Regions in Turkey
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Primary administrative regions in Turkey
There are 81 regions in Turkey in the primary administrative level.| Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
| Istanbul İstanbul | 1. | 14,160,467 | Istanbul İstanbul | 11,174,257 |
| Ankara Ankara | 2. | 5,045,083 | Ankara Ankara | 3,517,182 |
| Izmir İzmir | 3. | 4,061,074 | Izmir İzmir | 2,500,603 |
| Bursa Bursa | 4. | 2,740,970 | Bursa Bursa | 1,412,701 |
| Adana Adana | 5. | 2,149,260 | Adana Adana | 1,248,988 |
| Gaziantep Gaziantep | 6. | 1,844,438 | Gaziantep Gaziantep | 1,065,975 |
| Konya Konya | 7. | 2,079,225 | Konya Konya | 875,530 |
| Antalya Antalya | 8. | 2,158,265 | Antalya Antalya | 758,188 |
| Diyarbakir Diyarbakır | 9. | 1,607,437 | Diyarbakir Diyarbakır | 644,763 |
| Kayseri Kayseri | 10. | 1,295,355 | Kayseri Kayseri | 592,840 |
| Mersin Mersin | 11. | 1,705,774 | Mercin Mercin | 537,842 |
| Eskisehir Eskişehir | 12. | 799,724 | Eskisehir Eskişehir | 514,869 |
| Sanliurfa Şanlıurfa | 13. | 1,801,980 | Sanliurfa Şanlıurfa | 449,549 |
| Malatya Malatya | 14. | 762,538 | Malatya Malatya | 441,805 |
| Erzurum Erzurum | 15. | 766,729 | Erzurum Erzurum | 420,691 |
| Samsun Samsun | 16. | 1,261,810 | Samsun Samsun | 394,050 |
| Batman Batman | 17. | 547,581 | Batman Batman | 381,990 |
| Kahramanmaras Kahramanmaraş | 18. | 1,075,706 | Kahramanmaras Kahramanmaraş | 376,045 |
| Van Van | 19. | 1,070,113 | Van Van | 371,713 |
| Denizli Denizli | 20. | 963,464 | Denizli Denizli | 313,238 |
| Elazig Elazığ | 21. | 568,239 | Elazig Elazığ | 298,004 |
| Sakarya Sakarya | 22. | 917,373 | Adapazari Adapazarı | 286,787 |
| Sivas Sivas | 23. | 623,824 | Sivas Sivas | 264,022 |
| Trabzon Trabzon | 24. | 758,237 | Trabzon Trabzon | 244,083 |
| Manisa Manisa | 25. | 1,359,463 | Manisa Manisa | 243,971 |
| Balikesir Balıkesir | 26. | 1,162,761 | Balikesir Balıkesir | 238,151 |
| Adiyaman Adıyaman | 27. | 597,184 | Adiyaman Adıyaman | 223,744 |
| Kirikkale Kırıkkale | 28. | 274,658 | Kirikkale Kırıkkale | 211,138 |
| Hatay Hatay | 29. | 1,503,066 | Antakya Antakya | 210,000 |
| Osmaniye Osmaniye | 30. | 498,981 | Osmaniye Osmaniye | 202,837 |
| Kocaeli Kocaeli | 31. | 1,676,202 | Izmit İzmit | 196,571 |
| Kuetahya Kütahya | 32. | 572,059 | Kutahya Kütahya | 185,008 |
| Corum Çorum | 33. | 532,080 | Corum Çorum | 183,418 |
| Isparta Isparta | 34. | 417,774 | Isparta Isparta | 172,334 |
| Aydin Aydın | 35. | 1,020,957 | Aydin Aydın | 163,022 |
| Usak Uşak | 36. | 346,508 | Usak Uşak | 152,862 |
| Aksaray Aksaray | 37. | 382,806 | Aksaray Aksaray | 152,201 |
