🌆 Largest Cities in Türkiye
Cities of Türkiye with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by population (GeoNames).
Istanbul29%
Ankara6.4%
Bursa5.6%
İzmir5.3%
Gaziantep4%
Diyarbakır3.3%
Adana3.3%
Kayseri
Konya2.6%
Antalya2.4%
Esenyurt1.8%
Eskişehir1.7%
Çankaya
Küçükçekmece
Erzurum
Malatya
Bağcılar
Bahçelievler
Ümraniye
Mersin
Nilüfer
Van
Üsküdar
Esenler
Sancaktepe
Karabağlar
Bornova
Batman
Muratpaşa
Şanlıurfa
Elazığ
Sultangazi
Maltepe
Beylikdüzü
Antakya
Samsun
Kahramanmaraş
Uşak
10 others6%
1
IstanbulIstanbul
15,701,602
2
AnkaraAnkara
3,517,182
3
BursaBursa Province
3,101,833
4
İzmirİzmir Province
2,938,292
5
GaziantepGaziantep
2,222,415
6
DiyarbakırDiyarbakır Province
1,833,684
7
AdanaAdana
1,816,750
8
KayseriKayseri
1,452,458
9
KonyaKonya
1,433,861
10
AntalyaAntalya
1,335,002
11
EsenyurtIstanbul
983,571
12
EskişehirEskişehir
921,630
13
ÇankayaAnkara
792,189
14
KüçükçekmeceIstanbul
792,030
15
ErzurumErzurum
767,848
16
MalatyaMalatya
750,491
17
BağcılarIstanbul
740,069
18
BahçelievlerIstanbul
576,799
19
ÜmraniyeIstanbul
573,265
20
MersinMersin
537,842
21
NilüferBursa Province
536,365
22
VanVan
525,016
23
ÜsküdarIstanbul
524,452
24
EsenlerIstanbul
520,235
25
SancaktepeIstanbul
489,848
26
Karabağlarİzmir Province
479,338
27
Bornovaİzmir Province
452,479
28
BatmanBatman
452,157
29
MuratpaşaAntalya
450,000
30
ŞanlıurfaŞanlıurfa
449,549
31
ElazığElazığ
443,363
32
SultangaziIstanbul
436,935
33
MaltepeIstanbul
427,040
34
BeylikdüzüIstanbul
415,290
35
AntakyaHatay
399,045
36
SamsunSamsun
394,050
37
KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş
384,953
38
UşakUşak
369,433
39
AlanyaAntalya
364,180
40
AtaşehirIstanbul
361,615
41
SultanbeyliIstanbul
358,201
42
FatihIstanbul
356,025
43
TarsusMersin
350,732
44
Karşıyakaİzmir Province
339,624
45
Konakİzmir Province
332,277
46
AksarayAksaray
327,575
47
ŞişliIstanbul
314,684
48
DenizliDenizli
313,238
49
BatikentAnkara
300,000
50
AdıyamanAdıyaman Province
290,883
Highlights
Within Türkiye, Istanbul ranks first in 2026 with 15,701,602, followed by Ankara (3,517,182) and Bursa (3,101,833).
Istanbul is 4.5 times higher than Ankara, the runner-up.
Across 50 entries, values run from 15,701,602 (Istanbul) to 290,883 (Adıyaman), with a median of 484,593.
Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: people.
Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 14, 2026 — GeoNames aggregates census and estimate figures, so the reference year varies by city, and a few figures cover the metropolitan area rather than the city proper.