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2004 yýlýnda çýkarýlan 5216 sayýlý yasayla, Büyükþehir belediye sýnýrlarý için yeni kýstaslar getirildi. Buna göre, büyükþehir olma koþulu nüfusun en az 750 000 olmasýdýr. Ayný yasa nüfus yoðunluðu çok yüksek olan Ýstanbul ve Kocaeli (Ýzmit) illerinin tamamýný büyükþehir sýnýrlarý içersine almaktadýr.Diðer Büyükþehirlerin sýnýrlarý için coðrafi ölçüm þartý getirilmiþtir.Buna göre il sýnýralarý içinde olmak ve valilik binasý merkez alýnmak suretiyle,

Nüfusu 2 000 000 dan fazla olan büyükþehirlerde 50 km çapýndaki yerleþim yerleri, Nüfusu 1 000 000 - 2 000 000 arasý olan büyükþehirlerde 30 km çapýndaki yerleþim yarleri, Nüfusu 1000 000 den az olan büyükþehirlerde ise 20 km çapýndaki yerleþim yerleri büyükþehre dahil edilmiþtir

Sýra	Kent	1990 Sayýmý	2000 Sayýmý	2007 Sayýmý	2008 Sayýmý	2009 tahmini	Baðlý olduðu il
1	Ýstanbul	6,629,431	8,803,468	10,861,463	12,878,360	10,895,257	Ýstanbul
2	Ankara	2,583,963	3,203,362	3,842,737	3,902,946	3,945,627	Ankara
3	Ýzmir	1,758,780	2,232,265	2,644,531	2,703,649	3,740,721	Ýzmir
4	Bursa	834,576	1,194,687	1,537,040	1,589,530	2,501,020	Bursa
5	Adana	916,150	1,130,710	1,506,272	1,517,787	2,711,302	Adana
6	Gaziantep	603,434	863,000	1,192,000	1,235,815	1,401,600	Gaziantep
7	Konya	513,346	742,690	967,055	980,973	988,200	Konya
8	Antalya	378,208	604,000	823,568	874,292	945,100	Antalya
9	Mersin	481,459	633,691	796,896	857,694	902,736	Mersin
10	Diyarbakýr	373,810	545,963	783,445	799,447	821,310	Diyarbakýr
11	Kayseri	425,776	536,392	675,594	701,119	736,644	Kayseri
12	Eskiþehir	413,082	482,793	581,408	599,796	618,184	Eskiþehir
13	Denizli	276.000	357,600	466.000	479,381	509,000	Denizli
14	Þanlýurfa	276,528	386,000	472,000	468,993	465,800	Þanlýurfa
15	Samsun	324,000	388,500	459,800	461,640	463,500	Samsun
16	Malatya	270,412	381,000	383,185	411,181	460,000	Malatya
17	Adapazarý	272,039	283,752	382,226	390,624	399,022	Sakarya
18	Kahramanmaraþ	228,200	326,200	380,800	385,700	390,500	Kahramanmaraþ
19	Van	156,000	285.000	332,000	342,200	352,300	Van
20	Erzurum	242,400	361,300	361,200	319,402	330,344	Erzurum
21	Elazýð	204,600	267,000	320,000	312,600	306,000	Elazýð
22	Batman	147,400	246,700	293,000	298,400	303,700	Batman
23	Ýzmit	190,741	195,699	285,470	287,970	290,470	Kocaeli
24	Sivas	223,115	251,776	294,402	288,693	282,984	Sivas
25	Manisa	159.000	214,400	282,000	278,967	276,000	Manisa
26	Balýkesir	170,589	216.000	241,400	247,100	249.000	Balýkesir
27	Tarsus	195,886	215,000	229,000	236,450	247,000	Mersin
28	Trabzon	187,508	206,382	219,921	222,471	227,021	Trabzon
29	Çorum	116,800	161,400	202,000	207.000	211.000	Çorum
30	Çorlu	74,681	141,525	190,792	200,577	210,362	Tekirdað
31	Osmaniye	122,300	174,000	180,500	189,200	198.000	Osmaniye
32	Adýyaman	100,045	178,600	191,600	193,300	195.000	Adýyaman
33	Kýrýkkale	185,431	206,100	192,300	192,400	192,500	Kýrýkkale
34	Kütahya	131,000	167.000	213.000	202,200	191,300	Kütahya
