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data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Turkish municipalities in bigger provinces</div> <p>There are 81 provinces in <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">il</i>). Among the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Turkey" title="Provinces of Turkey">81 provinces</a>, 30 provinces are designated <b>metropolitan municipalities</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">büyükşehir belediyeleri</i>). Metropolitan municipalities are subdivided into districts (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/Il%C3%A7e" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilçe">ilçe</a></i>), where <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts in Turkey">each district</a> includes a corresponding district municipality, which is a second tier municipality.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_municipalities_in_Turkey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first metropolitan municipalities were established in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These were the three most populous cities in Turkey, namely; <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a>, and <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a>. In each metropolitan municipality a number of second level municipalities (<a href="/wiki/Il%C3%A7e" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilçe">ilçe</a> municipality) were established. In 1986, four new metropolitan municipalities were established: <a href="/wiki/Adana" title="Adana">Adana</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bursa" title="Bursa">Bursa</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gaziantep" title="Gaziantep">Gaziantep</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Konya" title="Konya">Konya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two years later the total number was increased to eight with the addition of <a href="/wiki/Kayseri" title="Kayseri">Kayseri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1993, seven new metropolitan municipalities were established: <a href="/wiki/Antalya" title="Antalya">Antalya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r" title="Diyarbakır">Diyarbakır</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erzurum" title="Erzurum">Erzurum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eski%C5%9Fehir" title="Eskişehir">Eskişehir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mersin" title="Mersin">Mersin</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmit" title="İzmit">Kocaeli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samsun" title="Samsun">Samsun</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/1999_%C4%B0zmit_earthquake" title="1999 İzmit earthquake">earthquake</a> of 1999, <a href="/wiki/Adapazar%C4%B1" title="Adapazarı">Sakarya</a> was also declared a metropolitan municipality.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-B_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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:<sup id="cite_ref-B_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n" title="Aydın">Aydın</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal%C4%B1kesir" title="Balıkesir">Balıkesir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denizli" title="Denizli">Denizli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antakya" title="Antakya">Hatay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malatya" title="Malatya">Malatya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manisa" title="Manisa">Manisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kahramanmara%C5%9F" title="Kahramanmaraş">Kahramanmaraş</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mardin" title="Mardin">Mardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mu%C4%9Fla" title="Muğla">Muğla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tekirda%C4%9F" title="Tekirdağ">Tekirdağ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trabzon" title="Trabzon">Trabzon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa" class="mw-redirect" title="Şanlıurfa">Şanlıurfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van,_Turkey" title="Van, Turkey">Van</a></li></ul> </div> <p>With the addition of <a href="/wiki/Ordu" title="Ordu">Ordu</a> in 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the total number of the metropolitan municipalities increased to 30.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_metropolitan_areas">List of metropolitan areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_municipalities_in_Turkey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of metropolitan areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div role="img" class="noresize" style="width: 500px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Metropalitan_municipalities_of_Turkey_2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Metropalitan_municipalities_of_Turkey_2.png/500px-Metropalitan_municipalities_of_Turkey_2.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Metropalitan_municipalities_of_Turkey_2.png/750px-Metropalitan_municipalities_of_Turkey_2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Metropalitan_municipalities_of_Turkey_2.png/1000px-Metropalitan_municipalities_of_Turkey_2.