17.10.2026 12:20
As a result of the study conducted by the Intelligence Testing Center and attended by 1,214,505 people, Turkey’s IQ map has been updated. According to the test results, Eskişehir, which achieved an average IQ of 105.20, took first place, while Ankara came second and İzmir took third place.
In line with the large-scale test data conducted across Turkey, the “Turkey IQ Map,” which reveals the cognitive performance of the provinces, has been announced.
Published on the internet platform named Intelligence Test Center and prepared based on the test results of 1,214,505 people, the study revealed the average IQ levels of cities in Turkey.
ESKİŞEHİR MAINTAINED ITS PLACE AT THE TOP
According to the results obtained, Eskişehir took first place on the list as the city with the highest cognitive performance in Turkey, with an average IQ score of 105.20. Eskişehir was followed by the capital Ankara with 104.91 points and İzmir with 104.51 points.
According to the evaluation, the first 21 cities with the highest IQ levels and their scores were ranked as follows:
- Eskişehir: 105.20 IQ
- Ankara: 104.91 IQ
- İzmir: 104.51 IQ
- Muğla: 104.12 IQ
- Çanakkale: 104.02 IQ
- İstanbul: 104.02 IQ
- Kocaeli: 103.85 IQ
- Balıkesir: 103.59 IQ
- Bursa: 103.47 IQ
- Kırklareli: 103.38 IQ
- Trabzon: 103.37 IQ
- Antalya: 103.29 IQ
- Tekirdağ: 102.82 IQ
- Zonguldak: 102.68 IQ
- Yalova: 102.58 IQ
- Karaman: 102.52 IQ
- Uşak: 102.37 IQ
- Konya: 102.36 IQ
- Rize: 102.32 IQ
- Denizli: 102.14 IQ
- Bartın: 102.13 IQ
RANKING OF OTHER PROVINCES
In the announced data, the other cities after the first 21 provinces were ranked in descending order of score as follows:
Sakarya, Kırşehir, Kütahya, Kayseri, Edirne, Tunceli, Bolu, Çorum, Samsun, Karabük, Mersin, Giresun, Kırıkkale, Osmaniye, Aydın, Sinop, Gümüşhane, Afyonkarahisar, Burdur, Sivas, Isparta, Nevşehir, Kastamonu, Malatya, Aksaray, Niğde, Ordu, Gaziantep, Mardin, Kahramanmaraş, Diyarbakır, Kilis, Tokat, Manisa, Erzurum, Adana, Batman, Elazığ, Şırnak, Bayburt, Şanlıurfa, Yozgat, Van, Muş, Çankırı, Hatay, Ardahan, Adıyaman, Bilecik, Erzincan, Amasya, Iğdır, Düzce, Ağrı, Bitlis, Kars, Artvin, Hakkari, Siirt and Bingöl.