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Türkiye

Cities in Türkiye

A Chapter can charter a Community Cell in any city: a local unit for lawful cooperation, events and services.

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Places on this map (11)

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  • Adana

    Adana

    Labour migrants and displaced families

  • Batman

    Batman (Êlih)

    Oil town and Kurdish cultural life

  • Diyarbakır

    Diyarbakır (Amed)

    Cultural capital of Bakur; the Dengbêj House; Hasankeyf’s loss to the Ilısu Dam nearby

  • Hakkari

    Hakkari (Colemêrg)

    Mountain region of the former emirate

  • Istanbul

    Istanbul

    Often called the largest Kurdish city

  • Izmir

    Izmir

    Migrants from the 1990s displacement

  • Mardin

    Mardin (Mêrdîn)

    Kurdish, Arab and Syriac heritage

  • Mersin

    Mersin

    Displaced families from the 1990s

  • Şanlıurfa

    Şanlıurfa (Riha)

    Göbekli Tepe and Harran

  • Tunceli

    Dersim (Tunceli)

    Alevi Kurds and Zazas; 1937 to 1938 memory

  • Van

    Van (Wan)

    Lake Van region; 2011 earthquake

Subdivisions of Türkiye

Each first-level subdivision has a local page. It gathers official services, learning, safety and civic life.

The list follows UN sources first: OCHA COD-AB, then UN SALB, then ISO 3166-2. It takes no position on any status or boundary.

Subdivisions in the profile

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