How Many States Are In Turkey? | List Of States Of Turkey

This article explains the states of Turkey and the cities within them, and I have provided you with a complete introduction and view of the cities of Turkey, and I hope this article will be useful for you.

How many states are in Turkey?

Turkey has a total of 81 states or provinces. Among these 81 states, Düzce is the newest state. After the August 17, 1999 earthquake, the states of Türkiye were divided again.

List of states of Turkey

1.      Adana	2.      Edirne	3.      Malatya
4.      Adıyaman	5.      Elazığ	6.      Manisa
7.      Afyon	8.      Erzincan	9.      Mardin
10.   Ağrı	11.   Erzurum	12.   Mersin
13.   Aksaray	14.   Eskişehir	15.   Mugla
16.   Amasya	17.   Gaziantep	18.   Mus
19.   Ankara	20.   Giresun	21.   Nevşehir
22.   Antalya	23.   Gümüşhane	24.   Niğde
25.   Ardahan	26.   Hakkari	27.   Ordu
28.   Artvin	29.   Hatay	30.   Osmaniye
31.   Aydın	32.   Iğdır	33.   Rize
34.   Balıkesir	35.   Isparta	36.   Sakarya
37.   Bartın	38.   İstanbul	39.   Samsun
40.   Batman	41.   İzmir	42.   Siirt
43.   Bayburt	44.   Kahramanmaraş	45.   Sinop
46.   Bilecik	47.   Karabük	48.   Sivas
49.   Bingöl	50.   Karaman	51.   Şanlıurfa
52.   Bitlis	53.   Kars	54.   Şırnak
55.   Bolu	56.   Kastamonu	57.   Tekirdag
58.   Burdur	59.   Kayseri	60.   Tokat
61.   Bursa	62.   Kırıkkale	63.   Trabzon
64.   Çanakkale	65.   Kırklareli	66.   Tunceli
67.   Çankırı	68.   Kırşehir	69.   Usak
70.   Çorum	71.   Kilis	72.   Van
73.   Denizli	74.   Kocaeli	75.   Yalova
76.   Diyarbakir	77.   Konya	78.   Yozgat
79.   Düzce	80.   Kütahya	81.   Zonguldak

Division of regions of Turkey

Countries are divided into different regions according to some internal changes such as climate, topography, vegetation and population, and for these reasons, Turkey is divided into 7 different geographical regions. These geographical regions are as follows:

1. Akdeniz Bölgesi
2. Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi
3. Ege Bölgesi
4. Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi
5. İç Anadolu Bölgesi
6. Karadeniz Bölgesi
7. Marmara Region

Cities of Akdeniz Bölgesi

1.     Adana	2.     Isparta	3.     Kahramanmaraş
4.     Antalya	5.     Mersin	6.     Karaman’ın Bir Kısmı
7.     Burdur	8.     Osmaniye	9.     Afyonkarahisar’ın Bir Kısmı
10.  Hatay	11.  Konya’nın Bir Kısmı	12.  Denizli’nin Bir Kısmı
13.  Gaziantep’in Bir Kısmı

Cities of Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi

1.     Ağrı	2.     Kars	3.     Erzincan
4.     Ardahan	5.     Malatya	6.     Erzurum
7.     Bitlis	8.     Muş	9.     Hakkâri
10.  Bingöl	11.  Tunceli	12.  Iğdır
13.  Elâzığ	14.  Van

Cities of Ege Bölgesi

1.     Afyonkarahisar	2.     Denizli	3.     Denizli	4.     Muğla
5.     Aydın	6.     İzmir	7.     İzmir	8.     Uşak

Cities of Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi

1.     Adıyaman	2.     Gaziantep	3.     Şanlıurfa
4.     Batman	5.     Kilis	6.     Siirt
7.     Diyarbakir	8.     Mardin	9.     Şırnak

Cities of İç Anadolu Bölgesi

1.     Ankara	2.     Sivas	3.     Kırşehir
4.     Konya	5.     Kırıkkale	6.     Niğde
7.     Kayseri	8.     Aksaray	9.     Nevşehir
10.  Eskişehir	11.  Karaman	12.  Yozgat
13.  Çankırı

Cities of Karadeniz Bölgesi

1.     Karabük	2.     Bolu	3.     Tokat
4.     Düzce	5.     Gümüşhane	6.     Rize
7.     Amasya	8.     Samsun	9.     Ordu
10.  Artvin	11.  Trabzon	12.  Çorum
13.  Bartın	14.  Sinop	15.  Kastamonu
16.  Bayburt	17.  Zonguldak	18.  Giresun

Cities of Marmara region

1.     İstanbul	2.     Çanakkale	3.     Bilecik
4.     Edirne	5.     Kocaeli	6.     Bursa
7.     Kırklareli	8.     Yalova	9.     Balıkesir
10.  Tekirdag	11.  Sakarya

The most populous state of Türkiye

The most populous state or province of Turkey is Istanbul, which according to the latest statistics, has about 15 million people. This state is located northwest of Turkey. It is interesting to know that this city was known as the capital of the great Ottoman Empire in the past.

The smallest state of Turkey

Van can be considered the smallest state of Turkey in terms of area; located in the east of Turkey. Due to its location in a mountainous region and around Lake Van, this state has many natural attractions and important ancient and historical monuments. The area of this state includes about 3.3% of the country’s total area, and a population of about 1.1 million people live in it.

The largest state in Turkey

The largest state in Turkey is Konya. This state is located in the central part of Turkey. With an area of more than 40 thousand square kilometres and a population of more than 2.2 million people, Konya is the largest state in Turkey in terms of area.

At the end of the line

In this article on the travelling topic, I answered the question of how many states are in Turkey, and I also provided a list of states in Turkey for those interested. As mentioned, Turkey has 81 provinces, the largest of which is Konya, and the smallest is Van province.