Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey
There are 81 provinces in
History
The first metropolitan municipalities were established in 1984.
Before 2004, only the urban centers with populations of more than 750,000 were declared metropolitan centers. However, in 2004, the concept of metropolitan municipality was redefined in Istanbul and Kocaeli, where thenceforth metropolitan municipality borders would overlap with provincial borders. In 2012, this was extended to other metropolitan municipalities.[11] Thus, all provinces with a population in excess of 750,000 were declared metropolitan municipality and accordingly the number of metropolitan municipalities has sharply increased. The following 13 cities became metropolitan municipalities:[11]
With the addition of Ordu in 2013,[12] the total number of the metropolitan municipalities increased to 30.[13]
List of metropolitan areas
(Dark blue: Those provinces before 2012, light blue those after 2012)
Metropolitan municipalities | Date of establishment | Area (km2) | GDP (billion US$)[14]
|
Population (2021)[15] | Number of districts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adana | 05.06.1986 | 13,844 | 15.775 | 2,263,373 | 15 |
Ankara | 23.03.1984 | 25,632 | 74.285 | 5,747,325 | 25 |
Antalya | 09.09.1993 | 20,177 | 23.213 | 2,619,832 | 19 |
Aydın | 06.12.2012 | 8,116 | 7.260 | 1,134,031 | 17 |
Balıkesir | 06.12.2012 | 14,583 | 10.027 | 1,250,610 | 20 |
Bursa | 18.06.1986 | 10,813 | 33.641 | 3,147,818 | 17 |
Denizli | 06.12.2012 | 12,134 | 9.062 | 1,051,056 | 19 |
Diyarbakır | 09.09.1993 | 15,101 | 6.959 | 1,791,373 | 17 |
Erzurum | 09.09.1993 | 25,006 | 3.918 | 756,893 | 20 |
Eskişehir | 09.09.1993 | 13,960 | 9.078 | 898,369 | 14 |
Gaziantep | 20.06.1986 | 6,830 | 16.545 | 2,130,432 | 9 |
Hatay | 06.12.2012 | 5,524 | 11.298 | 1,670,712 | 15 |
Mersin[Note 1] | 09.09.1993 | 15,010 | 15.562 | 1,891,145 | 13 |
İstanbul |
23.03.1984 | 5,343 | 245.207 | 15,840,000 | 39 |
İzmir | 23.03.1984 | 11,891 | 51.460 | 4,425,789 | 30 |
Kayseri | 07.12.1988 | 16,970 | 11.956 | 1,434,357 | 16 |
Kocaeli[Note 2] | 09.09.1993 | 3,397 | 34.442 | 2,033,441 | 12 |
Konya | 20.06.1986 | 40,838 | 16.616 | 2,277,017 | 31 |
Malatya | 06.12.2012 | 12,259 | 4.324 | 808,692 | 13 |
Manisa | 06.12.2012 | 13,339 | 13.633 | 1,456,626 | 17 |
Kahramanmaraş | 06.12.2012 | 14,520 | 7.015 | 1,171,298 | 11 |
Mardin | 06.12.2012 | 8,780 | 4.737 | 862,757 | 10 |
Muğla | 06.12.2012 | 12,654 | 9.444 | 1,021,141 | 13 |
Ordu | 14.03.2013 | 5,914 | 3.685 | 760,872 | 19 |
Sakarya[Note 3] | 06.03.2000 | 4,824 | 9.102 | 1,060,876 | 16 |
Samsun | 09.09.1993 | 9,725 | 8.332 | 1,371,274 | 17 |
Tekirdağ | 06.12.2012 | 6,190 | 16.225 | 1,113,400 | 11 |
Trabzon | 06.12.2012 | 4,628 | 4.897 | 816,686 | 18 |
Şanlıurfa | 06.12.2012 | 19,242 | 6.413 | 2,143,020 | 13 |
Van | 06.12.2012 | 20,921 | 3.544 | 1,141,015 | 13 |
Turkey | 783,562 | 807.143 | 66,092,128 | 519 |
Since the total population of Turkey is 83,154,997, the population in the 30 provinces make up 77% of the population of the country.
See also
- Elections for Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey
- 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation
Notes
References
- ^ Statistical Institute page[permanent dead link]
- ^ Law act no 5216 (in Turkish)
- ^ Belleten of legislation (in Turkish)
- ^ Art no 3306 (in Turkish)
- ^ "Art no 3391" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ^ "Art no.3398" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ^ "Art no 3399" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ^ "Art no 3508" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ^ "Decree no 504" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ^ "Art no 593" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ^ a b "Art no 6360" (in Turkish).
- Anadolu Ajansı. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ CNN Turk news (in Turkish)
- ^ "Statistics by Theme > National Accounts > Regional Accounts". www.turkstat.gov.tr. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "2021 Türkiye Nüfusu", biruni.tuik.gov.tr