Sakarya ( tr, ) is a
province
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in
Turkey
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, located on the coast of
Black Sea
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. The
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 ...
creates a webbing of estuaries in the province, which is in the
Marmara Region
The Marmara Region ( Turkish: ''Marmara Bölgesi'') is a geographical region of Turkey.
Located in northwestern Turkey, it is bordered by Greece and the Aegean Sea to the west, Bulgaria and the Black Sea to the north, the Black Sea Region to the ...
. The adjacent provinces are
Kocaeli to the west,
Bilecik
Bilecik is the provincial capital of Turkey's Bilecik Province which is located in northwestern Anatolia. As of 2015 urban population of the city is 64,531. The mayor is Semih Şahin ( CHP).
The town is famous for its numerous restored Turki ...
to the south,
Bolu
Bolu is a city in Turkey, and administrative center of the Bolu Province. The population is 131,264 (2012 census).
The city has been governed by mayor Tanju Özcan ( CHP) since local elections in 2019. It was the site of Ancient Claudiopolis a ...
to the southeast and
Düzce
Düzce is the capital city of Düzce Province, the eighty-first Province in Turkey. The population is 367,087 and in 2009 was 125,240, an increase from 61,878 in 1990.
Overview
Düzce is the eighty-first and the newest province of Turkey. ...
to the east.
The capital of Sakarya is
Adapazarı
Adapazarı () is a city in northwestern Turkey and the central district of Sakarya Province. The province itself was originally named Adapazarı as well. Adapazarı is a part of the densely populated region of the country known as the Marmara Regi ...
. Its climate is
maritime
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Geography
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* Maritime Southeast Asia
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in the north and
humid subtropical
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in the south and changes by the distance to the Black Sea.
Sakarya is on the
Ankara
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Istanbul
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highway and is also connected by rail. Sakarya is serviced by
Istanbul
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's
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Sabiha is an Arabic word () meaning "Morning" and a female given name. In Urdu it (خوبصورت، گوری چٹی) refers to beautiful, and blonde hair. People with the name include:
People Given name
*Sabiha Sultan
ota, رقیه صبیحه س ...
. The current mayor of Sakarya is
Ekrem Yüce
Ekrem is a Turkish form of the Arabic given name Akram, meaning "kind," "generous," or "benevolent." Sometimes rendered Eqrem in Albania. Notable people with these names include:
Ekrem
* Ekrem Akurgal (1911–2002), Turkish archaeologist
* E ...
as of 2019.
(
AKP). The city of Sakarya, one of the most important cities in Turkey for its rapid growth and development, is also noteworthy for its natural beauties and its cultural richness. It is one of the paradise-like spots of the country with its sea, beaches, lakes, rivers, highlands, thermal springs, traditional Ottoman lifestyle districts such as Taraklı and Geyve and noteworthy historical relics that are inherited from the Byzantine and the Ottoman eras.
The Turks conquered the city of Sakarya in the 13th century. There was intensive immigration from the
Caucasus
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and the
Balkans
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in the 18th and the 19th centuries. The last massive immigration was in 1989 from
Bulgaria
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. The city has developed industry from being a transportation crossroads and still has inward domestic migration. Sakarya is notable in the Marmara Region.
The city of Sakarya is surrounded with the city of Düzce in the east, Bolu in the south-east, Bilecik in the south, Kocaeli in the west and the Black Sea in the north. The city of Sakarya has 16 districts; Adapazarı, Akyazı, Arifiye, Erenler, Ferizli, Geyve, Hendek, Karapürçek, Karasu, Kaynarca, Kocaali, Pamukova, Sapanca, Serdivan, Söğütlü and Taraklı.
Transport
Sakarya is located at the intersection of all the important roads and railways. The D-100 (E-5) highway, which has an important role on domestic and international transportation, passes through the city astward all along with TEM highway. Aling with the D-25 highway toward Bilecik, it is the city's main transportation axis. The Kınalı-İstanbul-Sakarya-Ankara highway, from Edirne, has an important international role. In Kınalı, one branch of the highway is connected to Greece, and the other branch is connected to Bulgaria. Here are the distances to some of the main cities from Sakarya: 797 km to Adana, 583 km to Antalya, 102 km to Bilecik, 158 km to Bursa, 188 km to Eskişehir, 148 km to İstanbul, 933 km to Trabzon, 306 km to Ankara, 114 km to Bolu, 486 km to İzmir, 79 km to Düzce, 708 km to Muğla, 179 km to Zonguldak and 37 km to Kocaeli.
There are seven railway stations throughout a 65 km railway inside the city limits. The railway connects Istanbul to Ankara and other Anatolian cities passes and through Sakarya. The distance from Sakarya to Istanbul by railway is 141 km and 436 km to Ankara.
The nearest airports to Adapazarı are the Sabiha Gökçen Airport, in Kurtköy – Istanbul, and the Istanbul Atatürk Airport, in Yeşilköy.
City of Sakarya
Adapazarı was the village of Ada in 1573, a sub-district in 1646, a village in Akyazı in 1658, and administrative district of a qadi in 1692 and again a sub-district in 1742. The residency area had the status of a district between 1837 and 1954 during the Ottoman and the Republican eras. Adapazarı was a district of Kocaeli for many years but separated from it and took the name of Sakarya on June 22, 1954 by Law 6419. Adapazarı took the name of Sakarya since it was the centre of the districts f Akyazı, Geyve, Hendek and Karasu. On December 1, 1954, the first governor, Nazım Üner, began active duty with ceremonies.
Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality
Adapazarı was experiencing a rapid growth and great development in the centre of Akova, but the city had to face massive destruction during the great Marmara earthquake, on August 17, 1999. There were 3891 residents who lost their lives, with 26,551 buildings collapsing and almost 100,000 people being left homeless. The city was trying to be reborn from its ashes with the help of state collaboration with Adapazarı Municipality, which had been founded in 1868. It gained the status of Metropolitan Municipality on March 6, 2000 by the publication of the council of the ministers' enactment 593 in the Official Journal. Adapazarı Mayor Aziz Duran was brought to the Adapazarı Metropolitan Mayor Office. With the legal amendments made in 2004 and 2008, the range and service area of the Metropolitan Municipality were extended. In 2008, legislation was passed to change the name of Adapazarı Metropolitan Municipality to Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality to prevent confusion. Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality has these 16 districts and more than 1,042,000 people:
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Adapazarı
Adapazarı () is a city in northwestern Turkey and the central district of Sakarya Province. The province itself was originally named Adapazarı as well. Adapazarı is a part of the densely populated region of the country known as the Marmara Regi ...
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Akyazı
Akyazı is a town and district of Sakarya Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The mayor is Bilal Soykan ( AK PARTI).
Electrocution incident
On 23 June 2017, five people died of electrocution
Electrocution is death or severe injury ...
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Arifiye
Arifiye is a district center of Sakarya Province, Turkey. It is also included in Greater Sakarya Proper.
Geography
Arifiye is situated at just at the east of Lake Sapanca. It is almost merged to Adapazarı the center of the province and it i ...
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Erenler
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Ferizli
Ferizli is a town and district of Sakarya Province in the Marmara region of Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the ...
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Geyve
Geyve is a town in Sakarya Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The closest international airport is Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, from Geyve. It is the third largest town of Sakarya Province in terms of area. Geyve is l ...
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Hendek
Hendek is a town and a district of Sakarya Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The municipality was founded in 1907. The mayor of the city is Ali İnci ( AKP).
Notable natives
* Gaffar Okkan (1952–2001), assassinated police chief
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Karapürçek
Karapürçek is a town and district of Sakarya Province in the Marmara region of Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly o ...
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Karasu
Karasu, Kara-su, Kara su, Qarasu or Gharasu (lit. 'black water/river' in Turkic languages) may refer to:
Rivers
The Balkans
* A former name of the Struma River (Struma Karasu) in Bulgaria and Thrace, northern Greece
* A former name of the Mest ...
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Kaynarca
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Kocaali
Kocaali is a town and district of Sakarya Province in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. The mayor is Ahmet Acar ( AKP).
KOCAALİ is a district of Sakarya Province. Kocaali should not be confused with KOCAELİ (the province).
The main sources of ...
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Pamukova
Pamukova is a town and district of Sakarya Province in the Marmara region of Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the ...
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Sapanca
Sapanca is a town and district in the Sakarya Province in the Marmara region of Turkey near Lake Sapanca. The town's mayor is Özcan ÖZEN ( AKP).
Sapanca has recently become a tourist destination, due to its stunning natural environment and it ...
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Serdivan
Serdivan is a second level municipality and an ilçe (district) in Sakarya Province, Turkey
Serdivan is at . It constitutes the western part of Greater Sakarya.
Serdivan was established as a village in the 17th century during the Ottoman Empire ...
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Söğütlü
Söğütlü is a town and district of Sakarya Province in the Marmara region of Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly o ...
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Taraklı
Taraklı, formerly known as Dablar is a historic district in northwestern Turkey. It is surrounded by forest and located approximately midway between Istanbul and Ankara in the Sakarya Province of the Marmara region. The district governor is Ö ...
See also
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East Marmara Development Agency
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ...
References
External links
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Sakarya governor's official website*
Sakarya municipality's official website*
Cark Caddesi*
Sakarya weather forecast informationSakarya University homepage
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