The 1965 Turkish census was held on October 24, 1965 and recorded the population and demographic details of every settlement in Turkey. The 1965 census was the last census with information languages and ethnicities as afterwards, the Turkish Government prohibited their publication.[1]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 13,649,945 | — |
| 1935 | 16,188,767 | +18.6% |
| 1940 | 17,820,950 | +10.1% |
| 1945 | 18,790,174 | +5.4% |
| 1950 | 20,947,188 | +11.5% |
| 1955 | 24,064,763 | +14.9% |
| 1960 | 27,754,820 | +15.3% |
| 1965 | 31,391,421 | +13.1% |
| 1970 | 35,605,176 | +13.4% |
| 1975 | 40,347,719 | +13.3% |
| 1980 | 44,736,957 | +10.9% |
| 1985 | 50,664,458 | +13.2% |
| 1990 | 56,473,035 | +11.5% |
| 2000 | 67,803,927 | +20.1% |
| 2007 | 70,586,256 | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 71,517,100 | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 72,561,312 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 73,722,988 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 74,724,269 | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 75,627,384 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 76,667,864 | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 77,695,904 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 78,741,053 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 79,814,871 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 80,810,525 | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 82,003,882 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 83,154,997 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 83,614,362 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 84,680,273 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 85,279,553 | +0.7% |
Population by district
| total population | no | rate | urban | % | rural | % | man | % | woman | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 31,391,421 | 10,805,817 | 34,42% | 20,585,604 | 65,58% | 15,996,964 | 50,96% | 15,394,457 | 49,04% | ||
| Adana | 902,712 | 5 | 2,88% | 422,298 | 46,78% | 480,414 | 53,22% | 466,032 | 51,63% | 436,680 | 48,37% |
| Adıyaman | 267,288 | 47 | 0,85% | 51,463 | 19,25% | 215,825 | 80,75% | 136,615 | 51,11% | 130,673 | 48,89% |
| Afyonkarahisar | 502,248 | 21 | 1,60% | 125,102 | 24,91% | 377,146 | 75,09% | 250,478 | 49,87% | 251,770 | 50,13% |
| Ağrı | 246,961 | 56 | 0,79% | 53,420 | 21,63% | 193,541 | 78,37% | 130,396 | 52,80% | 116,565 | 47,20% |
| Amasya | 285,729 | 45 | 0,91% | 83,016 | 29,05% | 202,713 | 70,95% | 148,016 | 51,80% | 137,713 | 48,20% |
| Ankara | 1,644,302 | 2 | 5,24% | 1,069,761 | 65,06% | 574,541 | 34,94% | 872,680 | 53,07% | 771,622 | 46,93% |
| Antalya | 486,910 | 23 | 1,55% | 129,657 | 26,63% | 357,253 | 73,37% | 244,939 | 50,30% | 241,971 | 49,70% |
| Artvin | 210,065 | 57 | 0,67% | 30,068 | 14,31% | 179,997 | 85,69% | 102,630 | 48,86% | 107,435 | 51,14% |
| Aydın | 524,918 | 17 | 1,67% | 165,953 | 31,62% | 358,965 | 68,38% | 262,021 | 49,92% | 262,897 | 50,08% |
| Balıkesir | 708,342 | 9 | 2,26% | 230,353 | 32,52% | 477,989 | 67,48% | 365,959 | 51,66% | 342,383 | 48,34% |
| Bilecik | 139,041 | 66 | 0,44% | 36,356 | 26,15% | 102,685 | 73,85% | 68,900 | 49,55% | 70,141 | 50,45% |
| Bingöl | 150,521 | 65 | 0,48% | 20,401 | 13,55% | 130,120 | 86,45% | 77,758 | 51,66% | 72,763 | 48,34% |
| Bitlis | 154,069 | 64 | 0,49% | 43,813 | 28,44% | 110,256 | 71,56% | 80,996 | 52,57% | 73,073 | 47,43% |
| Bolu | 383,939 | 37 | 1,22% | 70,459 | 18,35% | 313,480 | 81,65% | 189,663 | 49,40% | 194,276 | 50,60% |
| Burdur | 194,950 | 61 | 0,62% | 54,135 | 27,77% | 140,815 | 72,23% | 98,137 | 50,34% | 96,813 | 49,66% |
| Bursa | 755,504 | 7 | 2,41% | 335,048 | 44,35% | 420,456 | 55,65% | 379,055 | 50,17% | 376,449 | 49,83% |
| Çanakkale | 350,317 | 39 | 1,12% | 81,753 | 23,34% | 268,564 | 76,66% | 182,806 | 52,18% | 167,511 | 47,82% |
| Çankırı | 250,706 | 55 | 0,80% | 43,731 | 17,44% | 206,975 | 82,56% | 120,131 | 47,92% | 130,575 | 52,08% |
| Çorum | 485,567 | 24 | 1,55% | 97,032 | 19,98% | 388,535 | 80,02% | 240,576 | 49,55% | 244,991 | 50,45% |
| Denizli | 463,369 | 26 | 1,48% | 117,739 | 25,41% | 345,630 | 74,59% | 230,468 | 49,74% | 232,901 | 50,26% |
| Diyarbakır | 475,916 | 25 | 1,52% | 162,467 | 34,14% | 313,449 | 65,86% | 249,874 | 52,50% | 226,042 | 47,50% |
| Edirne | 303,234 | 43 | 0,97% | 102,171 | 33,69% | 201,063 | 66,31% | 157,377 | 51,90% | 145,857 | 48,10% |
| Elazığ | 322,727 | 42 | 1,03% | 106,180 | 32,90% | 216,547 | 67,10% | 165,636 | 51,32% | 157,091 | 48,68% |
| Erzincan | 258,586 | 53 | 0,82% | 57,397 | 22,20% | 201,189 | 77,80% | 129,233 | 49,98% | 129,353 | 50,02% |
| Erzurum | 628,001 | 12 | 2,00% | 152,183 | 24,23% | 475,818 | 75,77% | 324,977 | 51,75% | 303,024 | 48,25% |
| Eskişehir | 415,101 | 33 | 1,32% | 200,332 | 48,26% | 214,769 | 51,74% | 210,949 | 50,82% | 204,152 | 49,18% |
| Gaziantep | 511,026 | 19 | 1,63% | 244,215 | 47,79% | 266,811 | 52,21% | 262,815 | 51,43% | 248,211 | 48,57% |
| Giresun | 428,015 | 32 | 1,36% | 75,069 | 17,54% | 352,946 | 82,46% | 207,320 | 48,44% | 220,695 | 51,56% |
| Gümüşhane | 262,731 | 52 | 0,84% | 31,957 | 12,16% | 230,774 | 87,84% | 123,907 | 47,16% | 138,824 | 52,84% |
| Hakkari | 83,937 | 67 | 0,27% | 14,132 | 16,84% | 69,805 | 83,16% | 45,680 | 54,42% | 38,257 | 45,58% |
| Hatay | 506,154 | 20 | 1,61% | 203,610 | 40,23% | 302,544 | 59,77% | 266,594 | 52,67% | 239,560 | 47,33% |
| Isparta | 266,240 | 49 | 0,85% | 96,551 | 36,26% | 169,689 | 63,74% | 136,333 | 51,21% | 129,907 | 48,79% |
| İçel | 511,273 | 18 | 1,63% | 189,382 | 37,04% | 321,891 | 62,96% | 262,008 | 51,25% | 249,265 | 48,75% |
| Istanbul | 2,293,823 | 1 | 7,31% | 1,792,071 | 78,13% | 501,752 | 21,87% | 1,243,900 | 54,23% | 1,049,923 | 45,77% |
| İzmir | 1,234,667 | 3 | 3,93% | 621,553 | 50,34% | 613,114 | 49,66% | 641,118 | 51,93% | 593,549 | 48,07% |
| Kahramanmaraş | 438,423 | 30 | 1,40% | 105,090 | 23,97% | 333,333 | 76,03% | 222,104 | 50,66% | 216,319 | 49,34% |
| Kars | 606,313 | 13 | 1,93% | 117,363 | 19,36% | 488,950 | 80,64% | 312,952 | 51,62% | 293,361 | 48,38% |
| Kastamonu | 441,638 | 29 | 1,41% | 67,163 | 15,21% | 374,475 | 84,79% | 209,389 | 47,41% | 232,249 | 52,59% |
| Kayseri | 536,206 | 16 | 1,71% | 191,221 | 35,66% | 344,985 | 64,34% | 266,972 | 49,79% | 269,234 | 50,21% |
| Kırklareli | 258,386 | 54 | 0,82% | 85,856 | 33,23% | 172,530 | 66,77% | 137,823 | 53,34% | 120,563 | 46,66% |
| Kırşehir | 196,836 | 60 | 0,63% | 42,000 | 21,34% | 154,836 | 78,66% | 95,762 | 48,65% | 101,074 | 51,35% |
| Kocaeli | 335,518 | 40 | 1,07% | 136,531 | 40,69% | 198,987 | 59,31% | 177,915 | 53,03% | 157,603 | 46,97% |
| Konya | 1,122,622 | 4 | 3,58% | 354,578 | 31,58% | 768,044 | 68,42% | 560,069 | 49,89% | 562,553 | 50,11% |
| Kütahya | 398,081 | 35 | 1,27% | 87,084 | 21,88% | 310,997 | 78,12% | 200,954 | 50,48% | 197,127 | 49,52% |
| Malatya | 452,624 | 27 | 1,44% | 147,040 | 32,49% | 305,584 | 67,51% | 230,274 | 50,88% | 222,350 | 49,12% |