35	Antakya	123,900	144,600	186,000	188,400	190,400	Hatay
36	Ýskenderun	154,807	159,149	177,294	176,374	175,454	Hatay
37	Aydýn	107,011	143,267	168,216	171,242	174,268	Aydýn
38	Uþak	105,270	137,001	172,709	173,053	173,397	Uþak
39	Aksaray	90,698	129,949	151,164	161,323	171,482	Aksaray
40	Isparta	112,117	148,496	184,735	175,815	166,895	Isparta
41	Afyon	95,643	128,516	159,967	163,207	166,447	Afyonkarahisar
42	Ýnegöl	73,258	119,710	154,698	158,575	162,452	Bursa
43	Düzce	65,209	56,649	94,637	119,410	144,183	Düzce
44	Tekirdað	80,442	107,191	133,322	137,962	142,602	Tekirdað
45	Edirne	102,345	119,298	136,070	138,222	140,374	Edirne
46	Bolu	61,509	84,565	107,857	120,001	132,145	Bolu
47	Karaman	76,525	105,384	122,809	127,192	131,575	Karaman
48	Ordu	102,107	112,525	134,005	132,280	130,555	Ordu
49	Siirt	68,320	98,281	117,599	122,463	127,327	Siirt
50	Kýzýltepe	60,134	113,143	127,148	125,455	123,762	Mardin
51	Tokat	83,058	113,100	127,988	124,496	121,004	Tokat
52	Turgutlu	73,634	93,727	111,166	114,483	117,800	Manisa
53	Bandýrma	77,444	97,419	110,248	111,494	112,740	Balýkesir
54	Alanya	80,277	105,665	103,759	108,056	112,353	Antalya
55	Karabük	105,373	100,749	105,159	106,148	107,137	Karabük
56	Zonguldak	117,975	104,276	107,354	105,979	104,604	Zonguldak
57	Siverek	63,049	126,820	108,094	105,475	102,856	Þanlýurfa
58	Kýrþehir	73,538	88,105	99,832	101,333	102,834	Kýrþehir
59	Akhisar	73,944	81,510	96,393	99,423	102,453	Manisa
60	Lüleburgaz	52,384	79,002	95,466	98,128	100,790	Kýrklareli
61	Niðde	55,035	78,088	100,418	100,418	100,418	Niðde
62	Ceyhan	85,308	108,602	103,800	102,040	100,280	Adana
63	Karadeniz Ereðli	66,859	79,486	94,736	97,017	99,298	Zonguldak
64	Cizre	50,023	69,591	90,477	94,076	97,675	Þýrnak
65	Salihli	70,861	83,137	96,594	96,449	96,304	Manisa
66	Çanakkale	53,995	75,180	86,544	90,653	94,762	Çanakkale
67	Yalova	65,823	70,118	87,372	91,047	94,722	Yalova
68	Nizip	58,604	71,629	91,486	93,101	94,716	Gaziantep
69	Nazilli	52,460	88,346	91,713	92,223	92,733	Aydýn
70	Ereðli	74,283	82,633	94,542	93,161	91,780	Konya
71	Giresun	67,604	83,636	89,241	90,034	90,827	Giresun
72	Rize	52,743	78,144	94,800	91,904	89,008	Rize
73	Polatlý	60,158	79,992	91,166	89,024	86,882	Ankara
74	Aðrý	58,038	79,764	97,839	91,817	85,795	Aðrý
75	Bingöl	41,590	68,876	86,511	86,113	85,715	Bingöl
76	Erzincan	91,772	107,175	86,779	86,051	85,323	Erzincan
77	Nevþehir	52,719	67,864	81,688	81,899	82,110	Nevþehir
78	Kastamonu	51,560	64,606	80,582	80,946	81,310	Kastamonu
79	Nusaybin	49,671	74,110	88,296	84,372	80,448	Mardin
80	Mardin	53,005	65,072	82,134	81,269	80,404	Mardin
81	Elbistan	54,741	71,500	82,238	81,239	80,240	Kahramanmaraþ
82	Bafra	65,600	83,733	85,325	82,593	79,861	Samsun
83	Kilis	84,077	77,670	77,706	78,698	79,690	Kilis
84	Amasya	57,087	74,393	85,851	82,200	78,549	Amasya
85	Manavgat	38,498	71,679	75,163	76,605	78,047	Antalya
86	Kadirli	55,061	65,227	77,379	76,976	76,573	Osmaniye
87	Silopi	23,430	51,199	70,670	73,603	76,536	Þýrnak
