Demographics of Turkey - Largest Cities

Largest Cities

Largest cities or towns of Turkey
TurkStat. Address-based calculation from December, 2011.
Rank City name Province Pop. Rank City name Province Pop.

Istanbul


Ankara

 1 Istanbul Istanbul 13,301,345 11 Kayseri Kayseri 844,656
Izmir


Bursa
2 Ankara Ankara 4,338,620 12 Eskişehir Eskişehir 648,396
3 Izmir Izmir 2,783,866 13 Gebze Kocaeli 545,229
4 Bursa Bursa 1,704,441 14 Şanlıurfa Şanlıurfa 515,199
5 Adana Adana 1,609,790 15 Denizli Denizli 511,751
6 Gaziantep Gaziantep 1,376,352 16 Samsun Samsun 500,995
7 Konya Konya 1,073,791 17 Adapazarı Sakarya 429,331
8 Antalya Antalya 964,886 18 Kahramanmaraş Kahramanmaraş 428,724
9 Diyarbakır Diyarbakır 875,069 19 Malatya Malatya 419,959
10 Mersin Mersin 859,680 20 Erzurum Erzurum 382,383

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