| Manisa | 748,545 | 8 | 2,38% | 265,857 | 35,52% | 482,688 | 64,48% | 381,798 | 51,01% | 366,747 | 48,99% |
| Mardin | 397,880 | 36 | 1,27% | 90,093 | 22,64% | 307,787 | 77,36% | 205,313 | 51,60% | 192,567 | 48,40% |
| Muğla | 334,973 | 41 | 1,07% | 59,330 | 17,71% | 275,643 | 82,29% | 166,339 | 49,66% | 168,634 | 50,34% |
| Muş | 198,716 | 59 | 0,63% | 32,503 | 16,36% | 166,213 | 83,64% | 103,298 | 51,98% | 95,418 | 48,02% |
| Nevşehir | 203,316 | 58 | 0,65% | 46,710 | 22,97% | 156,606 | 77,03% | 98,083 | 48,24% | 105,233 | 51,76% |
| Niğde | 362,444 | 38 | 1,15% | 69,956 | 19,30% | 292,488 | 80,70% | 177,689 | 49,03% | 184,755 | 50,97% |
| Ordu | 543,863 | 15 | 1,73% | 83,585 | 15,37% | 460,278 | 84,63% | 268,141 | 49,30% | 275,722 | 50,70% |
| Rize | 281,099 | 46 | 0,90% | 63,554 | 22,61% | 217,545 | 77,39% | 130,070 | 46,27% | 151,029 | 53,73% |
| Sakarya | 404,078 | 34 | 1,29% | 124,936 | 30,92% | 279,142 | 69,08% | 203,896 | 50,46% | 200,182 | 49,54% |
| Samsun | 755,946 | 6 | 2,41% | 197,103 | 26,07% | 558,843 | 73,93% | 379,635 | 50,22% | 376,311 | 49,78% |
| Siirt | 264,832 | 51 | 0,84% | 75,520 | 28,52% | 189,312 | 71,48% | 139,686 | 52,75% | 125,146 | 47,25% |
| Sinop | 266,069 | 50 | 0,85% | 38,068 | 14,31% | 228,001 | 85,69% | 128,830 | 48,42% | 137,239 | 51,58% |
| Sivas | 705,186 | 10 | 2,25% | 168,685 | 23,92% | 536,501 | 76,08% | 350,377 | 49,69% | 354,809 | 50,31% |
| Tekirdağ | 287,381 | 44 | 0,92% | 96,897 | 33,72% | 190,484 | 66,28% | 150,140 | 52,24% | 137,241 | 47,76% |
| Tokat | 495,352 | 22 | 1,58% | 123,403 | 24,91% | 371,949 | 75,09% | 251,748 | 50,82% | 243,604 | 49,18% |
| Trabzon | 595,782 | 14 | 1,90% | 108,492 | 18,21% | 487,290 | 81,79% | 281,583 | 47,26% | 314,199 | 52,74% |
| Tunceli | 154,175 | 63 | 0,49% | 23,240 | 15,07% | 130,935 | 84,93% | 78,112 | 50,66% | 76,063 | 49,34% |
| Urfa | 450,798 | 28 | 1,44% | 150,383 | 33,36% | 300,415 | 66,64% | 230,612 | 51,16% | 220,186 | 48,84% |
| Uşak | 190,536 | 62 | 0,61% | 57,133 | 29,99% | 133,403 | 70,01% | 94,315 | 49,50% | 96,221 | 50,50% |
| Van | 266,840 | 48 | 0,85% | 60,686 | 22,74% | 206,154 | 77,26% | 142,446 | 53,38% | 124,394 | 46,62% |
| Yozgat | 437,883 | 31 | 1,39% | 67,466 | 15,41% | 370,417 | 84,59% | 217,744 | 49,73% | 220,139 | 50,27% |
| Zonguldak | 650,191 | 11 | 2,07% | 157,463 | 24,22% | 492,728 | 75,78% | 326,918 | 50,28% | 323,273 | 49,72% |
Largest cities
| Language | Census 1935[2] | Census 1945[3] | Census 1965[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Turkish | 13,899,073 | 86.0 | 16,598,037 | 88.3 | 28,175,579 | 90.2 |
| Kurdish | 1,489,246 | 9.2 | 1,476,562 | 7.9 | 2,108,721 | 6.9 |
| Zazaki | 147,707 | 0.5 | ||||
| Arabic | 153,687 | 1.0 | 247,204 | 1.3 | 368.971 | 1.2 |
| Greek | 108,725 | 0.7 | 88,680 | 0.5 | 49.143 | 0.2 |
| Circassian | 91,972 | 0.6 | 66,691 | 0.4 | 57,337 | 0.2 |
| Ladino | 79,000 | 0.5 | 51,019 | 0.3 | 9,124 | 0.0 |
| Armenian | 77,000 | 0.5 | 56,179 | 0.3 | 32,484 | 0.1 |
| Laz | 63,253 | 0.4 | 46,987 | 0.3 | 27,715 | 0.1 |
| Georgian | 57,325 | 0.4 | 40,076 | 0.2 | 32,334 | 0.1 |
| Abaza | 10,099 | 0.1 | 8,602 | 0.0 | 10,643 | 0.0 |
| others | 110,137 | 0.6 | 157,449 | 0.5 | ||
| Total | 15,803,000 | 18,790,174 | 31,391,207 | |||
Mother tongues
National level
| Language | Mother tongue | Only language spoken | Second best language spoken |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abaza | 4,563 | 280 | 7,556 |
