Hendek 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
Sakarya Province
Sakarya () is a province and metropolitan municipality in Turkey, located on the coast of the Black Sea. Its area is , and its population is 1,080,080 (2022). The Sakarya River creates a webbing of estuaries in the province, which is in the Ma ...
,
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 646 km
2, and its population is 90,153 (2022).
The municipality was founded in 1907. The mayor of the city is Irfan Püsküllü (BBP).
Composition
There are 92
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 Hendek District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Akarca
* Akçayır
* Akova
* Akpınar
* Aksu
* Aktefek
* Aşağıçalıca
* Bakacak
* Balıklıihsaniye
* Başpınar
* Bayraktepe
* Beyköy
* Beylice
* Bıçkıatik
* Büyükdere
* Çakallık
* Çamlıca
* Çayırbaşı
* Çiftlik
* Çobanyatak
* Çukurhan
* Dereboğazı
* Dereköy
* Dikmen
* Esentepe
* Eskibıçkı
* Göksu
* Güldibi
* Gündoğan
* Güney
* Hacıkışla
* Hacımbey
* Hallaç
* Hamitli
* Harmantepe
* Hicriye
* Hüseyinşeyh
* İkbaliye
* İkramiye
* Kadifekale
* Kahraman
* Kalayık
* Karadere
* Karatoprak
* Kargalı Hanbaba
* Kargalıyeniköy
* Kazımiye
* Kemaliye
* Kırktepe
* Kızanlık
* Kocaahmetler
* Kocatöngel
* Köprübaşı
* Kurtköy
* Kurtuluş
* Lütfiyeköşk
* Mahmutbey
* Martinler
* Muradiye
* Necatipaşa
* Nuriye
* Paşaköy
* Pınarlı
* Puna Ortaköy
* Rasimpaşa
* Sarıdede
* Sarıyer
* Servetiye
* Şeyhler
* Sivritepe
* Sofular
* Soğuksu
* Sukenarı
* Süleymaniye
* Sümbüllü
* Turanlar
* Türbe
* Tuzak
* Uzuncaorman
* Uzunçarşı
* Yağbasan
* Yarıca
* Yayalar
* Yeni
* Yeniköy
* Yeniyayla
* Yeşilköy
* Yeşiller
* Yeşilvadi
* Yeşilyurt
* Yukarıçalıca
* Yukarıhüseyinşeyh
Notable natives
* Gaffar Okkan (1952–2001), assassinated police chief
* Süleyman Seba
Süleyman Seba (; 5 April 1926 – 13 August 2014) was a Turkish football player of Abkhazian origin and was the longest presiding chairman of the Istanbul-based multisports club Beşiktaş. He was also an intelligence officer for National Int ...
(1926–2014), former football player and long-time president of Beşiktaş J.K.
* Gonca Vuslateri
Nazlı Gonca Vuslateri (born 2 September 1986) is a Turkish actress, columnist, screenwriter, poet, radio host and acting trainer.
Biography
Vuslateri was born in Bursa on 2 September 1986. She has an older sister, musician Aslı Vuslateri and a ...
(1986- ) actress, columnist, screenwriter and poet
See also
* 1965 Hendek bus accident
References
External links
Hendek InfosHendek newsHendek netHendek
Populated places in Sakarya Province
Districts of Sakarya Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
1907 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
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