Turkey and its provinces

About Turkey

Is a transcontinental state in Eurasia, located mainly in Western Asia, with a smaller part on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe, Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Greece, Bulgaria to the northwest, Georgia to the northeast, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan, Iran to the east, and Iraq Syria to the south, the country is surrounded by seas on three sides, with the Aegean Sea to the west, the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Bosphorus, the Marmara Sea and the Dardanelles that together form the Turkish Straits , Turkey and Anatolia divide and separate Europe from Asia, Ankara is the capital of Turkey, but Istanbul is the largest city in the country, and approximately 70-80 percent of the citizens of the state are ethnic Turks, and Kurds are the largest minority there, representing about 20 Per cent of the population.

Turkey has a structure in terms of administration, and this aspect is one of the most important factors that make up Turkish public administration, when three forces (executive, legislative and judicial) are taken into account, as the main functions of the state, local administrations have little power, and Turkey is not a federal system.

Local government departments have been established to provide services in their place, and the government is represented by governors and city governors.In addition to governors and city governors, other senior government officials are also appointed by the central government, rather than by mayors. Elected by the voters

Governorates of Turkey

Turkey is divided into 81 provinces for administrative purposes, and each province is divided into provinces, for a total of 923 districts, Turkey is also divided into 7 regions and 21 sub-regions for geographical, demographic and economic purposes, and the central structure of decision-making in Ankara is often considered a barrier to good governance Since 2004, steps towards decentralization have proved to be a controversial topic in Turkey, and Turkey is obliged under the European Charter on Local Self-Governance to decentralize its administrative structure, and Turkey’s decentralization program is an ongoing debate in academia and politics. And the broader public in the country

The provinces of Turkey are:

The names of the provinces and the most famous cities of Turkey are arranged by total area:

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