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:165px; top:86px"><a href="/wiki/Ankara_Province" title="Ankara Province">Ankara</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:32px; top:47px"><a href="/wiki/Tekirda%C4%9F_Province" title="Tekirdağ Province">Tekirdağ</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:46px; top:95px"><a href="/wiki/Bal%C4%B1kesir_Province" title="Balıkesir Province">Balıkesir</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:70px; top:78px"><a href="/wiki/Bursa_Province" title="Bursa Province">Bursa</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:80px; top:39px"><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Istanbul Province">Istanbul</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:93px; top:54px"><a href="/wiki/Kocaeli_Province" title="Kocaeli Province">Kocaeli</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:108px; top:64px"><a href="/wiki/Sakarya_Province" title="Sakarya Province">Sakarya</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:126px; top:100px"><a href="/wiki/Eski%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Eskişehir Province">Eskişehir</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:44px; top:120px"><a href="/wiki/Manisa_Province" title="Manisa Province">Manisa</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:27.5px; top:137px"><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir_Province" title="İzmir Province">İzmir</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:43px; top:157px"><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n_Province" title="Aydın Province">Aydın</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:51.5px; top:179.5px"><a href="/wiki/Mu%C4%9Fla_Province" title="Muğla Province">Muğla</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:72px; top:157px"><a href="/wiki/Denizli_Province" title="Denizli Province">Denizli</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:112px; top:188px"><a href="/wiki/Antalya_Province" title="Antalya Province">Antalya</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:159px; top:152px"><a href="/wiki/Konya_Province" title="Konya Province">Konya</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:196px; top:198px"><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Province" title="Mersin Province">Mersin</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:236px; top:189px"><a href="/wiki/Adana_Province" title="Adana Province">Adana</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:271px; top:154px"><a href="/wiki/Kahramanmara%C5%9F_Province" title="Kahramanmaraş Province">K. Maraş</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:246px; top:139px"><a href="/wiki/Kayseri_Province" title="Kayseri Province">Kayseri</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:255px; top:50px"><a href="/wiki/Samsun_Province" title="Samsun Province">Samsun</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:288px; top:60px"><a href="/wiki/Ordu_Province" title="Ordu Province">Ordu</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:303px; top:140px"><a href="/wiki/Malatya_Province" title="Malatya Province">Malatya</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:280px; top:186px"><a href="/wiki/Gaziantep_Province" title="Gaziantep Province">G. Antep</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:327px; top:184px"><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province" title="Şanlıurfa Province">Şanlıurfa</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:343px; top:58px"><a href="/wiki/Trabzon_Province" title="Trabzon Province">Trabzon</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:389px; top:90px"><a href="/wiki/Erzurum_Province" title="Erzurum Province">Erzurum</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:354px; top:154px"><a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r_Province" title="Diyarbakır Province">Diyarbakır</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:377px; top:178px"><a href="/wiki/Mardin_Province" title="Mardin Province">Mardin</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:458px; top:134px"><a href="/wiki/Van_Province" title="Van Province">Van</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:271.5px; top:204.5px"><a href="/wiki/Hatay_Province" title="Hatay Province">Hatay</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Template:BlankMapTurkeyMM.png" title="Template:BlankMapTurkeyMM.png"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Desc-20.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <p>(Dark blue: Those provinces before 2012, light blue those after 2012) </p> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Metropolitan municipalities </th> <th>Date of establishment </th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>GDP (billion <a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Population (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Number of districts </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adana_Province" title="Adana Province">Adana</a></td> <td>05.06.1986</td> <td>13,844</td> <td>15.775</td> <td>2,263,373</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ankara_Province" title="Ankara Province">Ankara</a></td> <td>23.03.1984</td> <td>25,632</td> <td>74.285</td> <td>5,747,325</td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Antalya_Province" title="Antalya Province">Antalya</a></td> <td>09.09.1993</td> <td>20,177</td> <td>23.213</td> <td>2,619,832</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n_Province" title="Aydın Province">Aydın</a></td> <td>06.12.2012</td> <td>8,116</td> <td>7.260</td> <td>1,134,031</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bal%C4%B1kesir_Province" title="Balıkesir