Cities of Turkey

Samsun

Samsun
Samsun is a city in northern Turkey, on the coast of the Black Sea, with a population of 725,111 as of 2007. It is the capital city of Samsun Province and an important port. Samsun was founded as the colony Amisos (alternative spelling Amisus, Eis Amison - meaning to amisos took the name Samsunta or…
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Niğde

Niğde
Niğde is a small city and the capital of Niğde Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. Population is 78,088 in the city and another 99,308 in surrounding villages. Elevation is 1,300 m. The city is located between the volcanic Melandiz Mountains, including the Mount Hasan stratovolcano near the city of Aksaray to the…
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Kütahya

Kütahya
Kütahya is a city in western Turkey with 213,000 inhabitants (2007 estimate), lying on the Porsuk river, at 930 metres above sea level. It is the capital of Kütahya Province, inhabited by some 684,082 people (2007 estimate). The city's Roman name was Cotyaeum, a name it retains as a titular Catholic see. Modern city &…
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Kırşehir

Kırşehir
Kırşehir, formerly Macissus (also spelled Mocissus and Mokissus) and Justinianopolis, is a city in Turkey. It is the capital district of the Kırşehir Province. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 115,078 of which 88,105 live in the city of Kırşehir. History The history of Kırşehir dates back to the Hittites. The Romans…
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Kastamonu

Kastamonu
Kastamonu is the capital district of the Kastamonu Province, Turkey. According to a 2015 census, it has a population of 372.633 and an area of 1482 km². It is located to the south of the province. Near the city (approximately 10 miles) is the village of Kasaba with an important mosque, the Mahmut Bey mosque,…
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Kahramanmaraş

Kahramanmaraş
Kahramanmaraş is the capital city of Kahramanmaraş Province in southeastern Turkey. The city lies on a plain at the foot of the Taurus Mountains and has a population of 1.096.610 as of 2015. The region is best known for its production of salep, a flour made from dried orchid tubers, and its distinctive ice cream. History…
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Iğdır

Iğdır
Iğdır is the capital city of Iğdır Province in Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey, close to the border with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran. Turkey's highest mountain, the Biblical Mount Ararat (Ağrı Dağı) is in Iğdır, but much of the land is a wide plain far below the mountain. Iğdır is where Noah is said to have…
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Giresun

Giresun
Giresun  is the provincial capital of Giresun Province in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about 110 miles (175 km) west of the city of Trabzon. Etymology Giresun was known to the ancient Greeks as Choerades or Pharnacia and later as Kerasous or Cerasus, < Kerason < Kerasounta < Kerasus "horn" (for peninsula) in…
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Erzincan

Erzincan
Erzincan is the capital of Erzincan Province in the eastern Anatolian region of Turkey. Nearby cities include Erzurum, Sivas, Tunceli, Bingöl, Elazığ, Malatya, Gumushane, Bayburt, and Giresun. The city is located at 39° 45' 12" North and 39° 20' 28" East, with an altitude of 1185 meters. The population is 222.918 (2015 census). The city…
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Bitlis

Bitlis
Bitlis is a town in eastern Turkey and the capital of Bitlis Province. Kurds form the majority of the population, which was 65,169 (including the surrounding villages) as of 2000. A folk etymology explanation of the name Bitlis, without any historical basis, is that it is derived from "Bedlis", the name of a commander said…
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