Sancaktepe
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District and municipality
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15 Temmuz Stadium in Sancaktepe district
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Map showing Sancaktepe District in Istanbul Province
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  Sancaktepe Location in Turkey Show map of Turkey Sancaktepe Sancaktepe (Istanbul) Show map of Istanbul | |
| Coordinates: 40°59′00″N 29°12′00″E / 40.98333°N 29.20000°E / 40.98333; 29.20000 | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Istanbul |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alper Yeğin (CHP) |
| Area | 63 km2 (24 sq mi) |
| Population
(2022)[1]
| 489,848 |
| • Density | 7,800/km2 (20,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Area code | 0216 |
| Website | www |
Sancaktepe is a municipality and districtofIstanbul Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 63 km2,[3] and its population is 489,848 (2022).[1]
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.[4][5] At the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.[6]
There are 19 neighbourhoods in Sancaktepe District:[7]
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.[8]
