Sultanbeyli

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Sultanbeyli
district
Location of Sultanbeyli in Istanbul
Location of Sultanbeyli in Istanbul
Sultanbeyli is located in Turkey
Sultanbeyli
Sultanbeyli
Location of Sultanbeyli in Istanbul
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Country Turkey
City Istanbul
Government
 • Mayor Hüseyin Keskin (AKP)
 • Governor Mehmet Ceylan
Area[1]
 • District 23.61 km2 (9.12 sq mi)
Elevation 130 m (430 ft)
Population (2012)[2]
 • District 302,388
 • District density 13,000/km2 (33,000/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Area code(s) 0-216
Website www.sultanbeyli.bel.tr www.sultanbeyli.gov.tr

Sultanbeyli (pronounced [sulˈtanbejli]) is a working class suburb of Istanbul, Turkey on the Asian side, inland from Kartal and Pendik. It has a population of 298,143 as of 2011, more than triple the 1990 figure of 82,298. The mayor is Hüseyin Keskin of the AKP.

History

Until recently Sultanbeyli was farmland. During the 1940s and 1950s large land holdings of the Ottoman period were parcelized for the settlement Turkishs migrants from Bulgaria. A village was built in the 1950s on one of the main highways connecting Istanbul to hinterland.

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