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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_ili" title="Batman ili – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Batman ili" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="باتمان اوستانی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="باتمان اوستانی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(s%C3%A9ng)" title="Batman (séng) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Batman (séng)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F)" title="Батман (правінцыя) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Батман (правінцыя)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F)" title="Батман (правінцыя) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Батман (правінцыя)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82)" title="Батман (вилает) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Батман (вилает)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(pokrajina)" title="Batman (pokrajina) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Batman (pokrajina)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(provi%C3%B1s)" title="Batman (proviñs) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Batman (proviñs)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prov%C3%ADncia_d%27%C3%8Alih" title="Província d'Êlih – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Província d'Êlih" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Батман (ил) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Батман (ил)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(lalawigan)" title="Batman (lalawigan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Batman (lalawigan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(provincie)" title="Batman (provincie) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Batman (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_eanangoddi" title="Batman eanangoddi – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Batman eanangoddi" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(Provinz)" title="Batman (Provinz) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Batman (Provinz)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batmani_provints" title="Batmani provints – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Batmani provints" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BC%CE%AC%CE%BD" title="Επαρχία του Μπατμάν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Επαρχία του Μπατμάν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_Batman" title="Provincia de Batman – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia de Batman" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinco_Batman" title="Provinco Batman – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Provinco Batman" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_probintzia" title="Batman probintzia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Batman probintzia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86" title="استان باتمان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان باتمان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Praant" title="Batman Praant – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Batman Praant" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(province)" title="Batman (province) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Batman (province)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%94%ED%8A%B8%EB%A7%8C%EC%A3%BC" title="바트만주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="바트만주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%A9%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6" title="Բաթմանի մարզ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բաթմանի մարզ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="बतमान – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बतमान" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi_Batman" title="Provinsi Batman – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Provinsi Batman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Батман (ил) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Батман (ил)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_di_Batman" title="Provincia di Batman – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia di Batman" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ბათმანის პროვინცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბათმანის პროვინცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Батман (ил) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Батман (ил)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intara_ya_Batman" title="Intara ya Batman – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Intara ya Batman" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkoa_wa_Batman" title="Mkoa wa Batman – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mkoa wa Batman" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(par%C3%AAzgeh)" title="Batman (parêzgeh) – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Batman (parêzgeh)" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Батман (ил) – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Батман (ил)" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(provincia)" title="Batman (provincia) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Batman (provincia)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batmanas_ils" title="Batmanas ils – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Batmanas ils" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(tartom%C3%A1ny)" title="Batman (tartomány) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Batman (tartomány)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Батман (покраина) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Батман (покраина)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="बात्मान प्रांत – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="बात्मान प्रांत" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="باتمان اوستان – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="باتمان اوستان" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilayah_Batman" title="Wilayah Batman – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wilayah Batman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(provincie)" title="Batman (provincie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Batman (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E7%9C%8C" title="バトマン県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="バトマン県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(Prowins)" title="Batman (Prowins) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Batman (Prowins)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(provins)" title="Batman (provins) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Batman (provins)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsen_Batman" title="Provinsen Batman – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Provinsen Batman" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(viloyat)" title="Batman (viloyat) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Batman (viloyat)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE" title="ਬਾਤਮਾਨ ਸੂਬਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬਾਤਮਾਨ ਸੂਬਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%81_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86" title="صوبہ باتمان – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="صوبہ باتمان" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(prowincja)" title="Batman (prowincja) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Batman (prowincja)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(prov%C3%ADncia)" title="Batman (província) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Batman (província)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(il)" title="Batman (il) – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Batman (il)" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_Batman" title="Provincia Batman – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Provincia Batman" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Батман (ил) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Батман (ил)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Province" title="Batman Province – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Batman Province" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinca_Batman" title="Provinca Batman – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Provinca Batman" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Province" title="Batman Province – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Batman Province" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(provinca)" title="Batman (provinca) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Batman (provinca)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8E%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86" title="پارێزگای باتمان – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پارێزگای باتمان" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%82)" title="Батман (вилајет) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Батман (вилајет)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(provincija)" title="Batman (provincija) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Batman (provincija)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batmanin_maakunta" title="Batmanin maakunta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Batmanin maakunta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(provins)" title="Batman (provins) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Batman (provins)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalawigan_ng_Batman" title="Lalawigan ng Batman – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Lalawigan ng Batman" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="பத்மான் மாகாணம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பத்மான் மாகாணம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99" title="จังหวัดบัตมัน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จังหวัดบัตมัน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Вилояти Ботмон – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Вилояти Ботмон" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" 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data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%81_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86" title="صوبہ باتمان – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="صوبہ باتمان" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%DB%8B%D9%89%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%89%D8%AA%D9%89" title="باتمان ۋىلايىتى – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="باتمان ۋىلايىتى" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a 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data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Batman_in_Turkey.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Batman Province in Turkey"><img alt="Location of Batman Province in Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Batman_in_Turkey.svg/270px-Batman_in_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Batman_in_Turkey.svg/405px-Batman_in_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Batman_in_Turkey.svg/540px-Batman_in_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1579" data-file-height="677" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Batman Province in Turkey</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Batman,_Turkey" title="Batman, Turkey">Batman</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Batman" title="Governor of Batman">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Ekrem Canalp (deposed)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-area_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,477 km<sup>2</sup> (1,729 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-tuik_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuik-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">634,491</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">140/km<sup>2</sup> (370/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B03:00" title="UTC+03:00">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Turkey" title="Time in Turkey">TRT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Turkey" title="Telephone numbers in Turkey">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0488</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://batman.gov.tr">batman<wbr />.gov<wbr />.tr</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Batman Province</b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr"><span style="padding-right:0.15em;">Batman ili</span></i>, <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_language" title="Kurdish language">Kurdish</a>: <i lang="ku-Latn">Parêzgeha Êlihê</i>;<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> <a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: <span lang="hy">Բատմանի զավառ</span>) is a province in <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was created in May 1990 with the Law No. 3647 taking some parts from the eastern Province of <a href="/wiki/Siirt_Province" title="Siirt Province">Siirt</a> and some from the southern Province of <a href="/wiki/Mardin_Province" title="Mardin Province">Mardin</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> Its area is 4,477 km<sup>2</sup>,<sup id="cite_ref-area_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its population is 634,491 (2022).<sup id="cite_ref-tuik_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuik-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its current governor is Ekrem Canalp.<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> </p><p>The province is considered part of <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Kurdistan" title="Turkish Kurdistan">Turkish Kurdistan</a> and has a <a href="/wiki/Kurds" title="Kurds">Kurdish</a> majority.