AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Province in Turkey

Istanbul

Province TR-34 Largest city: Istanbul
28%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 26% (+2.0 pts).
MODEL2nd of 81 regions1.9M exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
15.7M
as of 2023
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
19.6%
1st largest of 81
People in workMODEL
6.8M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.1%
national 4.6%
Area
4,802 km²
3,260 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
64% live in major cities
Largest city
Istanbul
10.1M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage intensityANTHROPIC
2.39×
usage share ÷ population share
Share of national useANTHROPIC
46.8%
19.6% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
45%
national 42%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
50%
national 50%
Augmentation 50%Automation 50%

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Istanbul Turkey
Manufacturing 19.2%
Retail & wholesale 15.3%
Business services 10.5%
Public admin 7.5%
Agriculture 7.4%
Construction 6.9%
Health & care 6.8%
Hospitality 6.3%
Education 6.2%
Transport & logistics 5.4%
Other services 3.9%
ICT & software 1.6%
Finance 1.5%
Utilities 1.0%
Mining 0.4%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 323K Business services 260K Public admin 231K Manufacturing 217K Education 192K Health & care 182K Hospitality 105K Transport & logistics 80.2K

Ranking in Turkey

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 81 regions.

1Ankara 28% 2Istanbul 28% 3Trabzon 27% 4Mersin 27% 5Rize 27% 6İzmir 27% 7Kırıkkale 27%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Turkey's real ILO sector employment across regions using population (Wikidata) and density: denser, capital-city regions get more finance, ICT and professional jobs, and rural regions more farming. Totals match national figures. AI usage figures are measured, not modelled. Methodology

Other regions of Turkey

All of Turkey →