Melikgazi
District and municipality in Kayseri, Turkey
38°43′N 35°30′E / 38.717°N 35.500°E / 38.717; 35.500 (2022)[1]
Melikgazi is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 668 km2,[3] and its population is 594,344 (2022).[1] It covers the southern and eastern part of the agglomeration of Kayseri and the adjacent countryside.
Political structure
The district Melikgazi was created in 1998 from part of the former central district of Kayseri, along with the district Kocasinan.[4][5] At the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.[6] The mayor is Mustafa Palancıoğlu (AKP).
Composition
There are 57 neighbourhoods in Melikgazi District:[7]
- 19 Mayıs
- 30 Ağustos
- Ağırnas
- Alpaslan
- Altınoluk
- Anafartalar
- Anbar
- Aydınlıkevler
- Bağpınar
- Bahçelievler
- Battalgazi
- Becen
- Büyük Bürüngüz
- Cumhuriyet
- Danişmentgazi
- Demokrasi
- Eğribucak
- Erenköy
- Esentepe
- Esenyurt
- Fatih
- Germir
- Gesi Fatih
- Gökkent
- Gültepe
- Gülük
- Gürpınar
- Güzelköy
- Hisarcık
- Hunat
- Hürriyet
- İldem Cumhuriyet
- Kayabağ
- Kazımkarabekir
- Keykubat
- Kılıçaslan
- Kıranardı
- Kocatepe
- Köşk
- Küçükbürüngüz
- Mimarsinan
- Osman Kavuncu
- Osmanlı
- Sakarya
- Sarımsaklı
- Selçuklu
- Selimiye
- Şirintepe
- Subaşı
- Tacettin Veli
- Tavlusun
- Tınaztepe
- Turan
- Vekse
- Yeniköy
- Yeşilyurt
- Yıldırım Beyazıt
Notable citizens
- Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect (born around 1488 in Ağırnas )
References
- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Kanun No. 3508, Resmî Gazete, 14 December 1998.
- ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 51. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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Melikgazi in Kayseri Province of Turkey
| Istanbul | |
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| West Marmara | |
| Aegean | |
| East Marmara | |
| West Anatolia | |
| Mediterranean | |
| Central Anatolia | |
| West Black Sea | |
| East Black Sea | |
| Northeast Anatolia | |
| Central East Anatolia | |
| Southeast Anatolia | |
Metropolitan municipalities are bolded.
