Largest cities in Turkey
30 cities with more than 300,000 people, ranked by 2025 population.
- cities of 300k+
- 30
- combined population
- 40.4 million
- largest
- Istanbul
| # | City | 2025 | 2050 (projected) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Istanbul | 15 million | 16.3 million | +8.6% |
| 2 | Ankara | 3.6 million | 4 million | +10% |
| 3 | Izmir | 2.7 million | 2.7 million | +1.1% |
| 4 | Bursa | 2.3 million | 2.5 million | +8.8% |
| 5 | Gaziantep | 1.6 million | 1.7 million | +3.8% |
| 6 | Antalya | 1.3 million | 1.3 million | +1.9% |
| 7 | Sincan | 1.2 million | 1.3 million | +12.5% |
| 8 | Konya | 959,000 | 960,000 | +0.1% |
| 9 | Kayseri | 882,000 | 892,000 | +1.1% |
| 10 | Eskisehir | 766,000 | 871,000 | +13.7% |
| 11 | Mersin | 750,000 | 788,000 | +5.1% |
| 12 | Şanlıurfa | 740,000 | 768,000 | +3.8% |
| 13 | Kocaeli | 737,000 | 810,000 | +9.9% |
| 14 | Diyarbakir | 661,000 | 669,000 | +1.2% |
| 15 | Samsun | 594,000 | 523,000 | −12% |
| 16 | Adana | 594,000 | 615,000 | +3.5% |
| 17 | Van | 590,000 | 595,000 | +0.8% |
| 18 | Kahramanmaraş | 566,000 | 595,000 | +5.1% |
| 19 | Denizli | 561,000 | 573,000 | +2.1% |
| 20 | Hatay | 530,000 | 589,000 | +11.1% |
| 21 | Malatya | 507,000 | 534,000 | +5.3% |
| 22 | Batman | 457,000 | 462,000 | +1.1% |
| 23 | Elazığ | 411,000 | 413,000 | +0.5% |
| 24 | Manisa | 399,000 | 415,000 | +4% |
| 25 | İskenderun | 375,000 | 410,000 | +9.3% |
| 26 | Sivas | 368,000 | 321,000 | −12.8% |
| 27 | Sakarya | 348,000 | 404,000 | +16.1% |
| 28 | Çerkezköy | 339,000 | 385,000 | +13.6% |
| 29 | Balıkesir | 328,000 | 357,000 | +8.8% |
| 30 | Trabzon | 320,000 | 282,000 | −11.9% |