Vakfıkebir () is a municipality and
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of
Trabzon Province
Trabzon Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its area is 4,628 km2, and its population is 818,023 (2022). Located in a strategic ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its area is 141 km
2, and its population is 27,060 (2022).
On 31 March 2024, Fuat Koçal (Independent) was elected mayor.
Composition
There are 46
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 Vakfıkebir District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Açıkalan
* Akköy
* Aydoğdu
* Bahadırlı
* Ballı
* Bozalan
* Büyükliman
* Caferli
* Çamlık
* Çamlık Sahil
* Çarşı
* Çavuşlu
* Cumhuriyet
* Demirci
* Deregözü
* Düzlük
* Esentepe
* Fethiye
* Fevziye
* Güneyköy
* Güneysu
* Hacıköy
* Hamzalı
* Hürriyet
* İlyaslı
* İshaklı
* Karatepe
* Kemaliye
* Kıranköy
* Kirazlık
* Kirazlık Yeni
* Köprücek
* Körez
* Küçükdere
* Mahmutlu
* Mısırlı
* Ortaköy
* Rıdvanlı
* Sekmenli
* Şenocak
* Sinanlı
* Soğuksu
* Tarlacık
* Yalıköy
* Yaylacık
* Yıldız
Cuisine of Vakfıkebir
* Vakfıkebir bread
* Vakfıkebir butter (Vakfıkebir tereyağı)
Notable natives
* Volkan Bekçi (1987– ), footballer
* Tayfun Cora (1983– ), footballer of Trabzonspor
* Dilek İmamoğlu (1978– ), lecturer, wife of Ekrem İmamoğlu
*Rahman Oğuz Kobya (1988– ), footballer of Adanaspor
* Erman Öncü (1976– ), retired footballer, currently scholar for physical education and sports at the Black Sea Technical University
* Muhammet Özdin (1978– ), footballer
* Osman Şirin (1943– ), former justice of the High Court of Appeals of Turkey
* Necip Torumtay (1926–2011), former Chief of the General Staff of Turkey
References
External links
District governor's official website
District municipality's official website
Populated places in Trabzon Province
Black Sea port cities and towns in Turkey
Fishing communities in Turkey
Populated coastal places in Turkey
Districts of Trabzon Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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