<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><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> </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=Batman_Province&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Batman Province contains the strategic <a href="/wiki/Tigris" title="Tigris">Tigris</a> river with fertile lands by its sides, as well as rocky hills with numerous caves providing a natural shelter. Therefore, it was inhabited from prehistoric times, likely from the <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> (<a href="/wiki/Paleolithic" title="Paleolithic">Paleolithic</a>) period, according to archeological evidence. First documented evidence of settlements in the province dates back to 7th century BC. An artificial "island" was created in this marshy area. It was named <i>Elekhan</i>, and had an independent status for 194 years from 546 BC till the invasion of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Alexander the Great</a> in 334 BC. The Batman Province was a religious center in the 4th–6th centuries AD and a part of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>. In the 11th–12th centuries it was ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Seljuq_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Seljuq Empire">Great Seljuq Empire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Artuqids" title="Artuqids">Artuqids</a>, a part of which was based in the province, in the city of <a href="/wiki/Hasankeyf" title="Hasankeyf">Hasankeyf</a>. The city is a cultural center of the Batman Province and as such was declared as a natural conservation area in 1981.<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> </p><p>Around 4th–6th centuries AD the province became an outpost of the <a href="/wiki/Silk_Road" title="Silk Road">Silk Road</a>. It was populated by <a href="/wiki/Assyrian/Syriac_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Assyrian/Syriac people">Assyrian (Non-Syriac) Christians</a> and Armenians, also had a significant presence of <a href="/wiki/Pontic_Greeks" title="Pontic Greeks">Pontic Greeks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baghdadi_Jews" title="Baghdadi Jews">Baghdadi Jews</a>. Significant changes in the language and management of the province were brought in 1515 by Mahmoud Pasha Elekhani. It is believed that a variant of his name, <i>Elah</i>, was transformed into <i>Iluh</i> and gave the old name to Batman city.<sup id="cite_ref-r1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-g1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-g3_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From July 1987 to October 1997 Batman Province was included in the <a href="/wiki/OHAL" class="mw-redirect" title="OHAL">OHAL</a> state of emergency region.<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><p>Development of oil fields resulted in relocation of Turkish people into a mostly Kurd-populated Batman Province. This brought <a href="/wiki/Kurdish%E2%80%93Turkish_conflict" title="Kurdish–Turkish conflict">ethnic conflicts</a> which escalated in 1990s. More than 180 civilians were killed in the Batman city area by unidentified gunmen between 1992 and 1993.<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> The province became a stronghold of the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Hezbollah" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Hezbollah">Turkish Hezbollah</a> and it was reported that Batman hosted a camp where the militants received military and political training.<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> </p><p>Recent individual incidents include the following: 1 Turkish soldier was killed and 2 wounded during clashes in the province on 15 April 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four Kurdish civilians were killed on 1 August 2010 after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batman_Province&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The province occupies an area of 4,477 km<sup>2</sup> (1,729 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-area_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It lies in a mountainous area with the average elevation of 550 meters which contains several thousands of caves. The tallest mountains are Sason Dağları (2500 m), Meleto (2967 m), Kuşaklı Dağı (1947 m), Avcı Dağı (2121 m), Meydanok Tepesi (2042 m), Kortepe (2082 m) and Raman Dağı (1288 m). Several rivers (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Çay</i> or <span title="Turkish-language text"><i lang="tr">Nehir</i></span>) flow through the province, including <a href="/wiki/Tigris" title="Tigris">Tigris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batman_River" title="Batman River">Batman</a>, Sason and Garzan. The 115 km (71 mi) long Batman River flowing approximately from north to south forms a natural border between the Batman Province and <a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r_Province" title="Diyarbakır Province">Diyarbakır Province</a> lying to the west. The historic <a href="/wiki/Malabadi_Bridge" title="Malabadi Bridge">Malabadi Bridge</a> (built in 1146–1147) crosses the river near the town of <a href="/wiki/Silvan,_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Silvan, Turkey">Silvan</a>. The Tigris flows from west to east, merges with the Batman River and exits the province. The Garzan River flowing from north to south enters the Tigris and separates Batman from the <a href="/wiki/Siirt_Province" title="Siirt Province">Siirt Province</a> lying to the east.<sup id="cite_ref-g2_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The province is also of interest from an archaeological point of view. Sights include the Imam Abdullah Dervish monastery, the bridge of Camiü‘r Rızk and <a href="/wiki/Hasankeyf" title="Hasankeyf">Hasankeyf</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Districts">Districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batman_Province&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Batman_location_districts.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Batman_location_districts.png/220px-Batman_location_districts.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="367" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Batman_location_districts.png/330px-Batman_location_districts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Batman_location_districts.png/440px-Batman_location_districts.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>The province is divided into six districts: </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Batman_District" title="Batman District">Batman</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Be%C5%9Firi_District" title="Beşiri District">Beşiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerc%C3%BC%C5%9F_District" title="Gercüş District">Gercüş</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasankeyf_District" title="Hasankeyf District">Hasankeyf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozluk_District" title="Kozluk District">Kozluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sason_District" title="Sason District">Sason</a></li></ul> <p>There are 289 villages in the province.