TÜRKİYE’NİN AĞIRLIKLI NÜFUS MERKEZLERİ

In this research the dynamic structure of Turkey’s population was analayzed by using the concept of population center computation at local and nationwide scale as used by the United States Census Bureau.Turkey’s population has icreased continiously since foundation of the republic. However, this rapid inrease of population has not effected on the distribution of population through out Turkey’s geographical regions and provinces. Because of this continous and rapid increase of population, location of weighted centers of population (WCP) have changed significantly for each period. All Turkey’s population centers located on the westside of the mean center of Turkey. Between 1935-2000, direction of movement of Turkey’s population was southeasternward, then southwesternward and recent years are reflected in the concomitent west ward shift of the center of population. At regional scale, centers of population of four geograpical regions located in the south as respect to mean center. Two regions’ population center located in the east and one region showed southward movement