Province">Balıkesir</a></td> <td>06.12.2012</td> <td>14,583</td> <td>10.027</td> <td>1,250,610</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bursa_Province" title="Bursa Province">Bursa</a></td> <td>18.06.1986</td> <td>10,813</td> <td>33.641</td> <td>3,147,818</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Denizli_Province" title="Denizli Province">Denizli</a></td> <td>06.12.2012</td> <td>12,134</td> <td>9.062</td> <td>1,051,056</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r_Province" title="Diyarbakır Province">Diyarbakır</a></td> <td>09.09.1993</td> <td>15,101</td> <td>6.959</td> <td>1,791,373</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Erzurum_Province" title="Erzurum Province">Erzurum</a></td> <td>09.09.1993</td> <td>25,006</td> <td>3.918</td> <td>756,893</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eski%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Eskişehir Province">Eskişehir</a></td> <td>09.09.1993</td> <td>13,960</td> <td>9.078</td> <td>898,369</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaziantep_Province" title="Gaziantep Province">Gaziantep</a></td> <td>20.06.1986</td> <td>6,830</td> <td>16.545</td> <td>2,130,432</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hatay_Province" title="Hatay Province">Hatay</a></td> <td>06.12.2012</td> <td>5,524</td> <td>11.298</td> <td>1,670,712</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Province" title="Mersin Province">Mersin</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>09.09.1993</td> <td>15,010</td> <td>15.562</td> <td>1,891,145</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0stanbul_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="İstanbul Province">İstanbul</a></td> <td>23.03.1984</td> <td>5,343</td> <td>245.207</td> <td>15,840,000</td> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir_Province" title="İzmir Province">İzmir</a></td> <td>23.03.1984</td> <td>11,891</td> <td>51.460</td> <td>4,425,789</td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kayseri_Province" title="Kayseri Province">Kayseri</a></td> <td>07.12.1988</td> <td>16,970</td> <td>11.956</td> <td>1,434,357</td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kocaeli_Province" title="Kocaeli Province">Kocaeli</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>09.09.1993</td> <td>3,397</td> <td>34.442</td> <td>2,033,441</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Konya_Province" title="Konya Province">Konya</a></td> <td>20.06.1986</td> <td>40,838</td> <td>16.616</td> <td>2,277,017</td> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Malatya_Province" title="Malatya Province">Malatya</a></td> <td>06.12.2012</td> <td>12,259</td> <td>4.324</td> <td>808,692</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manisa_Province" title="Manisa Province">Manisa</a></td> <td>06.12.2012</td> <td>13,339</td> <td>13.633</td> <td>1,456,626</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kahramanmara%C5%9F_Province" title="Kahramanmaraş Province">Kahramanmaraş</a></td> <td>06.12.2012</td> <td>14,520</td> <td>7.015</td> <td>1,171,298</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mardin_Province" title="Mardin Province">Mardin</a></td> <td>06.12.2012</td> <td>8,780</td> <td>4.737</td> <td>862,757</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mu%C4%9Fla_Province" title="Muğla Province">Muğla</a></td> <td>06.12.2012</td> <td>12,654</td> <td>9.444</td> <td>1,021,141</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ordu_Province" title="Ordu Province">Ordu</a></td> <td>14.03.2013</td> <td>5,914</td> <td>3.685</td> <td>760,872</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sakarya_Province" title="Sakarya Province">Sakarya</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>06.03.2000</td> <td>4,824</td> <td>9.102</td> <td>1,060,876</td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samsun_Province" title="Samsun Province">Samsun</a></td> <td>09.09.1993</td> <td>9,725</td> <td>8.332</td> <td>1,371,274</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tekirda%C4%9F_Province" title="Tekirdağ Province">Tekirdağ</a></td> <td>06.12.2012</td> <td>6,190</td> <td>16.225</td> <td>1,113,400</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trabzon_Province" title="Trabzon Province">Trabzon</a></td> <td>06.12.2012</td> <td>4,628</td> <td>4.897</td> <td>816,686</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province" title="Şanlıurfa Province">Şanlıurfa</a></td> <td>06.12.2012</td> <td>19,242</td> <td>6.413</td> <td>2,143,020</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Van_Province" title="Van Province">Van</a></td> <td>06.12.2012</td> <td>20,921</td> <td>3.544</td> <td>1,141,015</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> </th> <th> </th> <th>783,562 </th> <th>807.143 </th> <th>66,092,128 </th> <th>519 </th></tr> </tbody></table> <p>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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_municipalities_in_Turkey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit 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id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Formerly named <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0%C3%A7el" class="mw-redirect" title="İçel">İçel</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Formerly the center city of Kocaeli Province was İzmit, which is now a district</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Formerly the center city of Sakarya Province was Adapazarı, which is now a district</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div 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