Pendik () is a municipality and
district
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of
Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 190 km
2, and its population is 750,435 (2022).
It is on the
Asia
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n side between
Kartal
Kartal () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 38 km2, and its population is 483,418 (2022). It is located on the Asian side of the city, on the coast of the Marmara Sea between Maltepe and Pendik.
De ...
and
Tuzla
Tuzla (, , ) is the List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inha ...
, on the
Marmara Sea
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. It also neighbours
Sultanbeyli
Sultanbeyli () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 29 km2, and its population is 358,201 (2022). It is located inland on the Asian side ( Anadolu Yakasi) of the city. The mayor is Ali Tombaş of the Jus ...
,
Sancaktepe
Sancaktepe is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 63 km2, and its population is 489,848 (2022).
In 2008 the district Sancaktepe was created from parts of the districts Kartal and Ümraniye. The urban part o ...
and
Çekmeköy
Çekmeköy is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 152 km2, and its population is 296,066 (2022). It is on the Asian side of Istanbul.
In 2008 the district Çekmeköy was created from part of the district Ü ...
from northwest,
Şile
Şile is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 800 km2, and its population is 43,464 (2022). Bordering Şile is the province of Kocaeli Province, Kocaeli (districts of G ...
from north and
Gebze
Gebze (), formerly known as Libyssa, is a municipality and district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its area is 418 km2, and its population is 407,019 (2022). It is situated 65 km (30 mi) southeast of Istanbul, on the Gulf of Izmit, ...
from northeast. The district is home to the
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
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.
During the Roman, Byzantine and Latin Empire periods, the coastal town was known as
Pantichium
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.
Composition
There are 36
neighbourhoods
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in Pendik District:
* Ahmet Yesevi
* Bahçelievler
* Ballıca
* Batı
* Çamçeşme
* Çamlık
* Çınardere
* Doğu
* Dumlupınar
* Emirli
* Ertuğrul Gazi
* Esenler
* Esenyalı
* Fatih
* Fevzi Çakmak
* Göçbeyli
* Güllü Bağlar
* Güzelyalı
* Harmandere
* Kavakpınar
*
Kaynarca
* Kurna
* Kurtdoğmuş
*
Kurtköy
* Orhangazi
* Orta
* Ramazanoğlu
* Sanayi
* Sapan Bağları
* Şeyhli
* Sülüntepe
* Velibaba
* Yayalar
* Yeni
* Yenişehir
* Yeşilbağlar
Pendik today

Until the 1970s Pendik was a rural area, far from the city. Today Pendik is a crowded mix of working class housing (especially further towards the E5 motorway) with more expensive apartments with sea views along the coast. There is a busy shopping district (with a large street market on Saturdays), restaurants and movie theaters.
Pendik is far from downtown Istanbul. It is served by
Marmaray
Marmaray () is a commuter rail line located in Istanbul, Turkey. The line runs from Halkalı, on the European side, to Gebze, on the Asian side, along the north shore of the Sea of Marmara. Mostly using the right-of-way of two existing com ...
suburban trains. Since 25 July 2014, high-speed services to Ankara start from this station, pending termination of the upgrades on the line to Istanbul proper. In 2016, an extension of the
M4 line of the
Istanbul Metro
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was completed. The
Pendik metro station
Pendik is an underground station on the M4 (Istanbul Metro), M4 line of the Istanbul Metro. Located under the Pendik interchange on the State road D.100 (Turkey), D.100 in the Bahçelievler neighborhood of Pendik, Istanbul, it was opened on 10 Oct ...
is located about north of the railway station.
The coastal road is fast but does not carry public transport, except for the bus 16A which only runs until 8 pm and the Kadikoy-Bostanci-Pendik dolmus. There is road construction going on in the Pendik/Tuzla/Gebze region, which has seen industrial development in the 1990s.
Over the centuries,
Bosniaks
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have migrated to Turkey, with a large number arriving after the
Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878
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. Many settled in the Pendik boroughs of
Sapanbağları, Yeşilbağlar and Bahçelievler. Apart from naming their streets and shops after their village in
Bosnia
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, these people have blended into the
Istanbul
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working-class lifestyle of the rest of Pendik.
In the late 1990s two private educational institutions were built inland from Pendik,
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* Ahmet Koç, bağlama artist from Turkey
* Ali Yıldırım Koç (born 1967), Turkish businessman
* Anıl Koç (born 1995), Turkish-Belgian footballer
* Atilla Koç (born, 1946), Tu ...
and
Sabancı University
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. The area has a
Formula One
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racetrack. There is a high-speed boat across the Marmara Sea to
Yalova
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and the
Aegean. Sabiha Gökçen airport is near. The current mayor is Ahmet Cin from
AK Parti
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.
Climate
Pendik experiences a
Mediterranean climate
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(''Csa/Cs'') according to both
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and
Trewartha climate classifications, with cool winters and warm to hot summers. A warm district, it is in
USDA hardiness zone
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9a and
AHS heat zone 4, allowing the cultivation of certain cold-hardy subtropical plants.
While in southern Istanbul, it is still affected by
Foehn winds, because of its position north of the highlands in
Yalova
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team
Pendik Çamlık Spor play in the
Turkish Super League
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* Something related to Turkey
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.
Twin cities
*
Comrat
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, Moldova
*
Novi Pazar
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, Serbia
*
Targu-Jiu, Romania
*
Kispest
Kispest (, lit. ''Little Pest'') is the 19th (XIX) district of Budapest, Hungary. It lies south-southeast of the historical Pest city. It was founded in 1871 on rural land as a village at the borderline of Pest, so it was named Kispest.
His ...
, Hungary
References
External links
Pendik Municipality website
Pendik High School website
Pendik GuidePendik News
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Populated places in Istanbul Province
Fishing communities in Turkey
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Districts of Istanbul Province