Provinces o Turkey
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Turkey is dividit intae 81 provinces, cried il in Turkis (plural is iller, see Turkis alphabet for caipitalization o i).
A province is admeenistered bi an appointit govrenor (vali), an wis umwhile termed a "govrenorate" (vilayet).
The provinces are dividit intae a number o different destricts. Each province haes a govrenment aurie (il merkezi) in the central destrict (merkez ilçe), an mey include ither destricts (ilçe singular, ilçeler plural). In aw but three cases, the govrenment aurie bears the same name as the province. The exceptions are Antakya (in Hatay), Izmit (in Kocaeli) an Adapazari (in Sakarya).