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batman_Province&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BATDEMO.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/BATDEMO.PNG/270px-BATDEMO.PNG" decoding="async" width="270" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/BATDEMO.PNG/405px-BATDEMO.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/BATDEMO.PNG/540px-BATDEMO.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="940" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>The population of the province is rapidly growing as a result of the inflow of workforce to the capital. Between 1990 and 2000, its population was rising at a rate of 5% per year. The population was stable in Beşiri and Gercüş, increasing by 1% per year in Kozluk and Sason and decreasing by 3% per year in Hasankeyf.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total population was 634,491 in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-tuik_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuik-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">344,669</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">456,734</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.86%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">510,200</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.11%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">620,278</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.97%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source:Turkstat<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Turkstat_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turkstat-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Oil_industry">Oil industry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batman_Province&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Oil industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Search for oil in the Batman Province was started in 1935. On 20 April 1940, oil was found at a depth of 1048 meters at the <a href="/wiki/Raman_oil_field" title="Raman oil field">Raman oil field</a>, south-east of Batman, nearby the city. The first experimental well started producing 10 tonnes (about 62 barrels) per day from 6 June 1940. </p><p>The field was expanded for commercial production by 1945, but the production was delayed to 1947 by the lack of storage. A small refinery was built at the site with a capacity of 9 tonnes/day by 1947 and by November 1948 a bigger refinery capable of processing up to 200 tonnes/day was built in Batman. An even bigger refinery (330 tonnes/d) was built in Batman by 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-petr_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-petr-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several other oil fields were later discovered in the province with the <a href="/wiki/Bat%C4%B1_Raman_oil_field" title="Batı Raman oil field">Batı Raman oil field</a>, which produces about 7,000 barrels daily, being the largest oil field in Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-oil_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oil-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 511 km (318 mi) long oil pipeline was brought in 1967 from Batman to the port city of <a href="/wiki/D%C3%B6rtyol" title="Dörtyol">Dörtyol</a> near the easternmost point of the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean</a> coast to transport the Batman crude oil. The pipeline has an annual capacity of 3.5 million tonnes and was transporting about 20 million barrels (about 2.7 million tonnes) in the 1990s and about twice less between 2003 and 2007. Another, short (41 km [25 mi]) pipeline connected Batman with Şelmo – the location of the second largest oil field in Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was transferring between 1.5 and 0.5 million barrels per year in the period 1990–2007. Both pipelines are operated by <a href="/wiki/BOTA%C5%9E" title="BOTAŞ">BOTAŞ</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; padding:10px"> <caption>Oil fields of the Batman Province<sup id="cite_ref-oil_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oil-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-petr_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-petr-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Discovered</th> <th>Production<br />started in</th> <th>Reserves <br />(million <a href="/wiki/Barrel_(unit)" title="Barrel (unit)">bbl</a>)</th> <th>Production <br />(bbl/day, 2007) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bat%C4%B1_Kozluca_oil_field" title="Batı Kozluca oil field">Batı Kozluca</a></td> <td>1978</td> <td>1980</td> <td>138</td> <td>1500 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bat%C4%B1_Raman_oil_field" title="Batı Raman oil field">Batı Raman</a></td> <td>1961</td> <td>1962</td> <td>1850</td> <td>7000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Din%C3%A7er_oil_field" title="Dinçer oil field">Dinçer oil field</a></td> <td>1988</td> <td>1990</td> <td>55</td> <td>400 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Garzan_oil_field" title="Garzan oil field">Garzan oil field</a></td> <td>1951</td> <td>1956</td> <td>163</td> <td>1700 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0kiztepe_oil_field" title="İkiztepe oil field">İkiztepe oil field</a></td> <td>1988</td> <td>1990</td> <td>53</td> <td>400 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raman_oil_field" title="Raman oil field">Raman oil field</a></td> <td>1940</td> <td>1947</td> <td>400</td> <td>4000 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Batman_dam">Batman dam</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batman_Province&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Batman dam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Batman_Dam" title="Batman Dam">Batman dam</a> construction was started in 1986 and completed in 1999. It has a height of 85 meters and an annual power generation capacity of 483 GWh (peak power 198 MW). The associated reservoir has a surface area of 49 km<sup>2</sup> and a volume of 1.175 km<sup>3</sup>. The dam supplies water for an area of 37,744 hectares (93,270 acres).