Sultangazi is municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 37 km2, and its population is 542,531 (2022). To the west are the neighbourhoods of Esenler and Başakşehir, Gaziosmanpaşa is to the south and Eyüpsultan is to the north and east. One border of the district is formed by the TEM highway.
In 2008 the district Sultangazi was created from parts of the districts Gaziosmanpaşa, Eyüpsultan and Esenler.Kanun No. 5747, Resmî Gazete, 22 March 2008. The name of "Sultangazi" comes from "Sultan" word part of Sultançiftliği (meaning farm of the Sultan) and the neighbourhood of Gazi, with "gazi" the Turkish for a venerated soldier.
This district's population comprises many ethnic minorities, including immigrants from Bulgaria and the former Yugoslavia, the Black Sea region of Turkey, Kurds and Alevis, as well as Turks. Kurdish minority and Alevi people are mostly found in the Gazi neighbourhood, which has become infamous in Turkey after the 1995 riots.
Composition There are 15 neighbourhoods in Sultangazi District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
50. Yıl 75. Yıl Cebeci Cumhuriyet Esentepe Eski Habipler Gazi Habibler İsmet Paşa Malkoçoğlu Sultançiftliği Uğur Mumcu Yayla Yunus Emre Zübeyde Hanım
Sport Cebeci Sports Complex
Notable places Cebeci Sport Hall, multi-purpose sport venue of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mağlova Aqueduct, 16th-century aqueduct Güzelce Aqueduct Mimar Sinan Urban Forest
See also 1995 Gazi Quarter riots December 2009 Kurdish protests in Turkey 2012 Istanbul suicide bombing
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