The 81 provinces of Turkey
Turkey has 81 provinces. This page lists all of them.
The table shows the English name first. The Turkish name is accepted as an answer too, and it appears in the second column.
English names and local names
The quiz shows English names, because that is what most players type. It accepts the Turkish name as well.
Accent marks do not matter. The quiz folds accents before it compares, so a name typed without them still counts.
Abbreviations are not accepted. A short code is ambiguous, and one code often matches the start of another name.
About the provinces
A province is the largest unit of local government in Turkey. Most provinces carry the name of their main city.
The provinces group into seven geographic regions, from Marmara in the northwest to Southeastern Anatolia.
Each province has a number, used on license plates. The numbers 01 to 67 follow the alphabet, from Adana to Zonguldak.
All 81 provinces
| Province | Also accepted |
|---|---|
| Adana | |
| Adıyaman | |
| Afyonkarahisar | Afyon |
| Ağrı | |
| Aksaray | |
| Amasya | |
| Ankara | |
| Antalya | |
| Ardahan | |
| Artvin | |
| Aydın | |
| Balıkesir | |
| Bartın | |
| Batman | |
| Bayburt | |
| Bilecik | |
| Bingöl | |
| Bitlis | |
| Bolu | |
| Burdur | |
| Bursa | |
| Çanakkale | |
| Çankırı | |
| Çorum | |
| Denizli | |
| Diyarbakır | |
| Düzce | |
| Edirne | |
| Elazığ | |
| Erzincan | |
| Erzurum | |
| Eskişehir | |
| Gaziantep | Antep |
| Giresun | |
| Gümüşhane | |
| Hakkari | |
| Hatay | Antakya |
| Iğdır | |
| Isparta | |
| Istanbul | |
| Izmir | |
| Kahramanmaraş | Maraş, Marash |
| Karabük | |
| Karaman | |
| Kars | |
| Kastamonu | |
| Kayseri | |
| Kilis | |
| Kırıkkale | |
| Kırklareli | |
| Kırşehir | |
| Kocaeli | İzmit |
| Konya | |
| Kütahya | |
| Malatya | |
| Manisa | |
| Mardin | |
| Mersin | İçel |
| Muğla | |
| Muş | |
| Nevşehir | |
| Niğde | |
| Ordu | |
| Osmaniye | |
| Rize | |
| Sakarya | |
| Samsun | |
| Şanlıurfa | Urfa |
| Siirt | |
| Sinop | |
| Sivas | |
| Şırnak | |
| Tekirdağ | |
| Tokat | |
| Trabzon | Trebizond |
| Tunceli | Dersim |
| Uşak | |
| Van | |
| Yalova | |
| Yozgat | |
| Zonguldak |
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Sources
- Official Turkish names published by Turkey.
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