12.02.2026 17:30
The Bağcılar neighborhood in the central Bağlar district of Diyarbakır has transformed into a veritable metropolis, surpassing its neighborhood boundaries. According to TÜİK's 2025 data, Bağcılar has reached a population of 160,136, solidifying its title as the most populous neighborhood in Turkey, while managing to outpace five provinces in terms of population density.
Bağcılar Neighborhood, located in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır, maintains its title as the most populous neighborhood in Turkey with a population of 160,136, continuing to surprise with its population scale. According to the 2025 Address-Based Population Registration System data from TÜİK, Bağcılar has surpassed the population count of 5 provinces in Turkey on its own.
A NEIGHBORHOOD MORE POPULOUS THAN 5 PROVINCES
With its population potential, Bağcılar Neighborhood has left not only 32,253 neighborhoods and numerous districts behind but also 5 provinces in Turkey. Here are the provinces that Bağcılar has surpassed:
Gümüşhane: 138,807
Kilis: 157,363
Ardahan: 90,392
Tunceli: 85,083
Bayburt: 82,836
TURKEY'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 86 MILLION
According to TÜİK data, Turkey's total population reached 86,092,168 in 2025, an increase of 427,224 people compared to the previous year. During the same period, the total population of Diyarbakır was recorded as 1,852,356.
MUHTAR ŞİRDENLİ: "POPULATION MAY INCREASE BY 1.5 TIMES IN 2027"
Bağcılar Neighborhood Muhtar Şeyhmus Şirdenli stated that they are pleased with this massive growth in the neighborhood and highlighted its modern structure. Expressing that construction works are progressing rapidly, Şirdenli made the following predictions:
Those who come to see cannot believe the beauty of our neighborhood. We believe that our population will increase to 1.5 times what it is today by 2027. We are in constant communication with our citizens, continuing to develop our neighborhood by conveying their requests to the institutions.