Turkey Map Game: 81 İl

What is 81 İl?

81 İl is a Turkey map geography game made by the Revoba studio. It is free to play in the browser, with no download or sign-up. Languages: Turkish, English. It is currently an early build.

81 İl is a Turkey geography game played on a map of the country. You get a province name, you tap where it is. If you are right, the province locks into place. If not, a hot-and-cold arrow points toward the correct province and shows how far off you were. There is no penalty, so you learn as you go. There are four modes: Find the province, Plate code, Neighbours and Puzzle. In Puzzle mode you drag a province shape onto the map; close enough and it snaps in like a magnet, too far and it glides back. The campaign has 100 levels: 12 for each of the 7 geographic regions and 16 Tour of Turkey levels that cover the whole country. Every level gives 1 to 3 stars and a speed medal. The daily round asks everyone the same 10 questions, and you can share your result. Teachers get a classroom mode for two teams on a smart board. The interface is in English; province names stay in Turkish. No ads during play, no purchases, no account. It keeps working offline afterwards. Good for children, students and anyone learning the Turkish provinces.

Find all 81 Turkish provinces on the map. No ads during play, 100 levels, a daily round, plate codes, neighbours and classroom mode. Free in your browser.

How to play 81 İl

Pick a mode: Find the province, Plate code, Neighbours or Puzzle; if you are new, start the Campaign with a region you know. Read the prompt: a province name, a plate code, or the province whose neighbours you need to find. Tap or click the right province on the map; in Puzzle mode, drag the shape and drop it where it belongs. Got it wrong? Follow the hot-and-cold arrow, which shows the direction and distance to the right province, and try again. Finish before the timer runs out to collect your stars and speed medal.

81 İl controls

Touch: tap, pinch to zoom, drag to pan. Mouse: click, scroll wheel to zoom, hold and drag to pan. Keyboard: arrow keys pan the map, + and - zoom in and out, 1-4 pick an answer, M mutes, Esc pauses.

81 İl features

• No ads during play, no purchases, no account
• 7 regions x 12 + 16 Tour of Turkey levels
• Stars and bronze, silver, gold speed medals
• Daily round: same 10 questions for everyone
• Classroom mode: two teams on the smart board

Tips for 81 İl

1. Use the hot-and-cold arrow. After a wrong tap it tells you the direction and distance, so the second try usually lands.
2. Start with a region you know. Stars come easily with familiar provinces, then move on to the neighbouring regions.
3. In Neighbours mode, look at border length. Big provinces with long borders (Konya, Sivas, Ankara) have many neighbours; small ones have few.

Turkey's 7 geographic regions and 81 provinces

Turkey is divided into 7 geographic regions, and together they hold 81 provinces. The Marmara region has 11 provinces, including İstanbul, Bursa and Edirne. The Aegean region has 8, among them İzmir, Aydın and Muğla. The Mediterranean region also has 8, including Antalya, Adana and Mersin.

Central Anatolia covers 13 provinces, with Ankara, Konya and Kayseri. The Black Sea region has the most provinces of all: 18, including Samsun, Trabzon and Rize. Eastern Anatolia has 14, such as Erzurum, Van and Malatya, and Southeastern Anatolia has 9, including Gaziantep, Diyarbakır and Şanlıurfa.

The game's campaign follows this exact structure. You play 12 levels for each region, then see the whole country at once in the Tour of Turkey. Going region by region is much easier than trying to memorise all 81 provinces in one go, and the map collection shows at a glance which regions you have completed.

How to learn Turkish licence plate codes

Turkey's licence plate codes were assigned in 1978, and the 67 provinces that existed then were numbered in alphabetical order: it starts with 01 Adana, 02 Adıyaman, 03 Afyonkarahisar and ends with 67 Zonguldak. That is why anyone who knows the Turkish alphabet can guess most of the codes from 1 to 67. For example, 06 is Ankara, 34 is İstanbul and 35 is İzmir.

The 14 provinces created later did not join the alphabetical order. They received codes from 68 to 81 in the order they became provinces: 68 Aksaray, 69 Bayburt, 70 Karaman, 71 Kırşehir, 72 Batman, 73 Şırnak, 74 Bartın, 75 Ardahan, 76 Iğdır, 77 Yalova, 78 Karabük, 79 Kilis, 80 Osmaniye and 81 Düzce. The easiest approach is to memorise these 14 as a separate list.

Plate code mode works both ways: find the province from its code, or pick the code for a province. Learn the alphabetical logic first, then practise 68 to 81 on their own. After a few daily rounds, most codes stick by themselves.