Sultangazi is one of
Istanbul's newer inner-city districts. It was founded as a district proper in 2009 by the "New Local Government Law" in
Istanbul,
Turkey. To the west are the neighbourhoods of
Esenler
Esenler is a district of Istanbul, Turkey, on its European side. Esenler is mainly densely packed, working class residential in the midst of its industrial neighbouring districts of Gaziosmanpaşa, Güngören and Bağcılar. The mayor is Tevfik ...
and
Başakşehir,
Gaziosmanpaşa is to the south and
Eyüp
Eyüp () or Eyüpsultan is a district of the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The district extends from the Golden Horn all the way to the shore of the Black Sea. Eyüp is also the name of a prominent neighborhood and former village in the district, lo ...
is to the north and east. The district of Gaziosmanpaşa was divided to three districts, and Sultangazi is one of them. One border of the district is formed by the
TEM highway.
Sultangazi is divided into three neighbourhoods: Habibler, Gazi and Sultançiftliği. 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 veteran of war.
This district's population comprises many ethnic minorities, including
immigrant
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s 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
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and more recently during the
Gezi Park protests of June 2013.
Sultangazi has 3 precincts, 11 neighbourhoods and 1 village.
*Precincts: Sultançiftliği, Gazi, Habibler
*Neighbourhoods: 50. Yıl, 75. Yıl, Cebeci,
Cumhuriyet, Esentepe, İsmetpaşa, Malkoçoğlu,
Uğur Mumcu
Uğur Mumcu (; 22 August 1942 – 24 January 1993)
um:ag
, Yayla,
Yunus Emre,
Zübeyde Hanım
*Villages: Cebeci (near to Cebeci neighbourhood as 3
kilometre
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s.)
See also
*
1995 Gazi Quarter riots
References
{{Districts of Turkey , provname=Istanbul
Populated places in Istanbul Province
2008 establishments in Turkey
Districts of Istanbul Province