzü	2.500	39.884	112.131	122.452	İstanbul
54	Siirt	68.320	98.281	117.599	120.498	Siirt
55	Samandıra	22.888	67.438	112.653	117.933	İstanbul
56	Derince	66.141	93.997	113.991	116.806	Kocaeli
57	Turgutlu	73.634	93.727	111.166	113.374	Manisa
58	Darıca	53.559	85.818	109.580	112.975	Kocaeli
59	Bandırma	77.444	97.419	110.248	112.178	Balıkesir
60	Siverek	63.049	126.820	108.094	110.744	Şanlıurfa
61	Bolu	61.509	84.565	107.857	110.583	Bolu
62	Zonguldak	117.975	104.276	107.354	106.729	Zonguldak
63	Karabük	105.373	100.749	105.159	105.146	Karabük
64	Nazilli	80.277	105.665	103.759	105.140	Aydın
65	Ceyhan	85.308	108.602	103.800	104.888	Adana
66	Viranşehir	57.461	121.382	100.929	103.486	Şanlıurfa
67	Niğde	55.035	78.088	100.418	103.088	Niğde
68	Kırşehir	73.538	88.105	99.832	101.379	Kırşehir
69	Ağrı	58.038	79.764	97.839	100.180	Ağrı
70	Düzce	65.209	56.649	94.637	100.064	Düzce
71	Körfez	63.194	81.938	97.535	99.859	Kocaeli
72	Salihli	70.861	83.137	96.594	98.108	Manisa
73	Lüleburgaz	52.384	79.002	95.466	98.000	Kırklareli
74	Akhisar	73.944	81.510	96.393	97.714	Manisa
75	Rize	52.743	78.144	94.800	97.274	Rize
76	Karadeniz Ereğli	66.859	79.486	94.736	96.376	Zonguldak
77	Ereğli(Konya)	74.283	82.633	94.542	95.734	Konya
78	Alanya	52.460	88.346	91.713	94.022	Antalya
79	Nizip	58.604	71.629	91.486	93.420	Gaziantep
80	Polatlı	60.158	79.992	91.166	92.990	Ankara
81	Cizre	50.023	69.591	90.477	92.857	Şırnak
82	Nusaybin	49.671	74.110	88.296	90.568	Mardin
83	Giresun	67.604	83.636	89.241	90.514	Giresun
84	Yalova	65.823	70.118	87.372	89.837	Yalova
85	Bingöl	41.590	68.876	86.511	89.153	Bingöl
86	Çanakkale	53.995	75.180	86.544	88.459	Çanakkale
87	Amasya	57.087	74.393	85.851	87.543	Amasya
88	Bafra	65.600	83.733	85.325	86.485	Samsun
89	Erzincan	91.772	107.175	86.779	86.484	Erzincan
90	Elbistan	54.741	71.500	82.238	83.855	Kahramanmaraş
91	Mardin	53.005	65.072	82.134	83.847	Mardin
92	Nevşehir	52.719	67.864	81.688	83.392	Nevşehir
93	Kastamonu	51.560	64.606	80.582	82.289	Kastamonu
94	Sarıgazi	22.125	48.466	76.855	80.911	İstanbul
95	Gemlik	50.237	63.710	78.945	80.634	Bursa
96	Erciş	40.481	70.881	77.464	79.639	Van
97	Kadirli	55.061	65.227	77.379	78.692	Osmaniye
98	Iğdır	38.917	59.880	75.927	78.104	Iğdır
99	Kilis	84.077	77.670	77.706	77.331	Kilis
100	Manavgat	38.498	71.679	75.163	77.320	Antalya
101	Kars	78.455	78.473	76.992	76.906	Kars
102	Mezitli	17.735	50.187	72.904	76.149	Mersin
103	Çekmeköy	13.523	37.502	70.683	75.423	İstanbul
104	Ünye	45.716	61.552	72.867	74.464	Ordu
105	Gölcük	65.600	55.790	71.538	73.788	Kocaeli
106	Kozan	54.451	75.833	72.463	73.523	Adana
107	Yozgat	50.335	73.930	72.183	73.468	Yozgat
108	Silopi	23.430	51.199	70.670	73.449	Şırnak
109	Ödemiş	51.620	61.896	71.219	72.372	İzmir
110	Muş	44.019	67.927	70.509	72.067	Muş
111	Soma	49.977	60.674	70.683	71.901	Manisa
112	Kırıkhan	68.601	63.615	70.543	71.533	Hatay
113	Doğubeyazıt	35.213	56.261	69.414	71.426	Ağrı
114	Burdur	56.432	63.363	70.157	70.964	Burdur
115	Fatsa	39.467	63.721	68.917	70.649	Ordu
116	Çankırı	45.496	62.508	68.596	69.955	Çankırı

[edit] Cities under 70.000

This is a list of cities under 70,000 in the 2006 estimate, ranked according to the 2000 census.

City	Population
Zile	110000
Bismil	101400
Anamur	58800
Hakkari	58145
Midyat	56669
Bolvadin	54900
Akşehir	54100
Dörtyol	53600
Kırklareli	53221
Afşin	52800
Şırnak	52743
Edremit	51800
Ergani	47900
Fethiye	46500
Bergama	46100
Bitlis	44923
Çarşamba	44400
Alaşehir	44000
Muğla	43845
Dinar	42400
Erbaa	41900
Islahiye	41900
Bozüyük	41600
Çumra	40900
Beyşehir	39800
Çerkezköy	38700
Birecik	37800
Büyükçekmece	36900
Erdemli	36400
Akçaabat	36100
Bartın	35992
Gölbaşı	35100
Çubuk	34900
Bilecik	34105
Aliağa	33900
Gönen	33800
Develi	33500
Bayburt	32285
Düziçi	32100
Ilgın	32000
Beypazarı	31900
Bor	31300
Göksun	31200
Bozyazı	30700
Sinop	30502
Gümüşhane	30270
Bulanık	30000
İmamoğlu	30000
Bulancak	29500
Ceylanpınar	29300
Ayvalık	29000
Demirci	28700
Gerede	27900
Burhaniye	27400
Beşikdüzü	26600
Boğazlıyan	26600
Bozova	26300
Adilcevaz	25700
Biga	25700
Bucak	25700
Erzin	25700
Akçakale	25600
Gölköy	25300
Çan	25200
Tunceli	25041
Babaeski	24700
Hendek	24500
Bodrum	24400
Hınıs	23500
Artvin	23157
Akyazı	23000
Horasan	22800
Çay	22200
Alaca	22800
Emirdağ	22000
Görele	22000
Gediz	21900
Gelibolu	21900
Bahçe	21800
Gürgentepe	21600
Ahlat	21500
Çeşme	21100
Didim	21100
İdil	21100
Boyabat	20900
Derik	20700
Elmadağ, Ankara	20600
Akçakoca	20400
İznik	20200
Gürsu	20200

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