Akyazı Explained
| Type: | metro district |
| Akyazı |
| Coordinates: | 40.6833°N 30.6253°W |
| Province: | Sakarya |
| Leader Party: | AKP |
| Leader Name: | Bilal Soykan[1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 628 |
| Population Total: | 94494 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Postal Code: | 54400 |
| Area Code: | 0264 |
| Blank1 Name: | Climate |
| Blank1 Info: | Cfa |
Akyazı is a municipality and district of Sakarya Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 628 km2,[3] and its population is 94,494 (2022).[4] The mayor is Bilal Soykan (AKP).
Composition
There are 76 neighbourhoods in Akyazı District:[5]
- Akbalık
- Alaağaç
- Altındere Cumhuriyet
- Altındere Gündoğan
- Altındere Osmanağa
- Ballıkaya
- Batakköy
- Bedil Kazancı
- Bedilkadirbey
- Bediltahirbey
- Beldibi
- Bıçkıdere
- Boztepe
- Buğdaylı
- Çakıroğlu
- Çatalköprü
- Çıldırlar
- Cumhuriyet
- Cumhuriyet (Küçücek)
- Dedeler
- Dokurcun Çaylar Yeni Mahalle
- Dokurcun Çengeller
- Dokurcun Kuloğlu
- Durmuşlar
- Düzyazı
- Erdoğdu
- Eskibedil
- Fatih
- G. Süleymanpaşa
- Gebeş
- Gökçeler
- Güvençler
- Güzlek
- Hanyatak
- Harunusta
- Hasanbey
- Hastane
- Haydarlar
- İnönü
- Kabakulak
- Karaçalılık
- Kepekli
- Kızılcıkorman
- Konuralp
- Küçücek İstiklal
- Kumköprü
- Kuzuluk Ortamahalle
- Kuzuluk Şose
- Kuzuluk Topçusırtı
- Madenler
- Mansurlar
- Merkez Yeniköy
- Ömercikler
- Osmanbey
- Pazarköy
- Reşadiye
- Salihiye
- Şerefiye
- Seyfeler
- Sukenarı
- Taşağıl
- Taşburun
- Taşyatak
- Topağaç
- Türkormanköy
- Uzunçınar
- Vakıf
- Yağcılar
- Yahyalı
- Yeni
- Yenidoğan
- Yeniorman
- Yongalık
- Yörükyeri
- Yunusemre
- Yuvalık
Electrocution incident
On 23 June 2017, five people died of electrocution after a swimming pool at a water park in Akyazı became electrified. Three children aged 12, 15 and 17[6] were the first to be electrocuted. The park's manager Mehmet Kaya, 58, and his son Kadir Kaya, 30,[7] dived in to save them but were also seriously injured.[8] The five victims died in hospital; another person was seriously injured during the incident and was taken to hospital.[9] [10]
Notable people
External links
Notes and References
- News: Baskan. 2021-05-07. tr.
- https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
- Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 19 September 2023.
- Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 19 September 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
- https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle
- News: Five electrocuted at water park in Turkey. Associated Press. 2017-06-23. The Guardian. 2017-06-24. en-GB. 0261-3077.
- News: Turkish water park: Children and adults electrocuted. 2017-06-23. BBC News. 2017-06-28. en-GB.
- News: Five people dead in mass electrocution at water park in Turkey. https://web.archive.org/web/20170623180316/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-water-park-electrocution-dead-children-akyazi-sakarya-pool-a7805496.html . 2017-06-23 . limited . live. 2017-06-23. The Independent. 2017-06-23. en-GB.
- News: Turkish water park: Children and adults electrocuted. 2017-06-23. BBC News. 2017-06-23. en-GB.
- News: Five electrocuted at water park in Turkey. Associated Press. 2017-06-23. The Guardian. 2017-06-24. en-GB. 0261-3077.