| Albanian | 12,832 | 1,075 | 39,613 |
| Arabic | 365,340 | 189,134 | 167,924 |
| Armenian | 33,094 | 1,022 | 22,260 |
| Bosnian | 17,627 | 2,345 | 34,892 |
| Bulgarian | 4,088 | 350 | 46,742 |
| Pomak | 23,138 | 2,776 | 34,234 |
| Chechen | 7,563 | 2,500 | 5,063 |
| Circassian | 58,339 | 6,409 | 48,621 |
| Croatian | 45 | 1 | 1,585 |
| Czech | 168 | 25 | 76 |
| Dutch | 366 | 23 | 219 |
| English | 27,841 | 21,766 | 139,867 |
| French | 3,302 | 398 | 96,879 |
| Georgian | 34,330 | 4,042 | 44,934 |
| German | 4,901 | 790 | 35,704 |
| Greek | 48,096 | 3,203 | 78,941 |
| Italian | 2,926 | 267 | 3,861 |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | 2,219,502 | 1,323,690 | 429,168 |
| Judæo-Spanish | 9,981 | 283 | 3,510 |
| Laz | 26,007 | 3,943 | 55,158 |
| Persian | 948 | 72 | 2,103 |
| Polish | 110 | 20 | 377 |
| Portuguese | 52 | 5 | 3,233 |
| Romanian | 406 | 53 | 6,909 |
| Russian | 1,088 | 284 | 4,530 |
| Serbian | 6,599 | 776 | 58,802 |
| Spanish | 2,791 | 138 | 4,297 |
| Turkish | 28,289,680 | 26,925,649 | 1,387,139 |
| Zaza | 150,644 | 92,288 | 20,413 |
| Total | 31,009,934 | 28,583,607 | 2,786,610 |
Provincial level
| Province / Language | Turkish | Kurdish | Arabic | Zazaki | Circassian | Greek | Georgian | Armenian | Laz | Pomak | Bosnian | Albanian | Jewish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adana[lower-alpha 1] | 866,316 | 7,581 | 22,356 | 332 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 312 | 483 | 29 |
| Adıyaman | 143,054 | 117,325 | 7 | 6,705 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Afyonkarahisar | 499,461 | 125 | 19 | 1 | 2,172 | 169 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Ağrı | 90,021 | 156,316 | 105 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 0 | 0 |
| Amasya | 279,978 | 2,179 | 9 | 2 | 1,497 | 6 | 1,378 | 208 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 336 | 1 |
| Ankara[lower-alpha 2] | 1,590,392 | 36,798 | 814 | 21 | 393 | 124 | 41 | 66 | 120 | 7 | 126 | 833 | 64 |
| Antalya | 486,697 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Artvin | 190,183 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7,698 | 1 | 12,093 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aydın | 523,583 | 168 | 85 | 0 | 112 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 88 | 0 |
| Balıkesir | 698,679 | 560 | 38 | 8 | 3,144 | 236 | 1,273 | 9 | 205 | 1,707 | 314 | 24 | 4 |
| Bilecik | 137,674 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 736 | 4 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Bingöl | 62,668 | 56,881 | 19 | 30,878 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bitlis | 56,161 | 92,327 | 3,263 | 2,082 | 205 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bolu[lower-alpha 3] | 375,786 | 363 | 0 | 0 | 1,593 | 3 | 1,541 | 488 | 1,791 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 1 |
| Burdur | 194,910 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bursa | 746,633 | 213 | 22 | 0 | 799 | 106 | 2,938 | 35 | 517 | 65 | 1,169 | 1,928 | 69 |
| Çanakkale | 338,379 | 443 | 0 | 25 | 1,604 | 5,258 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3,675 | 516 | 6 | 121 |
| Çankırı[lower-alpha 4] | 250,510 | 158 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Çorum | 474,638 | 8,736 | 4 | 0 | 1,808 | 12 | 8 | 51 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denizli | 462,860 | 283 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Diyarbakır | 178,644 | 236,113 | 2,536 | 57,693 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 134 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Edirne | 290,610 | 386 | 104 | 21 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 10,285 | 329 | 58 | 92 |