| Afyonkarahisar Afyonkarahisar | 38. | 707,123 | Afyonkarahisar Afyonkarahisar | 146,136 |
| Tokat Tokat | 39. | 598,708 | Tokat Tokat | 129,702 |
| Edirne Edirne | 40. | 398,582 | Edirne Edirne | 126,470 |
| Tekirdag Tekirdağ | 41. | 874,475 | Tekirdag Tekirdağ | 122,287 |
| Karaman Karaman | 42. | 237,939 | Karaman Karaman | 120,399 |
| Ordu Ordu | 43. | 731,452 | Ordu Ordu | 116,788 |
| Siirt Siirt | 44. | 314,153 | Siirt Siirt | 114,034 |
| Erzincan Erzincan | 45. | 219,996 | Erzincan Erzincan | 114,027 |
| Zonguldak Zonguldak | 46. | 601,567 | Zonguldak Zonguldak | 100,229 |
| Giresun Giresun | 47. | 425,007 | Giresun Giresun | 98,864 |
| Karabuk Karabük | 48. | 230,251 | Karabuk Karabük | 97,481 |
| Bolu Bolu | 49. | 283,496 | Bolu Bolu | 96,629 |
| Kirsehir Kırşehir | 50. | 223,498 | Kirsehir Kırşehir | 94,336 |
| Rize Rize | 51. | 328,205 | Rize Rize | 92,772 |
| Agri Ağrı | 52. | 551,177 | Agri Ağrı | 92,022 |
| Nigde Niğde | 53. | 343,658 | Nigde Niğde | 91,039 |
| Yozgat Yozgat | 54. | 444,211 | Yozgat Yozgat | 87,881 |
| Canakkale Province Çanakkale | 55. | 502,328 | Canakkale Çanakkale | 87,791 |
| Amasya Amasya | 56. | 321,977 | Amasya Amasya | 82,896 |
| Mus Muş | 57. | 412,553 | Mus Muş | 82,536 |
| Kilis Kilis | 58. | 128,586 | Kilis Kilis | 82,301 |
| Bingoel Bingöl | 59. | 265,514 | Bingol Bingöl | 80,568 |
| Hakkari Hakkari | 60. | 273,041 | Hakkari Hakkari | 77,699 |
| Kars Kars | 61. | 300,874 | Kars Kars | 77,486 |
| Igdir Iğdır | 62. | 190,424 | Igdir Iğdır | 75,721 |
| Nevsehir Nevşehir | 63. | 285,460 | Nevsehir Nevşehir | 75,527 |
| Cankiri Çankırı | 64. | 190,909 | Khanjarah Khanjarah | 71,379 |
| Mardin Mardin | 65. | 779,738 | Mardin Mardin | 71,373 |
| Yalova Yalova | 66. | 220,122 | Yalova Yalova | 71,289 |
| Kastamonu Kastamonu | 67. | 368,093 | Kastamonu Kastamonu | 70,402 |
| Burdur Burdur | 68. | 257,267 | Burdur Burdur | 66,158 |
| Kirklareli Kırklareli | 69. | 340,559 | Kirklareli Kırklareli | 58,223 |
| Duzce Düzce | 70. | 351,509 | Duzce Düzce | 57,739 |
| Sirnak Şırnak | 71. | 475,255 | Sirnak Şırnak | 52,743 |
| Mugla Muğla | 72. | 866,665 | Mugla Muğla | 48,183 |
| Bitlis Bitlis | 73. | 337,156 | Bitlis Bitlis | 46,111 |
| Bilecik Bilecik | 74. | 208,888 | Bilecik Bilecik | 40,285 |
| Bartin Bartın | 75. | 189,139 | Bartin Bartın | 37,427 |
| Sinop Sinop | 76. | 204,568 | Sinop Sinop | 34,834 |
| Gumushane Gümüşhane | 77. | 141,412 | Gumushkhane Gumushkhane | 32,250 |
| Bayburt Bayburt | 78. | 75,620 | Bayburt Bayburt | 31,258 |
| Tunceli Tunceli | 79. | 85,428 | Tunceli Tunceli | 29,062 |
| Artvin Artvin | 80. | 169,334 | Artvin Artvin | 24,266 |
| Ardahan Ardahan | 81. | 102,782 | Ardahan Ardahan | 21,020 |