Hendek Explained

Type:	metro district
Hendek
Coordinates:	40.805°N 30.7492°W
Province:	Sakarya
Leader Party:	BBP
Leader Name:	Irfan Püsküllü
Area Total Km2:	646
Elevation M:	197
Population Total:	90153
Population As Of:	2022
Postal Code:	54300
Area Code:	0264
Blank1 Name:	Climate
Blank1 Info:	Cfb

Hendek is a municipality and district of Sakarya Province, Turkey.^[1] Its area is 646 km²,^[2] and its population is 90,153 (2022).^[3] The municipality was founded in 1907. The mayor of the city is Irfan Püsküllü (BBP).

Composition

There are 92 neighbourhoods in Hendek District:^[4]

• 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 (1926–2014), former football player and long-time president of Beşiktaş J.K.
• Gonca Vuslateri (1986-) actress, columnist, screenwriter and poet

See also

• 1965 Hendek bus accident

External links

• Hendek Infos
• Hendek news
• Hendek net
• Hendek

Notes and References

1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
2. Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 19 September 2023.
3. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 19 September 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
4. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle