Erenler is a municipality and district governorate in Greater

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Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. Sakarya is one of the 30 metropolitan centers in Turkey with more than one municipality within city borders. Now in

city (former Adapazarı) there are four second-level municipalities in addition to Greater Sakarya (büyükşehir) municipality.

Geography

Erenler is a part of Sakarya city. It is situated slightly to the east of the urban fabric at .

Sakarya River The Sakarya (Sakara River, tr, Sakarya Irmağı; gr, Σαγγάριος, translit=Sangarios; Latin: ''Sangarius'') is the third longest river in Turkey. It runs through the region known in ancient times as Phrygia. It was considered one of th ...

flows within the municipality. The average elevation of the settlement is about above mean sea level.

History

During the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

era, Erenler was a village. Between 14 March 1921 and 21 June 1921 the village saw occupation by the

Greek army The Hellenic Army ( el, Ελληνικός Στρατός, Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece. The term ''Hellenic'' is the endogenous synonym for ''Greek''. The Hellenic Army is the ...

. During the Republican era, the population of the village increased and consequently it became a seat of township in 1963. In 1999 Erenler suffered from the İzmit earthquake. Soon after the disaster, the town continued its growth, and it merged to the province capital. However, in 2008 it became an

ilçe The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the ''kaza''. Most provinces bear the same name as their respectiv ...

(district) center of Sakarya Province.

Population

As of 2014, the population of Erenler was 79,934. The development of the population of Erenler from its establishment is shown in the following chart:

References

{{commons category, Erenler Districts of Sakarya Province 2008 establishments in Turkey