Sancaktepe

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Field	Value
type	metro district
name	Sancaktepe
image_skyline	SancaktepeStadium (1).jpg
image_caption	15 Temmuz Stadium in Sancaktepe district
image_map	Istanbul location Sancaktepe.svg
map_caption	Map showing Sancaktepe District in Istanbul Province
coordinates
province	Istanbul
leader_party	CHP
leader_name	Alper Yeğin
area_total_km2	63
population_footnotes
population_total	489848
population_as_of	2022
area_code	0216
website
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| type = metro district | name = Sancaktepe | image_skyline = SancaktepeStadium (1).jpg | image_caption = 15 Temmuz Stadium in Sancaktepe district | image_map = Istanbul location Sancaktepe.svg | map_caption = Map showing Sancaktepe District in Istanbul Province | coordinates = | province = Istanbul | leader_party = CHP | leader_name = Alper Yeğin | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 63 | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 489848 | population_as_of = 2022 | postal_code = | area_code = 0216 | website = Sancaktepe is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 63 km2, and its population is 489,848 (2022).

In 2008 the district Sancaktepe was created from parts of the districts Kartal and Ümraniye. The urban part of the new district 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.

Composition

There are 19 neighbourhoods in Sancaktepe District:

• Abdurrahmangazi
• Akpınar
• Atatürk
• Emek
• Eyüp Sultan
• Fatih
• Hilal
• İnönü
• Kemal Türkler
• Meclis
• Merve
• Mevlana
• Osmangazi
• Paşaköy
• Safa
• Sarıgazi
• Veysel Karani
• Yenidoğan
• Yunus Emre

History

Sancaktepe's oldest historic structure is Damatris Summer Palace that was built by I. Tiberius Konstantinos (578–582) and Maurice (582–602) in Byzantine Age. The Ottoman Empire conquered this area completely in 1328.

Notable buildings and structures

• Istanbul Samandıra Army Air Base
• Sancaktepe Prof. Dr. Feriha Öz Emergency Hospital
• Sancaktepe Stadium

References

References

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3. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports". [[TÜİK]].
4. [https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2008/03/20080322M1-1.htm Kanun No. 5747], Resmî Gazete, 22 March 2008.
5. "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri".
6. (6 December 2012). "Law No. 6360". [[Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey.
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8. "Sancaktepe Tarihi - Sancaktepe Tarihi".

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