(2008 Census)
1 Istanbul 10,878,360
2 Ankara 3,894,182
3 Izmir 2,672,126
4 Bursa 1,589,530
5 Adana 1,517,787
6 Gaziantep 1,235,815
7 Konya 1003,373
8 Antalya 911,497    9 Kayseri 781,119   10 Mersin 696,518
11 Eskisehir 599,796   12 Diyarbakir 613,821   13 Denizli 479,381
14 Sanliurfa 468,993   15 Samsun 461,640   16 Malatya 411,181
17 Sakarya 548,120     18 Kahramanmaras 380,805
19 Erzurum 359,752     20 Van 342,139   21 Elazig 312,584
22 Batman 298,342       23 Kocaeli 287,970