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1927 Turkish census

Turkish administrative divisions in 1927.

The 1927 Turkish census (Turkish: Umûmî Nüfûs Tahrîri, French: Recensement général de la population) was held 28 September 1927. The population of Turkey was 13,649,945. The census covered 63 vilâyet, 328 kazâ and 39,901 villages. It was the first census conducted in newly established Republic of Turkey.

Population by vilâyet

1927 Turkish census
Total Urban Rural
Türkiye 13,648,270 3,305,879 10,342,391
22 Adana 227,718 81,951 145,767
18 Afyonkarahisar 259,377 45,103 214,274
47 Aksaray 127,031 11,860 115,171
51 Amasya 114,884 30,297 84,587
5 Ankara 404,720 98,835 305,885
29 Antalya 204,372 35,263 169,109
60 Artvin 90,066 3,502 86,564
26 Aydın 212,541 42,440 170,101
4 Balıkesir 421,066 93,594 327,472
56 Bayazıt (Ağrı) 104,586 14,442 90,144
52 Bilecik 113,660 15,927 97,733
59 Bitlis 90,631 17,638 72,993
23 Bolu 218,246 21,929 196,317
61 Burdur 83,614 18,006 65,608
6 Bursa 401,595 114,741 286,854
55 Cebelibereket (Osmaniye) 107,694 21,403 86,291
35 Çanakkale 181,735 35,682 146,053
41 Çankırı 157,219 13,909 143,310
20 Çorum 247,926 43,599 204,327
21 Denizli 245,048 41,292 203,756
32 Diyarbekir 194,316 46,595 147,721
43 Edirne 150,840 48,376 102,464
25 Elâziz (Elazığ) 213,777 35,253 178,524
45 Erzincan 132,325 21,051 111,274
15 Erzurum 270,426 40,822 229,604
42 Eskişehir 154,332 41,565 112,767
24 Gaziayıntap (Gaziantep) 215,762 76,721 139,041
40 Giresun 165,033 21,145 143,888
49 Gümüşane 122,231 12,864 109,367
63 Hakâri (Hakkâri) 24,980 1,884 23,096
58 İçel (Silifke) 90,940 8,595 82,345
44 Isparta 144,437 36,711 107,726
1 İstanbul 794,444 695,813 98,631
2 İzmir 526,005 254,061 271,944
28 Kars 204,846 26,806 178,040
8 Kastamonu 336,501 37,915 298,586
19 Kayseri 251,370 59,969 191,401
53 Kırklareli 108,989 24,736 84,253
48 Kırşehir 126,901 21,130 105,771
13 Kocaeli 286,600 52,644 233,956
3 Konya 504,384 101,156 403,228
11 Kütahya 302,426 52,551 249,875
10 Malatya 306,882 46,808 260,074
7 Manisa 374,013 109,426 264,587
33 Maraş 186,855 36,653 150,202
34 Mardin 183,471 42,710 140,761
50 Mersin 119,107 43,043 76,064
36 Muğla 175,390 28,110 147,280
39 Niğde 166,056 38,810 127,246
31 Ordu 202,354 16,156 186,198
37 Rize 171,657 16,978 154,679
14 Samsun 274,065 55,497 218,568
57 Siirt 102,433 22,681 79,752
38 Sinop 169,965 13,440 156,525
9 Sıvas 329,551 55,845 273,706
54 Şebinkarahisar 108,735 12,994 95,741
46 Tekirdağ 131,446 34,993 96,453
17 Tokat 263,063 51,487 211,576
12 Trabzon 290,303 32,789 257,514
30 Urfa 203,595 59,239 144,356
62 Van 75,329 13,749 61,580
27 Yozgat 209,497 18,012 191,485
16 Zonguldak 268,909 33,516 235,393

Languages

Predominant language by district in 1927 Turkish Census
Mother tongues in Turkey in the 1927 Turkish census
Language Population %
Turkish 11,778,810 86.42
Kurdish 1,184,446 8.69
Arabic 134,273 0.98
Greek 119,822 0.88
Circassian 95,901 0.70
Judaeo-Spanish 68,900 0.51
Armenian 64,745 0.48
Albanian 21,774 0.16
Bulgarian 20,554 0.15
Tatar 11,465 0.08
French 8,456 0.06
Italian 7,248 0.05
English 1,938 0.01
Persian 1,687 0.01
others 110,469 0.81
Total 13,630,488 100

Maps

Provinces (vilayeti) in Turkey by percentage of spoken first language:[1]

Sources

References

  1. ^ Dündar, Fuat (1999). Türkiye Nüfus Sayımlarında Azınlıklar [Minorities in Turkish Censuses]. Istanbul: Çiviyazıları. ISBN 975-8086-77-4.
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