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Famous_personalities">Famous personalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batman_Province&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Famous personalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karapet%C3%AA_Xa%C3%A7o" title="Karapetê Xaço">Karapetê Xaço</a> (1900–August 2005) – traditional singer of Kurdish <a href="/wiki/Dengb%C3%AAj" title="Dengbêj">Dengbêj</a> music</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cigerxw%C3%AEn" title="Cigerxwîn">Cigerxwîn</a> (1903–1984) – <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdish people">Kurdish</a> poet, writer, journalist, historian, lexicographer and nationalist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_R%C4%B1za_Alan" title="Ali Rıza Alan">Ali Rıza Alan</a> (born 1947) – wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Bilgen" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibrahim Bilgen">Ibrahim Bilgen</a> (1949–2010) – politician, electrical engineer and activist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%BCseyin_Kalkan" title="Hüseyin Kalkan">Hüseyin Kalkan</a> (born 1950) – former mayor of Batman city</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%BCseyin_Velio%C4%9Flu" title="Hüseyin Velioğlu">Hüseyin Velioğlu</a> (1952–2000) – leader of the <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Hezbollah" title="Kurdish Hezbollah">Kurdish Hezbollah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehmet_%C5%9Eim%C5%9Fek" title="Mehmet Şimşek">Mehmet Şimşek</a> (born 1967) – politician, former Minister of Finance of Turkey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalin_Pekgul" title="Nalin Pekgul">Nalin Pekgul</a> (born 1967) – politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ay%C5%9Fe_Acar_Ba%C5%9Faran" title="Ayşe Acar Başaran">Ayşe Acar Başaran</a> (born 1985) – politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehmet_Demir" title="Mehmet Demir">Mehmet Demir</a> – politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Ciwan" title="Alan Ciwan">Alan Ciwan</a> – actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eehmus_Hazer" title="Şehmus Hazer">Şehmus Hazer</a> – professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevgi_Yorulmaz" title="Sevgi Yorulmaz">Sevgi Yorulmaz</a> (born 1982) – Paralympic archer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansur_%C3%87alar" title="Mansur Çalar">Mansur Çalar</a> (born 1986) – footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nurullah_Kaya" title="Nurullah Kaya">Nurullah Kaya</a> (born 1986) – footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmet_Ar%C4%B1" title="Ahmet Arı">Ahmet Arı</a> (born 1989) – footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erdal_Akdar%C4%B1" title="Erdal Akdarı">Erdal Akdarı</a> (born 1993) – footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizgin_Ay" title="Mizgin Ay">Mizgin Ay</a> (born 2000) – track and field athlete</li></ul> <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=Batman_Province&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Il%C4%B1su_Dam_Campaign" title="Ilısu Dam Campaign">Ilısu Dam Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasun_Resistance_(1894)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sasun Resistance (1894)">Sasun Resistance (1894)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasun_Uprising_(1904)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sasun Uprising (1904)">Sasun Uprising (1904)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Anatolia_Project" title="Southeastern Anatolia Project">Southeastern Anatolia Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_populated_places_in_Batman_Province" title="List of populated places in Batman Province">List of populated places in Batman Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yazidis" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Batman_districts.png/100px-Batman_districts.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Batman_districts.png/150px-Batman_districts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Batman_districts.png/200px-Batman_districts.png 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="778" /></a><figcaption>Districts of Batman</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="List_of_provinces_by_region"><b>List of <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Turkey" title="Provinces of Turkey">provinces</a> by <a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Turkey" title="NUTS statistical regions of Turkey">region</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Region_(statistical)" title="Istanbul Region (statistical)">Istanbul</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Marmara_Region_(statistical)" title="West Marmara Region (statistical)">West Marmara</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Bal%C4%B1kesir_Province" title="Balıkesir Province">Balıkesir</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87anakkale_Province" title="Çanakkale Province">Çanakkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edirne_Province" title="Edirne Province">Edirne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1rklareli_Province" title="Kırklareli Province">Kırklareli</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tekirda%C4%9F_Province" title="Tekirdağ Province">Tekirdağ</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aegean_Region_(statistical)" title="Aegean Region (statistical)">Aegean</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afyonkarahisar_Province" title="Afyonkarahisar Province">Afyonkarahisar</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n_Province" title="Aydın Province">Aydın</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Denizli_Province" title="Denizli Province">Denizli</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir_Province" title="İzmir Province">İzmir</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%BCtahya_Province" title="Kütahya Province">Kütahya</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Manisa_Province" title="Manisa Province">Manisa</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mu%C4%9Fla_Province" title="Muğla Province">Muğla</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U%C5%9Fak_Province" title="Uşak Province">Uşak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/East_Marmara_Region" title="East Marmara Region">East Marmara</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bilecik_Province" title="Bilecik Province">Bilecik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolu_Province" title="Bolu Province">Bolu</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bursa_Province" title="Bursa Province">Bursa</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCzce_Province" title="Düzce Province">Düzce</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Eski%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Eskişehir Province">Eskişehir</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kocaeli_Province" title="Kocaeli Province">Kocaeli</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sakarya_Province" title="Sakarya Province">Sakarya</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalova_Province" title="Yalova Province">Yalova</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="West Anatolia Region (statistical)">West Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ankara_Province" title="Ankara Province">Ankara</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karaman_Province" title="Karaman Province">Karaman</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Konya_Province" title="Konya Province">Konya</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Region_(statistical)" title="Mediterranean