1965 Turkish census explained

The 1965 Turkish census was held on October 24, 1965 and recorded the population and demographic details of every settlement in Turkey. The 1965 census was the last census with information languages and ethnicities as afterwards, the Turkish Government prohibited their publication.[1]

Population by district

total populationnorateurban%rural%man%woman%
31,391,421 10,805,817 34,42% 20,585,604 65,58% 15,996,964 50,96% 15,394,457 49,04%
902,712 5 2,88% 422,298 46,78% 480,414 53,22% 466,032 51,63% 436,680 48,37%
267,288 47 0,85% 51,463 19,25% 215,825 80,75% 136,615 51,11% 130,673 48,89%
502,248 21 1,60% 125,102 24,91% 377,146 75,09% 250,478 49,87% 251,770 50,13%
246,961 56 0,79% 53,420 21,63% 193,541 78,37% 130,396 52,80% 116,565 47,20%
285,729 45 0,91% 83,016 29,05% 202,713 70,95% 148,016 51,80% 137,713 48,20%
1,644,302 2 5,24% 1,069,761 65,06% 574,541 34,94% 872,680 53,07% 771,622 46,93%
486,910 23 1,55% 129,657 26,63% 357,253 73,37% 244,939 50,30% 241,971 49,70%
210,065 57 0,67% 30,068 14,31% 179,997 85,69% 102,630 48,86% 107,435 51,14%
524,918 17 1,67% 165,953 31,62% 358,965 68,38% 262,021 49,92% 262,897 50,08%
708,342 9 2,26% 230,353 32,52% 477,989 67,48% 365,959 51,66% 342,383 48,34%
139,041 66 0,44% 36,356 26,15% 102,685 73,85% 68,900 49,55% 70,141 50,45%
150,521 65 0,48% 20,401 13,55% 130,120 86,45% 77,758 51,66% 72,763 48,34%
154,069 64 0,49% 43,813 28,44% 110,256 71,56% 80,996 52,57% 73,073 47,43%
383,939 37 1,22% 70,459 18,35% 313,480 81,65% 189,663 49,40% 194,276 50,60%
194,950 61 0,62% 54,135 27,77% 140,815 72,23% 98,137 50,34% 96,813 49,66%
755,504 7 2,41% 335,048 44,35% 420,456 55,65% 379,055 50,17% 376,449 49,83%
350,317 39 1,12% 81,753 23,34% 268,564 76,66% 182,806 52,18% 167,511 47,82%
250,706 55 0,80% 43,731 17,44% 206,975 82,56% 120,131 47,92% 130,575 52,08%
485,567 24 1,55% 97,032 19,98% 388,535 80,02% 240,576 49,55% 244,991 50,45%
463,369 26 1,48% 117,739 25,41% 345,630 74,59% 230,468 49,74% 232,901 50,26%
475,916 25 1,52% 162,467 34,14% 313,449 65,86% 249,874 52,50% 226,042 47,50%
303,234 43 0,97% 102,171 33,69% 201,063 66,31% 157,377 51,90% 145,857 48,10%
322,727 42 1,03% 106,180 32,90% 216,547 67,10% 165,636 51,32% 157,091 48,68%
258,586 53 0,82% 57,397 22,20% 201,189 77,80% 129,233 49,98% 129,353 50,02%
628,001 12 2,00% 152,183 24,23% 475,818 75,77% 324,977 51,75% 303,024 48,25%
415,101 33 1,32% 200,332 48,26% 214,769 51,74% 210,949 50,82% 204,152 49,18%
511,026 19 1,63% 244,215 47,79% 266,811 52,21% 262,815 51,43% 248,211 48,57%
428,015 32 1,36% 75,069 17,54% 352,946 82,46% 207,320 48,44% 220,695 51,56%
262,731 52 0,84% 31,957 12,16% 230,774 87,84% 123,907 47,16% 138,824 52,84%
83,937 67 0,27% 14,132 16,84% 69,805 83,16% 45,680 54,42% 38,257 45,58%
506,154 20 1,61% 203,610 40,23% 302,544 59,77% 266,594 52,67% 239,560 47,33%
