Çekmeköy is a municipality and
district
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of
Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 152 km
2, and its population is 296,066 (2022).
It is on the Asian side of
Istanbul
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.
In 2008 the district Çekmeköy was created from part of the district
Ümraniye, including the former municipalities Çekmeköy, Taşdelen, Alemdağ and Ömerli. The urban part of the new district, 17 neighbourhoods, was established as a municipality. At the
2013 Turkish local government reorganisation Municipalities () are the basic units of local government in Turkey. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute the population of Turkey
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, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods. Its first mayor, Ahmet Poyraz, was elected in the
2009 Turkish local elections from (
AKP).
Composition
There are 21
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Çekmeköy District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* AlemdaÄŸ
* Aydınlar
* Çamlık
* Çatalmeşe
* Cumhuriyet
* EkÅŸioÄŸlu
* Güngören
* Hamidiye
* Hüseyinli
* Kirazlıdere
* Koçullu
* Mehmet Akif
* Merkez
* Mimar Sinan
* NiÅŸantepe
* Ömerli
* ReÅŸadiye
* Sırapınar
* Soğukpınar
* Sultançiftliği
* TaÅŸdelen
References
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Populated places in Istanbul Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Districts of Istanbul Province