🇹🇷 Cities in Turkey — API & JSON data

Geomelon tracks 28,231 cities in Turkey, spread across 101 regions. Istanbul is the largest, with a population of 15,655,924. City names are available in 43 languages through the API below.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Turkey cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Istanbul	—	15,655,924
Ankara	Ankara Province	5,803,482
İzmir	İzmir Province	4,493,242
Bursa	Bursa Province	2,994,521
Antalya	Antalya Province	2,426,356
Konya Province	—	2,296,347
Konya	Konya Province	2,232,374
Şanlıurfa	Şanlıurfa Province	1,985,753
Kocaeli Province	—	1,851,790
Adana	Adana Province	1,810,646

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=tr&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "aa0caa5c-00a7-43bb-a7bf-fb0876e2bc4a",
    "name": "Istanbul",
    "population": 15655924,
    "countryName": "Turkey",
    "countryCode": "TR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇹🇷",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "bb0350d1-d2d6-48bb-8628-ddb4b480eb51",
    "name": "Ankara",
    "population": 5803482,
    "countryName": "Turkey",
    "countryCode": "TR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇹🇷",
    "regionName": "Ankara Province"
  },
  {
    "id": "bd344a77-a724-4868-aa98-728b8df8757a",
    "name": "İzmir",
    "population": 4493242,
    "countryName": "Turkey",
    "countryCode": "TR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇹🇷",
    "regionName": "İzmir Province"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=tr&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=tr&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Turkey are available in 43 languages.

en: Istanbul

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 5,000 Turkey cities as JSON (763 KB, no API key) from the Turkey cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Turkey does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 28,231 cities in Turkey across 101 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Turkey city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Turkey are available in 43 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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