Nizip (; ) is a municipality and
district
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of
Gaziantep Province
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,
Turkey
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. Its area is 944 km
2, and its population is 148,386 (2022).
It is located 45 km from the city of
Gaziantep
Gaziantep, historically Aintab and still informally called Antep, is a major city in south-central Turkey. It is the capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Medi ...
, 95 km from
Şanlıurfa
Urfa, officially called Şanlıurfa (), is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. The city was known as Edessa from Hellenistic times and into Christian times. Urfa is situated on a plain about east of the Eup ...
(
Edessa
Edessa (; ) was an ancient city (''polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey. It was founded during the Hellenistic period by Macedonian general and self proclaimed king Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Sel ...
), and 35 km from
Karkamış.
Demographics
In early 20th century, the town housed 15,000 people and was mostly inhabited by Turks.
Composition
There are 109
neighbourhoods
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in Nizip District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* Adaklı
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* Akçakent
* Akkuyu
* Alahacı
* Altındağ
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Demographics
...
* Aşağıbayındır
* Aşağıçardak
* Atatürk
* Bağlıca
* Bahçeli
* Ballı
* Belkıs
* Boyluca
* BozalioÄŸlu
* Çakmaktepe
* Çanakçı
* Çatalca
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* Cumhuriyet
* Dayıdağı
* Dazhüyük
* Dernek
* DoÄŸrular
* Duraklı
* Dutlu
* Düzbayır
* Ekinci
* Erenköy
* Eskikonak
* Eyüp Sultan
* Fatih Sultan
* Fevkani
* FevzipaÅŸa
* Fırat
* Gaziler
* Gevence
* Gökçeli
* Güder
* Gülkaya
* Gümüşgün
* Günaltı
* Gürbaşak
* Güzelköy
* Hafızpaşa
* Hancağız
* Hazımoğlu
* Ä°kizce
* Ä°ntepe
* Ä°stasyon
* Ä°stiklal
* Kale
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* Kamışlı
* Karaburç
* Karşıyaka
* Kayalar
* Keklik
* KesiktaÅŸ
* Kıbrıs
* Kıraçgülü
* Kıratlı
* Kızılcakent
* Kızılin
* Kocatepe
* Korucak
* Köseler
* Kumla
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Geography
Kumla is situated roughly 15 kilometres south of neighbouring city Örebro, and is connected to its much larger nei ...
* Kurucahüyük
* Mağaracık
* Mehmetobası
* Menderes
* Mercanlı
* Mevlana
* Mihrap
* Mimarsinan
* Nahırtepe
* Namıkkemal
* Özyurt
* Pazarcami
* Saha
* Åžahinbey
* Salkım
* Samandöken
* Samanlı
* Saray
* Sarıkoç
* Sekili
* Şıhlar
* Söğütlü
* Suboyu
* Sultan Abdulhamit
* Tahtani
* Tanır
* Tatlıcak
* Tosunlu
* Toydemir
* TuluktaÅŸ
* Turlu
* Turnalı
* Uluyatır
* Yağcılar
* YaÄŸmuralan
* Yarımtepe
* Yeniyapan
* Yeniyazı
* YeÅŸilevler
* Yolçatı
* Yukarıbayındır
* Yukarıçardak
* Yunus Emre
* Zeytinlik
Notable people
* Cahit Tanyol (1914–2020), Turkish sociologist
* Mehmet Ali Yaprak (1949–2004), Turkish businessman and drug trafficker
* Mustafa Cengiz
Mustafa Cengiz (25 December 1949 – 28 November 2021) was a Former Bureaucrat and Turkish businessman who served as the president of sports club Galatasaray S.K.
Early life and education
Mustafa Cengiz was born in Nizip, Gaziantep Province, ...
(1949–2021), businessman who served as the president of sports club Galatasaray S.K.
* Mehmet Görmez (born 1959), former President of the Presidency of Religious Affairs
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and as such legally the highest level Islamic
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scholar in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
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.
* Zihni Çakır (born 1969), journalist and author
* Ali Åžahin (born 1970), Turkish politician who has been Deputy Minister of European Union Affairs since January 2016.
* Abdulhamit Gül (born 1977), Turkish politician
Gallery
File:Nizip 2008 7443.jpg, Nizip Town
File:Nizip 2008 7437.jpg, Nizip Town view
File:Nizip 2008 7446.jpg, Nizip Mosque
File:Nizip 2008 7428.jpg, Nizip Arched road
File:Nizip 2008 7429.jpg, Nizip Architectural sight
File:Nizip 2008 7427.jpg, Nizip Architectural detail
File:Nizip 2008 7431.jpg, Nizip Fevkanı church
File:Nizip 2008 7435.jpg, Nizip Fevkanı church
File:Nizip 2008 7433.jpg, Nizip Fevkanı church
See also
* Battle of Nizip
References
{{Authority control
Populated places in Gaziantep Province
Aleppo vilayet
Districts of Gaziantep Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey