Sancaktepe is a district in the suburbs of
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
,
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. It became a district in the year 2009.
History
Sancaktepe's oldest historic structure is Damatris Summer Palace that was built by I. Tiberius Konstantinos (578–582) and Mavrikos (582–602) in
Byzantine Age.
Turks started to come to Sancaktepe in the 7th century but they could not be permanent up to the
Ottoman. Ottoman Empire conquered this area completely in 1328.
Notable buildings and structures
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Istanbul Samandıra Army Air Base
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Sancaktepe Prof. Dr. Feriha Öz Emergency Hospital
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Sancaktepe Stadium
References
{{Districts of Turkey , provname=Istanbul
Populated places in Istanbul Province