Şahinbey
Şahinbey is a district of Gaziantep Province of Turkey named after Şahin Bey (1877-1920), a Turkish National Movement commander. It is part of Gaziantep Metropolitan municipality. The population is 730,562 as of 2010. It is the location of a large amount of student housing for the public University of Gaziantep, as well as the site of two private universities: Zirve and Hasan Kalyoncu.
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| Coordinates: 36°54′24″N 37°12′15″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Gaziantep |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mehmet İhsan Tahmazoğlu (AKP) |
| • Kaymakam | Cemalettin Yılmaz |
| Area | |
| • District | 938.78 km2 (362.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Urban | 782,899 |
| • District | 795,283 |
| • District density | 850/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Post code | 27090 |
| Website | www.sahinbey.bel.tr |
Counter-terrorism unit of the police in Gaziantep arrested six foreign nationalists in October 2015. These individuals had been operating a makeshift mint producing the ISIS precious metal composition coins in Sahinbey.
Notable natives
- Göksu Üçtaş (born 1990), Turkish female artistic gymnast
References
- "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
External links
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