Şahinbey

Şahinbey
Şahinbey
	Seal
	Şahinbey
	Coordinates: 36°54′24″N 37°12′15″E / 36.90667°N 37.20417°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Gaziantep
Government
• Mayor	Mehmet İhsan Tahmazoğlu (AKP)
• Kaymakam	Cemalettin Yılmaz
Area
• District	938.78 km2 (362.46 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Urban	782,899
• District	795,283
• District density	850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Post code	27090
Website	www.sahinbey.bel.tr

Şahinbey is a district of Gaziantep Province of Turkey named after Şahin Bey (1877-1920), a Turkish National Movement commander. It is part of Gaziantep Metropolitan municipality. The population is 730,562 as of 2010. It is the location of a large amount of student housing for the public University of Gaziantep, as well as the site of two private universities: Zirve and Hasan Kalyoncu.

Counter-terrorism unit of the police in Gaziantep arrested six foreign nationalists in October 2015. These individuals had been operating a makeshift mint producing the ISIS precious metal composition coins in Sahinbey.

Notable natives

Göksu Üçtaş (born 1990), Turkish female artistic gymnast

References

^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

External links

Şahinbey Photos

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[distr-area-1] "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

[population-2] "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

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