Çekmeköy

Çekmeköy is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 152 km²,^[3] and its population is 296,066 (2022).^[1] It is on the Asian side of Istanbul.

Çekmeköy
District and municipality
Reşadiye Neighborhood
Map showing Çekmeköy District in Istanbul Province
Çekmeköy Location in Turkey Show map of Turkey Çekmeköy Çekmeköy (Istanbul) Show map of Istanbul
Coordinates: 41°02′13″N 29°10′43″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Istanbul
Government
• Mayor	Orhan Çerkez (CHP)
Area	152 km2 (59 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	296,066
• Density	1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0216
Website	www.cekmekoy.bel.tr

In 2008 the district Çekmeköy was created from part of the district Ümraniye, including the former municipalities Çekmeköy, Taşdelen, Alemdağ and Ömerli. The urban part of the new district, 17 neighbourhoods, 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] Its first mayor, Ahmet Poyraz, was elected in the 2009 Turkish local elections from (AKP).

Composition

There are 21 neighbourhoods in Çekmeköy District:^[7]

• Alemdağ
• Aydınlar
• Çamlık
• Çatalmeşe
• Cumhuriyet
• Ekşioğlu
• Güngören
• Hamidiye
• Hüseyinli
• Kirazlıdere
• Koçullu
• Mehmet Akif
• Merkez
• Mimar Sinan
• Nişantepe
• Ömerli
• Reşadiye
• Sırapınar
• Soğukpınar
• Sultançiftliği
• Taşdelen