| Elazığ | 244,016 | 47,446 | 17 | 30,921 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Erzincan | 243,911 | 14,323 | 13 | 298 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Erzurum | 555,632 | 69,648 | 86 | 2,185 | 109 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Eskişehir | 406,212 | 327 | 42 | 0 | 1,390 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 114 | 78 | 0 |
| Gaziantep | 490,046 | 18,954 | 885 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Giresun | 425,665 | 305 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2,029 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gümüşhane[lower-alpha 5] | 260,419 | 2,189 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hakkari[lower-alpha 6] | 10,357 | 72,365 | 165 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hatay | 350,080 | 5,695 | 127,072 | 7 | 780 | 767 | 11 | 376 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 1 |
| Isparta | 265,305 | 688 | 75 | 11 | 8 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Mersin | 500,207 | 1,067 | 9,430 | 23 | 76 | 137 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Istanbul | 2,185,741 | 2,586 | 2,843 | 26 | 317 | 35,097 | 849 | 29,479 | 128 | 165 | 3,072 | 4,341 | 8,608 |
| İzmir | 1,214,219 | 863 | 352 | 5 | 1,287 | 898 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 1,289 | 2,349 | 1,265 | 753 |
| Kars[lower-alpha 7] | 471,287 | 133,144 | 61 | 992 | 215 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Kastamonu[lower-alpha 8] | 439,355 | 1,090 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 180 | 849 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayseri | 509,932 | 8,454 | 34 | 8 | 17,110 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 160 | 1 |
| Kırklareli | 252,594 | 602 | 136 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3,375 | 1,148 | 144 | 11 |
| Kırşehir | 185,489 | 11,309 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kocaeli | 320,808 | 235 | 0 | 10 | 1,467 | 63 | 2,755 | 46 | 2,264 | 381 | 3,827 | 22 | 7 |
| Konya[lower-alpha 9] | 1,092,819 | 27,811 | 67 | 4 | 1,139 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 75 | 0 |
| Kütahya | 397,221 | 105 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 88 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Malatya | 374,449 | 77,794 | 33 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 148 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Manisa | 746,514 | 241 | 15 | 0 | 488 | 42 | 67 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 116 | 192 | 3 |
| Kahramanmaraş | 386,010 | 46,548 | 21 | 0 | 4,185 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mardin[lower-alpha 10] | 35,494 | 265,328 | 79,687 | 60 | 75 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Muğla | 334,883 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Muş | 110,555 | 83,020 | 3,575 | 507 | 898 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nevşehir | 203,156 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Niğde[lower-alpha 11] | 353,146 | 8,991 | 10 | 0 | 227 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| Ordu | 538,978 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4,815 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rize | 275,291 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5,754 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sakarya | 388,481 | 2,163 | 32 | 3 | 538 | 6 | 4,535 | 2 | 2,671 | 23 | 2,899 | 794 | 1 |
