According to the the new Metropolitan Municipal Law (No.5216/2004-5), Jurisdiction of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM)
According to the new Metropolitan Municipal Law (No.5216/2004-5), which was adopted on 10 July 2004 and published in the Official Gazette on July 22, 2004, in determining the boundaries of metropolitan municipalities, although the boundaries of metropolitan municipalities had been formed as boundaries of the Metropolitan Municipalities of which they received their names from them. With temporary second article, the boundaries of the provinces of both Istanbul and Izmit by making an exceptional application have been extended as the provinces’ administrative boundaries as of the date of entry into force of the law.
The jurisdiction of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) has been an area of 5343.02 square meter with this provision.The number of districts municipalities has increased from 27 to 32 within the jurisdiction of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
Borders of Istanbul Province and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
According to the new Metropolitan Municipal Law (No.5216/2004-5),
the total land area of Istanbul which is taken into the jurisdiction of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, the 34.9% (1,864.23 sq km) of the total land area of Istanbul is located in the Anatolian side and the 65.1% (3,478.79 sq km) of total land area is located on the European side.
According to the Decree Law no.3030, Jurisdiction of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM)
According to the Decree Law no.3030 concerning “the Administration of Metropolitan Municipalities”,the Metropolitan municipality was defined as a city in which more than one districts existed within the boundaries of municipal district and the municipalities established in this city was called also the Metropolitan Municipalities.