For administrative purposes, Turkey is divided into 81 provinces, formerly termed vilayet, which are now called what?
Local government municipalities make up the Ministry of Municipality and Rural Affairs (MoMRA). The Republic of China government in Taiwan consists of special municipality governments, provincial city governments and county governments for their local governments. They also have councils in each of those three local government levels. Turkey has two levels of local government; provinces (Turkish: iller ) and districts (Turkish: ilçeler ). The territory of Turkey is subdivided into 81 provinces for administrative purposes. The provinces are organized into 7 regions for census purposes; however, they do not represent an administrative structure. Each province is divided into districts, for a total
Turkey of the mayors ("belediye başkanı") or elected by constituents. Turkish municipalities have local legislative bodies ("belediye meclisi") for decision-making on municipal issues. Within this unitary framework, Turkey is subdivided into 81 provinces ("il" or "vilayet") for administrative purposes. Each province is divided into districts ("ilçe"), for a total of 923 districts. Turkey is also subdivided into 7 regions ("bölge") and 21 subregions for geographic, demographic and economic purposes; this does not refer to an administrative division. The centralised structure of decision-making in Ankara is considered by some academicians as an impediment to good local governance, and occasionally causes resentment in