Table 2.

Statistical region units classification -Level 1

Code	Level 1	Provinces
TR1	İstanbul	İstanbul
TR2/TR4	West Marmara/East Marmara	Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kırklareli, Balıkesir, Çanakkale, Bursa, Eskişehir, Bilecik, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova
TR3	Aegean	İzmir, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla, Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak
TR5/TR7	Western Anatolia/Central Anatolia	Ankara, Konya, Karaman, Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, Kırşehir, Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat
TR6	Mediterranean	Antalya, Isparta, Burdur, Adana, Mersin, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye
TR8/TR9	West Blacksea/East Blacksea	Zonguldak, Karabük, Bartın, Kastamonu, Çankırı, Sinop, Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya, Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Artvin, Gümüşhane
TRA/TRB	Northeastern Anatolia/East Anatolia	Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt, Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan, Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli, Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkâri
TRC	Southeastern Anatolia	Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt