Çekmeköy
title: "Çekmeköy" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["çekmeköy", "populated-places-in-istanbul-province", "metropolitan-district-municipalities-in-turkey", "districts-of-istanbul-province"] topic_path: "geography/turkey" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Çekmeköy" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | metro district |
| name | Çekmeköy |
| image_skyline | Reşadiye, Çekmeköy-İstanbul, Turkey - panoramio (1).jpg |
| image_caption | Reşadiye Neighborhood |
| image_map | Istanbul location Çekmeköy.svg |
| map_caption | Map showing Çekmeköy District in Istanbul Province |
| coordinates | |
| province | Istanbul |
| leader_party | CHP |
| leader_name | Orhan Çerkez |
| area_total_km2 | 152 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 296066 |
| population_as_of | 2022 |
| area_code | 0216 |
| website | |
| :: |
| type = metro district | name = Çekmeköy | image_skyline = Reşadiye, Çekmeköy-İstanbul, Turkey - panoramio (1).jpg | image_caption = Reşadiye Neighborhood | image_map = Istanbul location Çekmeköy.svg | map_caption = Map showing Çekmeköy District in Istanbul Province | coordinates = | province = Istanbul | leader_party = CHP | leader_name = Orhan Çerkez | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 152 | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 296066 | population_as_of = 2022 | postal_code = | area_code = 0216 | website = Çekmeköy is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 152 km2, and its population is 296,066 (2022). It is on the Asian side of Istanbul.
In 2008 the district Çekmeköy was created from part of the district Ümraniye, including the former municipalities Çekmeköy, Taşdelen, Alemdağ and Ömerli. The urban part of the new district, 17 neighbourhoods, was established as a municipality. At the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods. Its first mayor, Ahmet Poyraz, was elected in the 2009 Turkish local elections from (AKP).
Composition
There are 21 neighbourhoods in Çekmeköy District:
- Alemdağ
- Aydınlar
- Çamlık
- Çatalmeşe
- Cumhuriyet
- Ekşioğlu
- Güngören
- Hamidiye
- Hüseyinli
- Kirazlıdere
- Koçullu
- Mehmet Akif
- Merkez
- Mimar Sinan
- Nişantepe
- Ömerli
- Reşadiye
- Sırapınar
- Soğukpınar
- Sultançiftliği
- Taşdelen
References
References
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- "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping.
- "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports". [[TÜİK]].
- [https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2008/03/20080322M1-1.htm Kanun No. 5747], Resmî Gazete, 22 March 2008.
- "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri".
- (6 December 2012). "Law No. 6360". [[Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey.
- [https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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