1927 Turkish census
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
Yiddish | 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
[edit]Provinces (vilayeti) in Turkey by percentage of spoken first language:[1]
Sources
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dündar, Fuat (1999). Türkiye Nüfus Sayımlarında Azınlıklar [Minorities in Turkish Censuses]. Istanbul: Çiviyazıları. ISBN 975-8086-77-4.