| Adana-Mersin | 3,975,522 inhabitants |
| Adapazari (Adapazarı) | 976,948 inhabitants |
| Ankara | 5,503,985 inhabitants |
| Antakya (Antioch) | 1,555,165 inhabitants |
| Antalya | 2,426,356 inhabitants |
| Aydin (Aydın) | 1,068,260 inhabitants |
| Balikesir (Balıkesir) | 1,196,176 inhabitants |
| Bursa | 2,994,521 inhabitants |
| Diyarbakir (Diyarbakır) | 1,673,119 inhabitants |
| Eskisehir (Eskişehir) | 844,842 inhabitants |
| Gaziantep | 1,974,244 inhabitants |
| Istanbul | 15,067,724 inhabitants |
| Izmir (İzmir ; Smyrna) | 4,320,519 inhabitants |
| Izmit (İzmit ; Kocaeli) | 1,830,772 inhabitants |
| Kahramanmaras (Kahramanmaraş) | 1,112,634 inhabitants |
| Kayseri | 1,358,980 inhabitants |
| Konya | 2,161,303 inhabitants |
| Manisa | 1,396,945 inhabitants |
| Samsun | 1,295,927 inhabitants |
| Sanliurfa (Şanlıurfa ; Urfa) | 1,940,627 inhabitants |
| Van | 1,100,190 inhabitants |
