KUJES 7(1):27-53, 2021 Population Change in Yalova Province Hakan Bostan*, a, Ozlem Sertkaya Doganb a Department of Geography, Institute of Social Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey e-mail:
[email protected]. ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9376-0591 b Department of Geography, Faculty Literature, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey e-mail:
[email protected] ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7435-626X ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT RESEARCH ARTICLE Yalova is the province of Turkey with the smallest area. Yalova became a province in 1995. The Received: May: 06.2021 Population change in Yalova Province was determined by taking in to account the results of the Reviewed: June: 08.2021 Population Census (1935-2020) and Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) that Accepted: June: 09.2021 has been carried out since 2007. Statistical data has been interpreted by converting it into various Keywords: tables and graphs in a computer environment. The aim of the research is to analyze the population Human Geography, change in Yalova Province with in a spatial framework. The research area receives intense internal Population, Migration. and international migration. The population of Yalova Province has continuously increased from Corresponding Author: 1990 (135.121) until 2020 (276.050). The population of Yalova Province increased by 16.4 times *E-mail:
[email protected]. between 1935-2020. It is estimated that it will continue to increase according to population projections. The main factors causing population change are birth, death and migration. It has been determined that international migration and internal migration play an important role in the change of population in Yalova Province.