266,240 49 0,85% 96,551 36,26% 169,689 63,74% 136,333 51,21% 129,907 48,79%
511,273 18 1,63% 189,382 37,04% 321,891 62,96% 262,008 51,25% 249,265 48,75%
2,293,823 1 7,31% 1,792,071 78,13% 501,752 21,87% 1,243,900 54,23% 1,049,923 45,77%
1,234,667 3 3,93% 621,553 50,34% 613,114 49,66% 641,118 51,93% 593,549 48,07%
438,423 30 1,40% 105,090 23,97% 333,333 76,03% 222,104 50,66% 216,319 49,34%
606,313 13 1,93% 117,363 19,36% 488,950 80,64% 312,952 51,62% 293,361 48,38%
441,638 29 1,41% 67,163 15,21% 374,475 84,79% 209,389 47,41% 232,249 52,59%
536,206 16 1,71% 191,221 35,66% 344,985 64,34% 266,972 49,79% 269,234 50,21%
258,386 54 0,82% 85,856 33,23% 172,530 66,77% 137,823 53,34% 120,563 46,66%
196,836 60 0,63% 42,000 21,34% 154,836 78,66% 95,762 48,65% 101,074 51,35%
335,518 40 1,07% 136,531 40,69% 198,987 59,31% 177,915 53,03% 157,603 46,97%
1,122,622 4 3,58% 354,578 31,58% 768,044 68,42% 560,069 49,89% 562,553 50,11%
398,081 35 1,27% 87,084 21,88% 310,997 78,12% 200,954 50,48% 197,127 49,52%
452,624 27 1,44% 147,040 32,49% 305,584 67,51% 230,274 50,88% 222,350 49,12%
748,545 8 2,38% 265,857 35,52% 482,688 64,48% 381,798 51,01% 366,747 48,99%
397,880 36 1,27% 90,093 22,64% 307,787 77,36% 205,313 51,60% 192,567 48,40%
334,973 41 1,07% 59,330 17,71% 275,643 82,29% 166,339 49,66% 168,634 50,34%
198,716 59 0,63% 32,503 16,36% 166,213 83,64% 103,298 51,98% 95,418 48,02%
203,316 58 0,65% 46,710 22,97% 156,606 77,03% 98,083 48,24% 105,233 51,76%
362,444 38 1,15% 69,956 19,30% 292,488 80,70% 177,689 49,03% 184,755 50,97%
543,863 15 1,73% 83,585 15,37% 460,278 84,63% 268,141 49,30% 275,722 50,70%
281,099 46 0,90% 63,554 22,61% 217,545 77,39% 130,070 46,27% 151,029 53,73%
404,078 34 1,29% 124,936 30,92% 279,142 69,08% 203,896 50,46% 200,182 49,54%
755,946 6 2,41% 197,103 26,07% 558,843 73,93% 379,635 50,22% 376,311 49,78%
264,832 51 0,84% 75,520 28,52% 189,312 71,48% 139,686 52,75% 125,146 47,25%
266,069 50 0,85% 38,068 14,31% 228,001 85,69% 128,830 48,42% 137,239 51,58%
705,186 10 2,25% 168,685 23,92% 536,501 76,08% 350,377 49,69% 354,809 50,31%
287,381 44 0,92% 96,897 33,72% 190,484 66,28% 150,140 52,24% 137,241 47,76%
495,352 22 1,58% 123,403 24,91% 371,949 75,09% 251,748 50,82% 243,604 49,18%
595,782 14 1,90% 108,492 18,21% 487,290 81,79% 281,583 47,26% 314,199 52,74%
154,175 63 0,49% 23,240 15,07% 130,935 84,93% 78,112 50,66% 76,063 49,34%
450,798 28 1,44% 150,383 33,36% 300,415 66,64% 230,612 51,16% 220,186 48,84%
190,536 62 0,61% 57,133 29,99% 133,403 70,01% 94,315 49,50% 96,221 50,50%
266,840 48 0,85% 60,686 22,74% 206,154 77,26% 142,446 53,38% 124,394 46,62%
437,883 31 1,39% 67,466 15,41% 370,417 84,59% 217,744 49,73% 220,139 50,27%
650,191 11 2,07% 157,463 24,22% 492,728 75,78% 326,918 50,28% 323,273 49,72%

Largest cities

RankingCityPopulationProvince
1Istanbul1,742,978Istanbul
2Ankara905,660Ankara
3İzmir329,052İzmir
4Adana289,919Adana
5Bursa211,644Bursa
6Eskişehir173,882Eskişehir
7Gaziantep160,152Gaziantep
8Konya157,934Konya
9Kayseri126,653Kayseri
10Sivas108,320Sivas
11Samsun107,510Samsun
12Erzurum105,317Erzurum
13Malatya104,428Malatya
14Diyarbakır102,653Diyarbakır
15İzmit89,547Kocaeli
16Mersin86,692İçel
17Adapazarı86,124Sakarya
18Karşıyaka82,574İzmir
19Elazığ78,605Elazığ
20Urfa73,498Şanlıurfa
21Antalya71,833Antalya
22Manisa69,711Manisa
23İskenderun69,382Hatay
24Balıkesir69,341Balıkesir
25Trabzon65,516Trabzon
26Denizli64,331Denizli
27Maraş63,284Maraş
28Antakya57,855Hatay
29Tarsus57,737İçel
30Kırıkkale57,669Ankara
31Zonguldak55,404Zonguldak
32Kütahya49,301Kütahya
33Karabük46,169Zonguldak
34Akhisar46,167Manisa
35Edirne46,091Edirne
36Erzincan45,197Erzincan
37Afyonkarahisar44,026Afyonkarahisar
38Aydın43,483Aydın
39Çorum41,574Çorum
40Kars41,376Kars
41Nazilli41,330Aydın
42Ceyhan41,124Adana
43Ereğli38,362Konya
44Kilis38,095Gaziantep
45Tokat37,368Tokat
46Turgutlu35,674Manisa
47Uşak35,517Uşak
48Amasya34,168Amasya
49Osmaniye34,027Adana
50Bandırma33,116Balıkesir
51Van31,431Van
52Mardin30,974Mardin
53Ödemiş30,580İzmir
54Bornova30,445İzmir
55Burdur29,268Burdur
56Salihli28,909Manisa
57Isparta28,328Isparta
58İnegöl27,777Bursa
59Söke27,558Aydın
60Siverek27,527Urfa
61Ordu27,303Ordu
62Tire27,243İzmir
63Çorlu27,187Tekirdağ
64Tekirdağ27,069Tekirdağ
65Rize26,989Rize
66Bafra26,239Samsun
67Zile26,113Tokat
68Karaman26,051Konya
69Lüleburgaz25,667Kırklareli
70Siirt25,480Siirt
71Giresun25,331Giresun
72Akşehir25,269Konya
73Edremit25,003Balıkesir
74Batman24,990Siirt
75Kırşehir24,861Kırşehir
76Kırklareli24,790Kırklareli
77Aksaray24,414Niğde
78Ağrı24,168Ağrı
79Bergama24,121İzmir
80Kastamonu23,485Kastamonu
81Merzifon23,410Amasya
82Kırıkhan23,405Hatay
83Mustafakemalpaşa23,179Bursa
84Yozgat23,081Yozgat
85Çanakkale22,789Çanakkale
86Nizip22,675Gaziantep
87Turhal22,658Tokat
88Polatlı22,558Ankara
89Düzce22,274Bolu
90Adıyaman22,153Adıyaman
91Niğde21,663Niğde
92Uzunköprü21,537Edirne
93Çankırı21,450Çankırı
94Gölcük21,444Kocaeli
95Nevşehir21,121Nevşehir
96Keşan20,293Edirne
97Kozan20,236Adana
98Bolvadin20,139Afyonkarahisar
99Kartal20,139Istanbul
100Ereğli18,978Zonguldak
