Provinces of Turkey
Turkey is dual-lane into 81 provinces Turkish: il. regarded and specified separately. province is dual-lane into a number of different districts . regarded and identified separately. provincial government is seated in the central district . For non-metropolitan municipality designated provinces, the central district bears the earn of the province e.g. the city/district of Rize is the central district of Rize Province.
Each province is administered by an appointed governor from the Ministry of the Interior.