In this study, changes occurred in land-use classes in İstanbul for 25 years from 1975 to 2000 w ere determ ined by using L andsat M SS and L andsat E T M + im ages. The integrated GIS and classification com parison change detection technique w as used in change analysis. A t the end of the classification stage o f satellite data, overall accuracies w ere över 90% for ali classes for both im ages. The nature of change observed in urban and rural areas o f İstanbul and its spatial and areal distributions w ere detected by using change m atrices according to m ain classes betw een 1975 and 2000. The results w ere presented by tables, figures and m aps.