On 20 October 1935, a census was made in 57 provinces, 356 districts, 34.876 villages. Turkey's population was defined as 16,188,767. It was determined that 7,936,770 of the population was male (48.1%) and 8,221,248 (50.9%) were female.
Populations of the provinces ProvincesPopulationİstanbul877.106İzmir594.560Konya539.257Ankara538.669Balıkesir495.451Bursa442.157Sivas435.629Manisa424.624Malatya412.025Erzurum386.477Seyhan (Adana)386.302Kastamonu361.728Trabzon359.796Kütahya342.780Samsun337.345Kocaeli334.973Zonguldak320.703Kayseri312.469Tokat310.152Kars304.244Afyon299.619Çorum286.751Denizli284.714Gaziantep283.464Ordu283.319Çoruh (Artvin)270.688Yozgat261.661Aydın260.709Giresun259.673Elaziz253.141Niğde247.436Bolu247.176İçel246.393Antalya241.210Urfa229.194Mardin226.020Çanakkale223.214Diyarbakır214.871Sinop203.648Muğla197.118Tekirdağ195.043Maraş189.699Edirne186.214Eskişehir182.961Çankırı177.731Kırklareli172.144Gümüşhane169.304Isparta166.646Erzincan152.933Muş157.503Kırşehir145.684Van142.672Amasya128.492Siirt127.870Bilecik125.417Burdur95.855Ağrı93.351Total16.188.767
Religious affiliation Religious groupPopulationNumber%Total16 158 018100.00Muslim15 838 67398.02Greek Orthodox125 0460.77Armenian Orthodox44 5260.35Armenian Catholics11 229Roman Catholics32 1550.20Protestants8 4860.05Jewish78 7300.49Other religions12 965Irreligious559
Language The census questioned the language spoken at home. +LanguagePopulation Number %Turkish13 899 07386,02Kurdish1 480 2469,16Arabic153 6870,95Greek108 7250,67Circassian91 9720,57Laz63 2530,39Armenian57 5990,36Georgian57 3250,36Ladino42 6070,27Pomak32 6610,20Bosnian24 6130,15Albanian22 7540,14Bulgarian18 2450,11Tatar15 6150,10Spanish14 2420,09Abaza10 0990,06Romani7 8550,05French5 3810,03German5 0470,03Russian4 8100,03Italian4 6330,03Serbian4 3690,03Persian2 0530,01English1 4820,01Hungarian8850,01Romanian699Polish494Czechoslovak200Flemish130Swedish114Croatian83Others12 4660,08Unknown14 0330,09Total16 157 450100
Maps of provinces in Turkey by percentage of spoken first language Source:
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