The Clustering of Cities in Turkey According to Indexes of Life Satisfaction

Cluster analysis can be defined as the group of methods which aim to classify multivariate observations by being used similarity/dissimilarity measures between observations. In cluster analysis, it is wanted that within clusters are homogeneous and between clusters are heterogeneous. In this study, clustering of cities in Turkey is aimed according to life satisfaction index values. The index values used in stu dy are obtained from results of “Life Satisfaction in Cities” study which are performed by Tü？K in 2015 and declared in 2016. In study, 11 index values are taken as satisfaction indicators of cities and the cities are clustered by using obtained multivariate data. Moreover, cluster validation indexes are used to determine cluster number and cluster method