adana (greek άδανα) (the ancient "antioch in cilicia" or "antioch on the sarus") is the capital of adana province in turkey. according to the 2000 census, with 1,130,710 inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous city of turkey (after i̇stanbul, ankara, i̇zmir and bursa). the 2006 estimate of adana's population is 1,271,894.