Sincan is a municipality and metropolitan district of Ankara Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Its area is 880 km2, and its population is 572,609 (2022). It is a large town 27 km from the city of Ankara. Its elevation is . Sincan has friendly relations with the municipality of Doboj Jug from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sincan District hosts ASO 1. Organize Sanayi Bölgesi, the biggest Organized Industrial Zone in Ankara, operated by Ankara Chamber of Industry.
Demographics
Geography Sincan stands on a plain surrounded by hills and watered by the Ankara River, a tributary of the Sakarya River. There is some agriculture and light industry in Sincan, but the majority of people commute to Ankara by rail.
The symbol of the municipality is the tulip. The central square is called Lale Meydanı (Turkish for "tulip square"), and every year a tulip festival is held where plastic tulips are handed out in the streets.
Composition There are 57 neighbourhoods in Sincan District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
29 Ekim Adalet Ahi Evran Akçaören Akşemsettin Alagöz Alcı Anayurt Andiçen Atatürk Bacı Beyobası Çiçektepe Çoğlu Çokören Cumhuriyet Erkeksu Ertuğrulgazi Esenler Fatih Fevzi Çakmak Gazi Gazi Osmanpaşa Girmeç Gökçek Hisarlıkaya Hürriyet İlyakut İncirlik İstasyon İstiklal Kesiktaş Malazgirt Malıköy Maraşal Çakmak Menderes Mevlana Mülk Mustafa Kemal Osmaniye Osmanlı Pınarbaşı Plevne Polatlar Saraycık Selçuklu Tandoğan Tatlar Törekent Türkobası Ücret Ulubatlı Hasan Yeniçimşit Yenihisar Yenikayı Yenipeçenek Yunus Emre
History Even prior to the period of the Ottoman Empire, a village stood in this location, which subsequently grew to when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk commissioned a housing project here for Turkish refugees from Bulgaria. The battle saw fighting during the Battle of the Sakarya in the Turkish War of Independence. This was the furthest spot in Anatolia in which the Greek Army had advanced to.
Well-known residents Şafak Sezer, actor and comedian Sinan Şamil Sam, professional boxer Oğuz Yılmaz, folk musician
References
External links
District governor's official website District municipality's official website
Local news website