88	Iðdýr	38,917	59,880	75,927	75,824	75,721	Iðdýr
89	Soma	49,977	60,674	70,683	73,027	75,371	Manisa
90	Çerkezköy	23,102	41,638	60,907	67,617	74,327	Tekirdað
91	Viranþehir	57,461	121,382	100,929	87,605	74,281	Þanlýurfa
92	Kars	78,455	78,473	76,992	75,291	73,590	Kars
93	Kozan	54,451	75,833	72,463	72,727	72,991	Adana
94	Ödemiþ	51,620	61,896	71,219	71,480	71,741	Ýzmir
95	Yozgat	50,335	73,930	72,183	71,768	71,353	Yozgat
96	Ünye	45,716	61,552	72,867	72,080	71,293	Ordu
121	Fethiye	37,466	50,689	66,271	68,285	70,299	Muðla
122	Erciþ	40,481	70,881	77,464	73,733	70,002	Van
123	Tavþanlý	38,214	47,224	55,240	62,040	68,840	Kütahya
124	Dörtyol	47,144	53,597	66,082	67,430	68,778	Hatay
125	Muþ	44,019	67,927	70,509	69,507	68,505	Muþ
126	Çankýrý	45,496	62,508	68,596	67,588	66,580	Çankýrý
127	Kýrýkhan	68,601	63,615	70,543	68,212	65,881	Hatay
128	Söke	50,866	62,384	66,156	65,974	65,792	Aydýn
129	Þýrnak	25,059	52,743	54,302	59,435	64,568	Þýrnak
130	Hakkari	30,407	58,145	57,954	60,891	63,828	Hakkari
131	Kýrklareli	43,017	53,221	59,970	61,880	63,790	Kýrklareli
133	Doðubeyazýt	35,213	56,261	69,414	66,423	63,432	Aðrý
134	Kuþadasý	31,911	47,661	54,663	58,650	62,637	Aydýn
135	Ergani	37,365	47,333	61,973	62,287	62,601	Diyarbakýr
136	Burdur	56,432	63,363	70,157	66,182	62,207	Burdur
137	Turhal	69,079	95,536	63,181	62,352	61,523	Tokat
138	Yüksekova	28,909	59,662	59,410	60,296	61,182	Hakkari
139	Tatvan	54,071	66,748	55,033	57,976	60,919	Bitlis
140	Reyhanlý	42,451	52,135	60,073	60,418	60,763	Hatay
141	Muðla	35,605	43,845	52,918	56,619	60,320	Muðla
142	Kahta	42,183	60,689	59,570	59,665	59,760	Adýyaman
143	Mustafakemalpaþa	37,938	46,731	54,029	56,490	58,951	Bursa
144	Akþehir	51,746	60,226	63,472	60,765	58,058	Konya
145	Bergama	42,554	52,173	58,212	57,947	57,682	Ýzmir
146	Erbaa	33,554	45,595	56,810	57,210	57,610	Tokat
147	Bozüyük	33,162	47,469	54,422	55,985	57,548	Bilecik
148	Çarþamba	38,863	49,189	60,714	58,966	57,218	Samsun
149	Patnos	33,759	71,829	67,121	62,068	57,015	Aðrý
150	Orhangazi	31,889	44,426	53,189	54,333	55,477	Bursa
151	Bismil	39,834	61,162	57,359	56,390	55,421	Diyarbakýr
152	Sorgun	31,179	53,884	44,027	49,528	55,029	Yozgat
153	Keþan	40,656	42,755	54,366	54,189	54,012	Edirne
154	Menderes	35,826	49,613	51,325	52,504	53,683	Ýzmir
155	Midyat	29,569	56,669	56,340	54,799	53,258	Mardin
157	Merzifon	40,431	45,613	52,050	52,192	52,334	Amasya
158	Kapaklý	6,142	27,209	41,956	46,760	51,564	Tekirdað
159	Milas	28,741	38,063	48,896	50,141	51,386	Muðla
160	Karacabey	31,665	40,624	52,016	51,642	51,268	Bursa
162	Suruç	40,395	44,421	64,765	57,878	50,991	Þanlýurfa
163	Edremit	35,486	39,202	47,383	49,122	50,861	Balýkesir
164	Tire	37,855	42,988	48,565	49,451	50,337	Ýzmir
166	Fatsa	39,467	63,721	68,917	59,094	49,271	Ordu
167	Bartýn	31,974	35,992	47,082	47,999	48,916	Bartýn
168	Silifke	46,858	64,827	52,961	50,327	47,693	Mersin
169	Alaþehir	36,649	39,590	45,971	46,544	47,117	Manisa
170	Didim	11,378	25,699	31,746	39,183	46,620	Aydýn