Region (statistical)">Mediterranean</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Adana_Province" title="Adana Province">Adana</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Antalya_Province" title="Antalya Province">Antalya</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdur_Province" title="Burdur Province">Burdur</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hatay_Province" title="Hatay Province">Hatay</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isparta_Province" title="Isparta Province">Isparta</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kahramanmara%C5%9F_Province" title="Kahramanmaraş Province">Kahramanmaraş</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Province" title="Mersin Province">Mersin</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osmaniye_Province" title="Osmaniye Province">Osmaniye</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="Central Anatolia Region (statistical)">Central Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aksaray_Province" title="Aksaray Province">Aksaray</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kayseri_Province" title="Kayseri Province">Kayseri</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1r%C4%B1kkale_Province" title="Kırıkkale Province">Kırıkkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1r%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Kırşehir Province">Kırşehir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Nevşehir Province">Nevşehir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_Province" title="Niğde Province">Niğde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivas_Province" title="Sivas Province">Sivas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yozgat_Province" title="Yozgat Province">Yozgat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Black_Sea_Region_(statistical)" title="West Black Sea Region (statistical)">West Black Sea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amasya_Province" title="Amasya Province">Amasya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart%C4%B1n_Province" title="Bartın Province">Bartın</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87ank%C4%B1r%C4%B1_Province" title="Çankırı Province">Çankırı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87orum_Province" title="Çorum Province">Çorum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karab%C3%BCk_Province" title="Karabük Province">Karabük</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastamonu_Province" title="Kastamonu Province">Kastamonu</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Samsun_Province" title="Samsun Province">Samsun</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinop_Province" title="Sinop Province">Sinop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokat_Province" title="Tokat Province">Tokat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zonguldak_Province" title="Zonguldak Province">Zonguldak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/East_Black_Sea_Region_(statistical)" title="East Black Sea Region (statistical)">East Black Sea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artvin_Province" title="Artvin Province">Artvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giresun_Province" title="Giresun Province">Giresun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCm%C3%BC%C5%9Fhane_Province" title="Gümüşhane Province">Gümüşhane</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ordu_Province" title="Ordu Province">Ordu</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rize_Province" title="Rize Province">Rize</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Trabzon_Province" title="Trabzon Province">Trabzon</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="Northeast Anatolia Region (statistical)">Northeast Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A%C4%9Fr%C4%B1_Province" title="Ağrı Province">Ağrı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardahan_Province" title="Ardahan Province">Ardahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayburt_Province" title="Bayburt Province">Bayburt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erzincan_Province" title="Erzincan Province">Erzincan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Erzurum_Province" title="Erzurum Province">Erzurum</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%C4%9Fd%C4%B1r_Province" title="Iğdır Province">Iğdır</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kars_Province" title="Kars Province">Kars</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_East_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="Central East Anatolia Region (statistical)">Central East Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bing%C3%B6l_Province" title="Bingöl Province">Bingöl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bitlis_Province" title="Bitlis Province">Bitlis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaz%C4%B1%C4%9F_Province" title="Elazığ Province">Elazığ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakk%C3%A2ri_Province" title="Hakkâri Province">Hakkâri</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Malatya_Province" title="Malatya Province">Malatya</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mu%C5%9F_Province" title="Muş Province">Muş</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunceli_Province" title="Tunceli Province">Tunceli</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Van_Province" title="Van Province">Van</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="Southeast Anatolia Region (statistical)">Southeast Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ad%C4%B1yaman_Province" title="Adıyaman Province">Adıyaman</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Batman</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r_Province" title="Diyarbakır Province">Diyarbakır</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gaziantep_Province" title="Gaziantep Province">Gaziantep</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilis_Province" title="Kilis Province">Kilis</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mardin_Province" title="Mardin Province">Mardin</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siirt_Province" title="Siirt Province">Siirt</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province" title="Şanlıurfa Province">Şanlıurfa</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9E%C4%B1rnak_Province" title="Şırnak Province">Şırnak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><small><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_municipalities_in_Turkey" title="Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey">Metropolitan municipalities</a> are bolded.