The 1927 Turkish census (, ) was held on the 28th of 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 the newly established Republic of Turkey.
Population by vilâyet + 1927 Turkish censusTotalUrbanRuralTürkiye13,648,2703,305,87910,342,39122Adana227,71881,951145,76718Afyonkarahisar259,37745,103214,27447Aksaray127,03111,860115,17151Amasya114,88430,29784,5875Ankara404,72098,835305,88529Antalya204,37235,263169,10960Artvin90,0663,50286,56426Aydın212,54142,440170,1014Balıkesir421,06693,594327,47256Bayazıt (Ağrı)104,58614,44290,14452Bilecik113,66015,92797,73359Bitlis90,63117,63872,99323Bolu218,24621,929196,31761Burdur83,61418,00665,6086Bursa401,595114,741286,85455Cebelibereket (Osmaniye)107,69421,40386,29135Çanakkale181,73535,682146,05341Çankırı157,21913,909143,31020Çorum247,92643,599204,32721Denizli245,04841,292203,75632Diyarbekir194,31646,595147,72143Edirne150,84048,376102,46425Elâziz (Elazığ)213,77735,253178,52445Erzincan132,32521,051111,27415Erzurum270,42640,822229,60442Eskişehir154,33241,565112,76724Gaziayıntap (Gaziantep)215,76276,721139,04140Giresun165,03321,145143,88849Gümüşane122,23112,864109,36763Hakâri (Hakkâri)24,9801,88423,09658İçel (Silifke)90,9408,59582,34544Isparta144,43736,711107,7261İstanbul794,444695,81398,6312İzmir526,005254,061271,94428Kars204,84626,806178,0408Kastamonu336,50137,915298,58619Kayseri251,37059,969191,40153Kırklareli108,98924,73684,25348Kırşehir126,90121,130105,77113Kocaeli286,60052,644233,9563Konya504,384101,156403,22811Kütahya302,42652,551249,87510Malatya306,88246,808260,0747Manisa374,013109,426264,58733Maraş186,85536,653150,20234Mardin183,47142,710140,76150Mersin119,10743,04376,06436Muğla175,39028,110147,28039Niğde166,05638,810127,24631Ordu202,35416,156186,19837Rize171,65716,978154,67914Samsun274,06555,497218,56857Siirt102,43322,68179,75238Sinop169,96513,440156,5259Sıvas329,55155,845273,70654Şebinkarahisar108,73512,99495,74146Tekirdağ131,44634,99396,45317Tokat263,06351,487211,57612Trabzon290,30332,789257,51430Urfa203,59559,239144,35662Van75,32913,74961,58027Yozgat209,49718,012191,48516Zonguldak268,90933,516235,393
Languages
+Mother tongues in Turkey in the 1927 Turkish censusLanguagePopulation%Turkish11,778,81086.42Kurdish1,184,4468.69Arabic134,2730.98Greek119,8220.88Circassian95,901 0.70Jewish languages68,9000.51Armenian64,7450.48Albanian21,7740.16Bulgarian20,554 0.15Tatar11,465 0.08French8,456 0.06Italian7,2480.05English1,938 0.01Persian1,687 0.01others110,469 0.81Total13,630,488100
Maps Provinces (vilayeti) in Turkey by percentage of spoken first language:
Sources Umumî Nüfus Tahriri FASÎKÜL I Umumî Nüfus Tahriri FASÎKÜL II Umumî Nüfus Tahriri FASÎKÜL III
References
External links Religions by kaza Mother tongues by kaza