171	Serik	23,106	30,579	49,027	47,784	46,541	Antalya
172	Birecik	28,440	40,054	46,304	46,020	45,736	Þanlýurfa
173	Karamürsel	24,462	29,353	44,121	44,925	45,729	Kocaeli
174	Karaköprü	2,719	13,227	22,782	34,098	45,414	Þanlýurfa
175	Samandað	29,857	34,641	42,012	43,528	45,044	Hatay
176	Urla	25,648	36,579	41,058	42,559	44,060	Ýzmir
177	Erdemli	30,042	40,175	43,721	43,647	43,573	Mersin
178	Ceylanpýnar	33,238	44,258	43,890	43,718	43,546	Þanlýurfa
179	Uzunköprü	34,741	36,162	39,123	41,165	43,207	Edirne
180	Gönen	26,849	36,263	41,811	42,428	43,045	Balýkesir
184	Düziçi	31,813	39,097	39,162	40,271	41,380	Osmaniye
188	Bitlis	38,130	44,923	43,359	41,404	39,449	Bitlis
189	Biga	20,753	27,549	33,509	36,469	39,429	Çanakkale
190	Seydiþehir	42,737	48,372	37,763	38,487	39,211	Konya
192	Silvan	60,731	64,136	47,105	42,736	38,367	Diyarbakýr
193	Afþin	28,524	35,834	38,625	38,409	38,193	Kahramanmaraþ
194	Burhaniye	21,805	31,227	36,696	37,415	38,134	Balýkesir
196	Suluova	36,223	42,715	37,235	37,266	37,297	Amasya
197	Tekkeköy	11,550	15,779	36,834	36,725	36,616	Samsun
198	Bucak	27,407	28,833	35,621	35,843	36,065	Burdur
199	Sinop	25,537	30,502	34,755	35,393	36,031	Sinop
200	Develi	32,961	35,084	36,121	36,072	36,023	Kayseri
201	Bulancak	24,172	32,182	37,021	36,505	35,989	Giresun
202	Bor	24,556	29,804	35,151	35,532	35,913	Niðde
203	Safranbolu	24,351	31,697	38,334	37,092	35,850	Karabük
204	Akçaabat	26,240	39,102	36,289	35,868	35,447	Trabzon
205	Çatalca	11,550	15,779	36,552	35,995	35,438	Ýstanbul
206	Ayvalýk	25,687	31,986	34,651	34,968	35,285	Balýkesir
207	Marmaris	16,361	28,660	28,171	31,450	34,729	Muðla
208	Payas	33,443	30,140	32,587	33,547	34,507	Hatay
209	Sungurlu	30,521	35,397	34,227	34,211	34,195	Çorum
210	Beypazarý	26,225	34,441	34,496	34,319	34,142	Ankara
211	Zile	46,090	52,640	36,154	35,017	33,880	Tokat
212	Bilecik	23,273	34,105	45,126	39,453	33,780	Bilecik
213	Kozlu	36,947	30,000	35,132	34,182	33,232	Zonguldak
214	Sandýklý	22,359	37,804	33,856	33,371	32,886	Afyon
215	Bodrum	20,931	32,227	28,575	30,688	32,801	Muðla
216	Sapanca	20,333	30,997	30,934	31,535	32,136	Sakarya
217	Anamur	38,817	49,948	35,789	33,935	32,081	Mersin
218	Bayburt	33,677	32,285	32,546	32,020	31,494	Bayburt
219	Karapýnar	26,849	35,285	31,913	31,695	31,477	Konya
220	Niksar	35,201	44,808	34,262	32,675	31,088	Tokat
221	Terme	20,381	25,052	28,411	29,693	30,975	Samsun
222	Ilgýn	25,032	26,698	31,178	30,892	30,606	Konya
223	Ýslahiye	34,607	38,770	31,963	31,204	30,445	Gaziantep
224	Beyþehir	30,412	41,312	32,799	31,598	30,397	Konya
225	Erzin	22,477	25,879	30,035	30,137	30,239	Hatay
226	Bolvadin	44,969	52,398	31,352	30,754	30,156	Afyonkarahisar
227	Tunceli	24,513	25,041	27,091	28,586	30,081	Tunceli
228	Yeniþehir	21,210	26,068	28,454	29,128	29,802	Bursa
229	Yerköy	26,248	32,228	31,197	30,335	29,473	Yozgat
230	Çumra	28,781	42,308	28,153	28,798	29,443	Konya
231	Karasu	14,500	24,672	25,607	27,257	28,907	Sakarya
