Sultangazi is one of

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's newer inner-city districts. It was founded as a district proper in 2009 by the "New Local Government Law" in

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. To the west are the neighbourhoods of

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and Başakşehir, Gaziosmanpaşa is to the south and

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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 immigrants from

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and the former

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, the

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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

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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, Yayla, Yunus Emre, Zübeyde Hanım *Villages: Cebeci (near to Cebeci neighbourhood as 3

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s.)

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{{Districts of Turkey , provname=Istanbul Populated places in Istanbul Province 2008 establishments in Turkey Districts of Istanbul Province

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