101Bitlis18,725Bitlis
102Soma18,633Manisa
103Karacabey18,368Bursa
104Çarşamba18,003Samsun
105Sarıkamış16,618Kars
106Menemen16,588İzmir
107Reyhanlı16,469Hatay
108Muğla16,408Muğla
109Ayvalık16,283Balıkesir
110Alaşehir16,012Manisa
111Samandağı15,990Hatay
112Kadirli15,926Adana
113Gemlik15,716Bursa
114Iğdır15,701Kars
115Muş15,687Muş
116Birecik15,317Urfa
117Bayburt15,184Gümüşhane
118Ünye15,039Ordu
119Bor14,309Niğde
120Bartın14,259Zonguldak
121Yalova14,241Istanbul
122Tosya14,119Kastamonu
123Erciş14,072Van
124Babaeski13,879Kırklareli
125İslahiye13,775Gaziantep
126Tavşanlı13,652Kütahya
127Elbistan13,492Maraş
128Develi13,411Kayseri
129Sinop13,354Sinop
130Erbaa13,168Tokat
131Karapınar12,989Konya
132Milas12,987Muğla
133Gelibolu12,945Çanakkale
134Sungurlu12,886Çorum
135Burhaniye12,597Balıkesir
136Niksar12,577Tokat
137Urla12,454İzmir
138Alanya12,436Antalya
139İskilip12,400Çorum
140Kırkağaç12,162Manisa
141Silvan12,158Diyarbakır
142Biga12,063Çanakkale
143Yerköy11,962Yozgat
144Silifke11,864İçel
145Bingöl11,727Bingöl
146Torbalı11,712İzmir
147Şereflikoçhisar11,683Ankara
148Gönen11,666Balıkesir
149Besni11,625Adıyaman
150Dörtyol11,595Hatay
151Çayeli11,496Rize
152Yenişehir11,352Bursa
153Dinar11,298Afyonkarahisar
154Bayındır11,273İzmir
155Susurluk11,268Balıkesir
156Anamur11,246İçel
157Viranşehir11,063Urfa
158Emirdağ10,914Afyonkarahisar
159Yalvaç10,912Isparta
160Bozhüyük10,842Bilecik
161Hendek10,788Sakarya
162Tatvan10,786Bitlis
163Malkara10,763Tekirdağ
164Ergani10,528Diyarbakır
165Midyat10,391Mardin
166Havza10,338Samsun
167Erdemli10,304İçel
168Çumra10,299Konya
169Yahyalı10,283Kayseri
170Selçuk10,227İzmir
171Gümüşhacıköy10,199Amasya
172Ilgın10,196Konya
173Sandıklı10,192Afyonkarahisar
174Maden10,166Elazığ
175Bucak10,094Burdur
176Kaman10,067Kırşehir
177Demirci10,050Manisa
Population of Turkey according to language
LanguageCensus 1935[2] Census 1945[3] Census 1965
Number % Number % Number %
13,899,073 86.0 16,598,037 88.328,175,57990.2
1,489,246 9.21,476,5627.92,108,7216.9
147,7070.5
153,687 1.0247,2041.3368.9711.2
108,725 0.788,6800.549.1430.2
91,972 0.666,6910.457,3370.2
79,000 0.551,0190.39,1240.0
77,000 0.556,1790.332,4840.1
63,2530.446,9870.327,7150.1
57,3250.440,0760.232,3340.1
10,0990.18,6020.010,6430.0
others 110,1370.6157,4490.5
Total 15,803,000 18,790,17431,391,207

