Sancaktepe is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 63 km2, and its population is 489,848 (2022).
In 2008 the district Sancaktepe was created from parts of the districts Kartal and Ümraniye. The urban part of the new district was established as a municipality.Kanun No. 5747, Resmî Gazete, 22 March 2008. At the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.
Composition There are 19 neighbourhoods in Sancaktepe District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
Abdurrahmangazi Akpınar Atatürk Emek Eyüp Sultan Fatih Hilal İnönü Kemal Türkler Meclis Merve Mevlana Osmangazi Paşaköy Safa Sarıgazi Veysel Karani Yenidoğan Yunus Emre
History Sancaktepe's oldest historic structure is Damatris Summer Palace that was built by I. Tiberius Konstantinos (578–582) and Maurice (582–602) in Byzantine Age. The Ottoman Empire conquered this area completely in 1328.
Notable buildings and structures Istanbul Samandıra Army Air Base Sancaktepe Prof. Dr. Feriha Öz Emergency Hospital Sancaktepe Stadium
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