Belde (literally "town", also known as kasaba) means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish.
The population in some villages may exceed 2000 and in such villages a small municipality may be established depending on residents' choice.
Thus belde municipalities in 30 provinces were abolished.
The number of abolished belde municipalities is 1040.
[2][3] Presently, in 51 provinces, which are not in the scope of the act no 6360, there are still 394 belde municipalities.