</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Ankara_Province" title="Ankara Province">Ankara</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Antalya_Province" title="Antalya Province">Antalya</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardahan_Province" title="Ardahan Province">Ardahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artvin_Province" title="Artvin Province">Artvin</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n_Province" title="Aydın Province">Aydın</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bal%C4%B1kesir_Province" title="Balıkesir Province">Balıkesir</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart%C4%B1n_Province" title="Bartın Province">Bartın</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Batman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayburt_Province" title="Bayburt Province">Bayburt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilecik_Province" title="Bilecik Province">Bilecik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bing%C3%B6l_Province" title="Bingöl Province">Bingöl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bitlis_Province" title="Bitlis Province">Bitlis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolu_Province" title="Bolu Province">Bolu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdur_Province" title="Burdur Province">Burdur</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bursa_Province" title="Bursa Province">Bursa</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87anakkale_Province" title="Çanakkale Province">Çanakkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87ank%C4%B1r%C4%B1_Province" title="Çankırı Province">Çankırı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87orum_Province" title="Çorum Province">Çorum</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Denizli_Province" title="Denizli Province">Denizli</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r_Province" title="Diyarbakır Province">Diyarbakır</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCzce_Province" title="Düzce Province">Düzce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edirne_Province" title="Edirne Province">Edirne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaz%C4%B1%C4%9F_Province" title="Elazığ Province">Elazığ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erzincan_Province" title="Erzincan Province">Erzincan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Erzurum_Province" title="Erzurum Province">Erzurum</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Eski%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Eskişehir Province">Eskişehir</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gaziantep_Province" title="Gaziantep Province">Gaziantep</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giresun_Province" title="Giresun Province">Giresun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCm%C3%BC%C5%9Fhane_Province" title="Gümüşhane Province">Gümüşhane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakk%C3%A2ri_Province" title="Hakkâri Province">Hakkâri</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hatay_Province" title="Hatay Province">Hatay</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%C4%9Fd%C4%B1r_Province" title="Iğdır Province">Iğdır</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isparta_Province" title="Isparta Province">Isparta</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">İstanbul</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir_Province" title="İzmir Province">İzmir</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kahramanmara%C5%9F_Province" title="Kahramanmaraş Province">Kahramanmaraş</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karab%C3%BCk_Province" title="Karabük Province">Karabük</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karaman_Province" title="Karaman Province">Karaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kars_Province" title="Kars Province">Kars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastamonu_Province" title="Kastamonu Province">Kastamonu</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kayseri_Province" title="Kayseri Province">Kayseri</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilis_Province" title="Kilis Province">Kilis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1r%C4%B1kkale_Province" title="Kırıkkale Province">Kırıkkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1rklareli_Province" title="Kırklareli Province">Kırklareli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1r%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Kırşehir Province">Kırşehir</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kocaeli_Province" title="Kocaeli Province">Kocaeli</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Konya_Province" title="Konya Province">Konya</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%BCtahya_Province" title="Kütahya Province">Kütahya</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Malatya_Province" title="Malatya Province">Malatya</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Manisa_Province" title="Manisa Province">Manisa</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mardin_Province" title="Mardin Province">Mardin</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Province" title="Mersin Province">Mersin</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mu%C4%9Fla_Province" title="Muğla Province">Muğla</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mu%C5%9F_Province" title="Muş Province">Muş</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Nevşehir Province">Nevşehir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_Province" title="Niğde Province">Niğde</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ordu_Province" title="Ordu Province">Ordu</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osmaniye_Province" title="Osmaniye Province">Osmaniye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rize_Province" title="Rize Province">Rize</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sakarya_Province" title="Sakarya Province">Sakarya</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Samsun_Province" title="Samsun Province">Samsun</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siirt_Province" title="Siirt Province">Siirt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinop_Province" title="Sinop Province">Sinop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivas_Province" title="Sivas Province">Sivas</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province" title="Şanlıurfa Province">Şanlıurfa</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9E%C4%B1rnak_Province" title="Şırnak Province">Şırnak</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tekirda%C4%9F_Province" title="Tekirdağ Province">Tekirdağ</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokat_Province" title="Tokat Province">Tokat</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Trabzon_Province" title="Trabzon Province">Trabzon</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunceli_Province" title="Tunceli Province">Tunceli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U%C5%9Fak_Province" title="Uşak Province">Uşak</a></li> <li><b><a 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