| Samsun | 747,115 | 1,366 | 3 | 0 | 3,401 | 91 | 2,350 | 5 | 51 | 319 | 10 | 610 | 0 |
| Siirt[lower-alpha 12] | 46,722 | 179,023 | 38,273 | 484 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Sinop | 261,341 | 2,126 | 0 | 0 | 659 | 1 | 1,144 | 228 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Sivas | 649,099 | 32,284 | 19 | 23 | 2,086 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 1 | 0 | 515 | 0 | 0 |
| Tekirdağ | 284,222 | 548 | 76 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 1,627 | 6 | 51 | 102 |
| Tokat | 483,948 | 3,974 | 7 | 3 | 5,934 | 0 | 367 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 964 | 0 |
| Trabzon | 590,799 | 72 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4,535 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tunceli | 120,553 | 33,431 | 20 | 2,370 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| Şanlıurfa | 207,652 | 175,100 | 51,090 | 14,554 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Uşak | 190,506 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Van | 118,481 | 147,694 | 557 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 66 |
| Yozgat | 433,385 | 2,424 | 1 | 0 | 1,597 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Zonguldak[lower-alpha 13] | 649,757 | 43 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Provinces with Turkish speakers in majority Provinces with Turkish speakers in plurality Provinces with Kurdish speakers in plurality Provinces with Kurdish speakers in majority
Turkish- and Kurdish-speaking pluralities
Turkish-speaking population
Kurdish-speaking population
Arabic-speaking population
Zaza-speaking population
Circassian-speaking population
Greek-speaking population
Armenian-speaking population
Georgian-speaking population
Laz-speaking population
Pomak-speaking population
Bosnian-speaking population
Albanian-speaking population
"Jewish"-speaking population
Maps of provinces in Turkey by percentage of spoken first language
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Notes
- ↑ Including Osmaniye
- ↑ Including Kırıkkale
- ↑ Including parts of Düzce
- ↑ Including parts of Karabük
- ↑ Including Bayburt
- ↑ Including parts of Şırnak
- ↑ Including Ardahan and Iğdır
- ↑ Including parts of Düzce
- ↑ Including Karaman
- ↑ Including parts of Batman and parts of Şırnak
- ↑ Including Aksaray
- ↑ Including parts of Batman and parts of Şırnak
- ↑ Including Bartın and parts of Karabük
References
- ↑ Güvenç, Muna (2011). "Constructing Narratives of Kurdish Nationalism in the Urban Space of Diyarbakir, Turkey". Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. 23 (1): 26. ISSN 1050-2092.
- ↑ Modern Turkey, Bill Park, Taylor & Francis, 2011, page 10
- 1 2 "UN Demographic Yearbooks". Unstats.un.org. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ↑ Heinz Kloss & Grant McConnel, Linguistic composition of the nations of the world, vol,5, Europe and USSR, Québec, Presses de l'Université Laval, 1984, ISBN 2-7637-7044-4
- ↑ Ahmet Buran Ph.D., Türkiye'de Diller ve Etnik Gruplar, 2012
- ↑ Dündar, Fuat (1999). Türkiye Nüfus Sayımlarında Azınlıklar [Minorities in Turkish Censuses]. Istanbul: Çiviyazıları. ISBN 975-8086-77-4.
Sources
External links
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