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Türkiye GIS data sources

Region
Western Asia
ISO 3166
TR · TUR
Sources
15
Themes
14
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Türkiye: 15 sources across 14 themes, led by UN OCHA and General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre. 4 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 2 cover elevation. 5 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Türkiye

Boundaries & admin 4

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • General Directorate of Mapping (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Mixed

    Harita Genel Müdürlüğü

    National mapping agency; topographic maps and DEMs are sold, with free viewing on the Atlas portal.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    harita.gov.tr

    Verified

  • HGM Atlas (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    General Directorate of Mapping

    National map viewer with topographic maps, orthophotos and elevation layers.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Imagery
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    atlas.harita.gov.tr

    Verified

  • Türkiye - Subnational Administrative Boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of subnational administrative boundaries with P-codes; source: General Command of Mapping (obtained by Regional IM Working Group - Europe).

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    File geodatabase, Shapefile, GeoJSON, XLSX
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

Land cover 1

Land cover datasets for every country

  • CORINE land cover Türkiye (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

    National CORINE land cover inventories for multiple reference years.

    • Land cover
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    corine.tarimorman.gov.tr

    Verified

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Türkiye (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HDX)

    OpenStreetMap building footprints exported by HOT and refreshed regularly.

    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, GeoParquet, Shapefile, GeoJSON, PMTiles
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

Population 2

Gridded population data for every country

  • Türkiye - Subnational Population Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of population estimates by administrative unit, joinable to the COD-AB via P-codes; source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu Başkanlığı (TÜİK).

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    XLSX, CSV
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • WorldPop population data – Türkiye (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WorldPop, University of Southampton

    100 m and 1 km gridded population counts, age/sex structure and related layers.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    hub.worldpop.org

    Verified

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

  • TÜİK Geographic Statistics Portal (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK)

    Map-based statistics down to district and neighbourhood level, including population by grid.

    • Census & statistics
    • Population
    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV
    Link
    cip.tuik.gov.tr

    Verified

Addresses & cadastre 1

Address and cadastral data for every country

  • TKGM Parsel Sorgu (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre

    Land Registry and Cadastre parcel query map; parcels can be exported one at a time as GeoJSON/KML.

    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    parselsorgu.tkgm.gov.tr

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

  • MGM climate statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Paid

    Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM)

    Long-term climate statistics for every province; station data available on request.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    mgm.gov.tr

    Verified

Natural hazards 1

Natural hazard data for every country

  • AFAD Earthquake Department (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD)

    Earthquake catalogue, strong-motion data and the Türkiye earthquake hazard map service.

    • Natural hazards
    • Geology
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV, API
    Link
    deprem.afad.gov.tr

    Verified

Geology 1

Geology data for every country

  • MTA Earth Sciences Map Viewer (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA)

    Geological maps, active faults, landslide inventory and mineral deposits.

    • Geology
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    WMS
    Link
    yerbilimleri.mta.gov.tr

    Verified

Marine & coastal 1

Marine, coastal and bathymetry data for every country

Global datasets that cover Türkiye

Worldwide and continental layers that include Türkiye, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
Elevation / DEM
Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Addresses & cadastre
Transport
Hydrology
Climate & weather
Natural hazards
Geology
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