The city of Adana is located in the middle of the plain of Cilicia. It was the seat of vilayet. In the plain of Cilicia, there were cultivated cereals, cotton, rice and sugarcane. The crossing of the railway line Constantinople-Baghdad from Adana constituted a key driver of development for the city and the surrounding area. In the late 19th century, Adana had already become an important commercial and entrepreneurial centre with approximately 70.000 inhabitants.

A city in Bithynia featuring a mixed population of Orthodox Christians, Armenians and Muslims. In the early 20th century Adapazari was the seat of a kaymakamlik, which belonged to the mutasarrıflık of Nicomedia. Ecclesiastically it belonged to the metropolis of Nicomedia. It developed into a financial centre of a wider area, especially following the spread of the railway.

City near the western coast of Asia Minor, capital of administrative district and key commercial centre with a large Greek Orthodox population.

Settlement of Cappadocia, economic and administrative centre. Its residents were Muslims (mainly), Orthodox Christians and Armenians; the main occupation of the Greek-Orthodox was small industry and commerce.

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