13-512: Pendik ( Turkish pronunciation: [ˈpændic] ) is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province , Turkey . Its area is 190 km, and its population is 750,435 (2022). It is on the Asian side between Kartal and Tuzla , on the Marmara Sea . It also neighbours Sultanbeyli , Sancaktepe and Çekmeköy from northwest, Şile from north and Gebze from northeast. The district
26-435: A province is designated the central district ( merkez ilçe ) from which the district is administered. The central district is administered by an appointed provincial deputy governor and other non-central districts by an appointed sub-governor ( kaymakam ) from their district center ( ilçe merkezi ) municipality. In these central districts the district center municipality also serves as the provincial center municipality. Both
39-738: Is home to the Sabiha Gökçen International Airport . During the Roman, Byzantine and Latin Empire periods, the coastal town was known as Pantichium . There are 36 neighbourhoods in Pendik District: Until the 1970s Pendik was a rural area, far from the city. Today Pendik is a crowded mix of working class housing (especially further towards the E5 motorway) with more expensive apartments with sea views along
52-633: Is in USDA hardiness zone 9a and AHS heat zone 4, allowing the cultivation of certain cold-hardy subtropical plants. While in southern Istanbul, it is still affected by Foehn winds , because of its position north of the highlands in Yalova . The women's football team Pendik Çamlık Spor play in the Turkish Super League . Districts of Turkey The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts ( ilçeler ; sing. ilçe ). In
65-736: The Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, the corresponding unit was the kaza . Most provinces bear the same name as their respective provincial capital districts. However, many urban provinces, designated as greater municipalities, have a center consisting of multiple districts, such as the provincial capital of Ankara province , The City of Ankara , comprising nine separate districts. Additionally three provinces, Kocaeli, Sakarya, and Hatay have their capital district named differently from their province, as İzmit, Adapazarı, and Antakya respectively. A district may cover both rural and urban areas. In many provinces, one district of
78-687: The centuries, Bosniaks have migrated to Turkey, with a large number arriving after the Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878 . Many settled in the Pendik boroughs of Sapanbağları , Yeşilbağlar and Bahçelievler. Apart from naming their streets and shops after their village in Bosnia , these people have blended into the Istanbul working-class lifestyle of the rest of Pendik. In
91-517: The coast. There is a busy shopping district (with a large street market on Saturdays), restaurants and movie theaters. Pendik is far from downtown Istanbul. It is served by Marmaray suburban trains. Since 25 July 2014, high-speed services to Ankara start from this station, pending termination of the upgrades on the line to Istanbul proper. In 2016, an extension of the M4 line of the Istanbul Metro
104-460: The deputy governor and sub-governors are responsible to the province governor ( vali ). Greater Municipalities, however, are administered differently where a separate seat of municipality exists for the entire province, having administrative power over all districts of the province. Municipalities ( belediye ) can be created in, and are subordinate to, the districts in which they are located. Each district has at least one municipality ( belde ) in
117-454: The district center from which both the municipal government for that municipality and the district government is administered. A municipality is headed by an elected mayor ( belediye başkanı ) who administers the local government for defined municipal matters. More and more settlements which are outside district centers have municipalities as well, usually because their population requires one. A municipality's borders usually correspond to that of
130-675: The late 1990s two private educational institutions were built inland from Pendik, Koç Özel Lisesi and Sabancı University . The area has a Formula One racetrack. There is a high-speed boat across the Marmara Sea to Yalova for people travelling out of the city to Bursa and the Aegean . Sabiha Gökçen airport is near. The current mayor is Ahmet Cin from AK Parti . Pendik experiences a Mediterranean climate ( Csa/Cs ) according to both Köppen and Trewartha climate classifications, with cool winters and warm to hot summers. A warm district, it
143-451: The tasks, which are largely similar but are adapted to their locality. Greater municipalities ( büyükşehir belediyesi ) exist for large cities like Istanbul and İzmir that consist of an extra administrative layer run by an elected head mayor, who oversee the municipalities and mayors within the province. Currently, 30 provinces are administered by greater municipalities in addition to having separate municipalities for every district within
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#1732779746052156-558: The urban settlement it covers, but may also include some undeveloped land. Villages ( köy ) outside municipalities and quarters or neighborhoods ( mahalle ) within municipalities are the lowest level of local government, and are also the most numerous unit of local government in Turkey. They elect muhtars to care for specific administrative matters such as residence registration. The designation slightly differs ( köy muhtarı for village muhtar, mahalle muhtarı for quarter muhtar) and
169-544: Was completed. The Pendik metro station is located about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of the railway station. The coastal road is fast but does not carry public transport, except for the bus 16A which only runs until 8 pm and the Kadikoy-Bostanci-Pendik dolmus. There is road construction going on in the Pendik/Tuzla/Gebze region, which has seen industrial development in the 1990s. Over
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