Mother tongues

National level

Languages spoken in Turkey, 1965 census[4] !Language!Mother tongue!Only language spoken!Second best language spoken
Abaza4,5632807,556
Albanian12,8321,07539,613
Arabic365,340189,134167,924
Armenian33,0941,02222,260
Bosnian17,6272,34534,892
Bulgarian4,08835046,742
Pomak23,1382,77634,234
Chechen7,5632,5005,063
Circassian58,3396,40948,621
Croatian4511,585
Czech1682576
Dutch36623219
English27,84121,766139,867
French3,30239896,879
Georgian34,3304,04244,934
German4,90179035,704
Greek48,0963,20378,941
Italian2,9262673,861
Kurdish (Kurmanji)2,219,5021,323,690429,168
Judæo-Spanish9,9812833,510
Laz26,0073,94355,158
Persian948722,103
Polish11020377
Portuguese5253,233
Romanian406536,909
Russian1,0882844,530
Serbian6,59977658,802
Spanish2,7911384,297
Turkish28,289,68026,925,6491,387,139
Zaza150,64492,28820,413
Total31,009,93428,583,6072,786,610

Provincial level

Languages spoken in Turkey by provinces, 1965 census[5] !Province / Language!Turkish!Kurdish!Arabic!Zazaki!Circassian!Greek!Georgian!Armenian!Laz!Pomak!Bosnian!Albanian!Jewish
Adana866,3167,58122,35633251510289031248329
Adıyaman143,054117,32576,7050008440000
Afyonkarahisar499,4611251912,172169221161421
Ağrı90,021156,3161054227750110300
Amasya279,978 2,179 9 2 1,497 6 1,378 208 6 0 10 336 1
Ankara1,590,392 36,798 814 21 393 124 41 66 120 7 126 833 64
Antalya486,697 23 2 0 0 14 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
Artvin190,183 46 4 0 0 4 7,698 1 12,093 1 1 0 0
Aydın523,583 168 85 0 112 71 4 1 4 0 26 88 0
Balıkesir698,679 560 38 8 3,144 236 1,273 9 205 1,707 314 24 4
Bilecik137,6745 4 0 736 4 73 1 1 2 6 3 0
Bingöl62,668 56,881 19 30,87817 0 1 11 1 0 0 0 3
Bitlis56,161 92,327 3,263 2,082 205 1 5 16 0 0 0 1 2
375,786 363 0 0 1,593 3 1,541 488 1,791 0 40 6 1
Burdur194,910 2 7 0 0 3 12 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bursa746,633 213 22 0 799 106 2,938 35 517 65 1,169 1,928 69
Çanakkale338,379 443 0 25 1,604 5,258 4 9 12 3,675 516 6 121
Çankırı250,510 158 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0
Çorum474,638 8,736 4 0 1,808 12 8 513 7 0 0 0
Denizli462,860 283 28 5 8 97 1 1 0 2 1 3 0
Diyarbakır178,644 236,113 2,536 57,693 1 1 3 134 3 48 1 5 0
Edirne290,610 386 104 21 9 18 2 12 3 10,285 329 5892
Elazığ244,01647,4461730,9210202 30 12 3 2 0
Erzincan243,91114,32313298 4 5 0 12 2 3 0 1 0
Erzurum555,63269,648862,185109 8 4 11 24 7 1 5 1
Eskişehir406,212327 420 1,3904 3 0 14 23 114 78 0
Gaziantep490,04618,954 885 1 4 6 0 4 3 0 1 11 0
Giresun425,665 305 1 1 2 0 2,029 0 5 0 0 0 0
Gümüşhane260,419 2,189 0 0 91 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
Hakkari10,35772,3651650101 2120000
Hatay350,0805,695127,072778076711376628441
Isparta265,30568875118910121134
Mersin500,2071,0679,43023761371312193391
Istanbul2,185,7412,5862,8432631735,09784929,4791281653,0724,3418,608
İzmir1,214,21986335251,2878981517151,2892,3491,265753
471,287133,14461992215685241541
Kastamonu439,3551,090203 218084910000
Kayseri509,9328,45434817,11011969151601
Kırklareli252,5946021362453537 3,3751,14814411
Kırşehir185,48911,30940200010100
Kocaeli320,8082350101,467632,755462,2643813,827227
Konya1,092,81927,8116741,1393715111750
Kütahya397,2211051321742 88900340
Malatya374,44977,79433 10145714854030
Manisa746,514241150488426726541161923
Kahramanmaraş386,01046,5482104,185001330090
35,494265,32879,687607511151100160
Muğla334,8836410280001004
Muş110,55583,0203,575507898013103 0000
Nevşehir203,156 22000 000000220
353,1468,991100 2275012401540
Ordu538,9781200504,815340 1010
Rize275,291111109405,7541010
Sakarya388,4812,16332353864,53522,671232,8997941
Samsun747,1151,366303,401912,350551319106100
46,722179,02338,273484101598301000
Sinop261,3412,1260065911,14422835073
Sivas649,09932,28419232,086002171051500
Tekirdağ284,222548761851952821,627651102
Tokat483,9483,974735,93403674520 09640
Trabzon590,7997212004,53511100000
Tunceli120,55333,431202,370280040181080
Şanlıurfa207,652175,10051,09014,554305240200
190,5061620100410000
Van118,481147,69455731211801166
Yozgat433,3852,424101,59720118001410
649,7574326051723150111

Maps of provinces in Turkey by percentage of spoken first language

Source:[6]

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Güvenç. Muna. 2011. Constructing Narratives of Kurdish Nationalism in the Urban Space of Diyarbakir, Turkey. Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. 23. 1. 26. 1050-2092.
  2. Modern Turkey, Bill Park, Taylor & Francis, 2011, page 10
  3. Web site: UN Demographic Yearbooks . Unstats.un.org . 2014-06-17.
  4. [Heinz Kloss]
  5. Ahmet Buran Ph.D., Türkiye'de Diller ve Etnik Gruplar, 2012
  6. Book: Dündar, Fuat . 1999 . Türkiye Nüfus Sayımlarında Azınlıklar . Minorities in Turkish Censuses . Istanbul . Çiviyazıları . 975-8086-77-4.