Editing Provinces of Turkey (section)

==Background==
After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the [[Republic Day (Turkey)|official establishment of the Republic of Turkey on 29 October 1923]], changes were made to the administrative system. Two years later, [[Ardahan Province|Ardahan]], [[Beyoğlu]], [[Çatalca]], [[Tunceli|Dersim]], [[Ergani]], [[Gelibolu]], [[:tr:Genç_(il)|Genç]], [[Kozan, Adana|Kozan]], [[Oltu]], [[Muş Province|Muş]], [[Siverek]] and [[Üsküdar]] provinces were transformed into districts. In 1927, [[Doğubayazıt]] was transformed into a district and was made a part of [[Ağrı]]. In 1929, Muş became a province again and [[Bitlis]] became a district. Four years later, [[Aksaray Province|Aksaray]], [[Osmaniye Province|Cebelibereket]], [[Hakkâri Province|Hakkâri]] and [[Şebinkarahisar District|Şebinkarahisar]] became districts, [[Mersin Province|Mersin]] and [[Silifke]] were merged to form a new province called [[İçil|İçel]], and [[Artvin Province|Artvin]] and [[Rize Province|Rize]] were merged to form a new province called [[:tr:Çoruh_vilayeti|Çoruh]], bringing the number down to fifty-six. In 1936, Rize, [[Tunceli Province|Dersim]] and Hakkâri became provinces again, in the same year Dersim was renamed Tunceli; 3 years later in 1939, [[Hatay Province|Hatay]] was [[Annexation of Hatay|annexed to Turkey]] and became a province. In 1953, it was decided that [[Uşak Province|Uşak]] would become a province and that [[Kırşehir Province|Kırşehir]] would be transformed into a district, one year later in 1954 [[Adıyaman Province|Adıyaman]], [[Nevşehir Province|Nevşehir]] and Sakarya gained province status. In 1956, the name of Çoruh province was changed to [[Artvin Province|Artvin]], and in 1957 Kırşehir's province status was restored. After this year, there were no changes in the number of provinces for the next 32 years until Aksaray, [[Bayburt Province|Bayburt]], [[Karaman Province|Karaman]] and [[Kırıkkale Province|Kırıkkale]] became provinces in 1989 along with [[Batman Province|Batman]] and [[Şırnak Province|Şırnak]] in 1990; [[Bartın Province|Bartın]] in 1991; [[Ardahan Province|Ardahan]] and [[Iğdır Province|Iğdır]] in 1992; [[Yalova Province|Yalova]], [[Karabük Province|Karabük]] and [[Kilis Province|Kilis]] in 1995; [[Osmaniye Province|Osmaniye]] in 1996, and [[Düzce Province|Düzce]] in 1999.

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| name               = Provinces of Turkey<br />Türkiye'nin illeri ([[Turkish language|Turkish]])
| alt_name           = 
| map                = {{Turkey Labelled Map}}
| category           = [[Unitary state]]
| territory          = [[Turkey|Republic of Turkey]]
| start_date         = 
| current_number     = 81 Provinces
| number_date        = 
| population_range   = 83,645 ([[Tunceli Province|Tunceli]]) –  15,840,900 ([[Istanbul]])<br>as at 31 December 2021
| area_range         = {{Convert|327|sqmi|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}} ([[Yalova Province|Yalova]]) – {{Convert|14771|sqmi|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}} ([[Konya Province|Konya]]) 
| government         = Provincial government, [[Government of Turkey|National government]]
| subdivision        = [[Districts of Turkey|İlçe]] 
}}
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