232	Babaeski	22,823	25,559	27,631	28,200	28,769	Kýrklareli
233	Malkara	20,180	24,898	27,416	27,997	28,578	Tekirdað
234	Çan	23,855	28,878	29,172	28,835	28,498	Çanakkale
235	Kumluca	17,166	25,081	31,581	30,015	28,449	Antalya
236	Kurtalan	17,295	24,865	27,561	28,004	28,447	Siirt
237	Ortaca	12,109	16,923	21,634	25,009	28,384	Muðla
238	Þereflikoçhisar	38,248	42,083	27,048	27,602	28,156	Ankara
239	Selçuk	19,412	25,414	27,284	27,555	27,826	Ýzmir
240	Pazarcýk	25,154	24,374	29,339	28,582	27,825	Kahramanmaraþ
241	Mut	17,600	36,482	31,520	29,477	27,434	Mersin
242	Gölbaþý	29,588	28,656	26,993	27,087	27,181	Adýyaman
243	Tosya	22,810	23,257	26,841	26,956	27,071	Kastamonu
244	Akyurt	3,533	8,069	22,639	24,312	25,985	Ankara
245	Vezirköprü	20,663	23,211	25,852	25,894	25,936	Samsun
246	Boyabat	21,506	24,681	25,885	25,694	25,503	Sinop
247	Osmancýk	21,347	28,423	25,206	25,227	25,248	Çorum
248	Besni	26,076	36,123	24,996	25,083	25,170	Adýyaman
249	Sarýkamýþ	21,743	23,236	17,915	21,438	24,961	Kars
251	Simav	16,110	28,415	25,677	25,149	24,621	Kütahya
252	Dinar	34,990	35,424	24,340	24,475	24,610	Afyonkarahisar
253	Gümüþhane	26,014	30,270	28,028	26,238	24,448	Gümüþhane
254	Susurluk	18,906	22,305	23,778	24,050	24,322	Balýkesir
255	Akçakale	15,211	32,114	26,877	25,595	24,313	Þanlýurfa
257	Kilimli	34,475	24,626	24,275	24,141	24,007	Zonguldak
258	Harbiye	17,248	20,309	24,500	24,147	23,794	Hatay
259	Ýdil	12,905	19,123	21,329	22,496	23,663	Þýrnak
260	Ardeþen	17,340	45,392	26,762	24,965	23,168	Rize
261	Dalaman	15,025	17,607	20,945	22,046	23,147	Muðla
262	Gelibolu	18,670	23,127	31,246	27,160	23,074	Çanakkale
263	Erdek	13,246	18,626	20,475	21,660	22,845	Balýkesir
264	Gazipaþa	13,697	16,536	20,149	21,415	22,681	Antalya
265	Akçakoca	13,582	25,560	22,416	22,522	22,628	Düzce
266	Artvin	20,306	23,157	24,502	23,527	22,552	Artvin
267	Çaycuma	16,303	18,734	21,259	21,905	22,551	Zonguldak
268	Çeþme	20,622	25,257	17,950	20,247	22,544	Ýzmir
269	Belen	15,629	18,646	20,303	21,293	22,283	Hatay
270	Saray	13,038	17,769	20,312	21,243	22,174	Tekirdað
271	Ýznik	17,232	20,169	22,179	22,170	22,161	Bursa
272	Alaca	20,646	24,983	22,590	22,373	22,156	Çorum
273	Gerede	18,780	25,188	23,310	22,633	21,956	Bolu
274	Devrek	16,442	21,360	25,463	23,654	21,845	Zonguldak
275	Akdaðmadeni	12,220	20,312	25,647	23,631	21,615	Yozgat
276	Kaman	26,038	27,962	21,118	21,358	21,598	Kýrþehir
278	Ýmamoðlu	30.428	21.331	20.848	20.914	21.331	Adana
279	Serinyol	13,046	15,749	12,517	16,861	21,205	Hatay
280	Kozluk	22,499	27,109	21,651	21,380	21,109	Batman
281	Bulanýk	14,988	24,020	20,727	20,889	21,051	Muþ
282	Sarýkaya	12,275	22,102	23,171	22,037	20,903	Yozgat
283	Kulu	17,425	28,024	20,496	20,674	20,852	Konya
284	Þarkýþla	16,839	20,654	20,851	20,761	20,671	Sivas
285	Korkuteli	13,381	16,521	18,971	19,767	20,563	Antalya
286	Oltu	21,817	23,064	20,162	20,305	20,448	Erzurum
287	Geyve	13,405	17,318	19,802	20,120	20,438	Sakarya
288	Çine	15,201	17,867	20,211	20,277	20,343	Aydýn