In the report prepared by the General Directorate of Provincial Administration, Department of Provincial Administration, Provincial Administration and Civil Divisions affiliated to the Ministry of Interior, there was information about which provinces and districts used names from the Ottoman period and which ones were named in the Republican period. It continued to be used in the Republican period, with the names of 56 provinces such as Ankara, İzmir and Adana, as well as the prominent provinces such as Istanbul, Edirne and Manisa during the Ottoman period.
The provinces named in the Republican period are as follows: Adıyaman, Aksaray, Ardahan, Artvin, Bartın, Bayburt, Batman, Bingöl, Bitlis, Düzce, Hakkari, Hatay, Iğdır, Karabük, Karaman, Kırıkkale, Kırşehir, Kilis, Nevşehir, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Şırnak, Tunceli and Yalova.
29 OF 30 MAJOR CITIES WERE NAMED IN THE OTTOMAN PERIOD
Another remarkable data in the prepared report It was seen that in terms of population and economy of Turkey, 29 of the 30 big cities, especially provinces such as Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Adana, continued to remain as Ottoman period. While the only remaining city was Hatay, this picture emerged because it was included in the homeland in 1939.
The name of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey in terms of culture, history and population, continues to be used in its three districts as they were in the Ottoman period. These districts were Adalar, Bakırköy and Şile. With the proclamation of the Republic, the names of the districts of Ayaş, Bala, Beypazarı, Çubuk, Haymana, Kalecik, Kızılcahamam, Şereflikoçhisar were named before the Republic in the capital Ankara; The names of large populated districts such as Altındağ, Keçiören, Çankaya were given during the Republican period.
THE NAMES OF 324 DISTRICTS ARE ALSO FROM THE OTTOMAN
In addition to the provinces, the number of districts from the Ottoman period is not less in the districts. According to current figures, 324 districts of our country, which has 973 districts, continue to be used with the names used in the Ottoman period.