Melikgazi

For the Danishmend ruler also known as Melikgazi, see Gazi Gümüshtigin.

Melikgazi is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 668 km²,^[3] and its population is 594,344 (2022).^[1] It covers the southern and eastern part of the agglomeration of Kayseri and the adjacent countryside.

Melikgazi
District and municipality
Aerial view of Melikgazi
Map showing Melikgazi District in Kayseri Province
Melikgazi Location in Turkey Show map of Turkey Melikgazi Melikgazi (Turkey Central Anatolia) Show map of Turkey Central Anatolia
Coordinates: 38°43′N 35°30′E
Country	Turkey
Province	Kayseri
Government
• Mayor	Mustafa Palancıoğlu (AKP)
Area	668 km2 (258 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	594,344
• Density	890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0352
Website	www.melikgazi.bel.tr

Political structure

The district Melikgazi was created in 1998 from part of the former central district of Kayseri, along with the district Kocasinan.^[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] The mayor is Mustafa Palancıoğlu (AKP).

Composition

There are 57 neighbourhoods in Melikgazi District:^[7]

• 19 Mayıs
• 30 Ağustos
• Ağırnas
• Alpaslan
• Altınoluk
• Anafartalar
• Anbar
• Aydınlıkevler
• Bağpınar
• Bahçelievler
• Battalgazi
• Becen
• Büyük Bürüngüz
• Cumhuriyet
• Danişmentgazi
• Demokrasi
• Eğribucak
• Erenköy
• Esentepe
• Esenyurt
• Fatih
• Germir
• Gesi Fatih
• Gökkent
• Gültepe
• Gülük
• Gürpınar
• Güzelköy
• Hisarcık
• Hunat
• Hürriyet
• İldem Cumhuriyet
• Kayabağ
• Kazımkarabekir
• Keykubrat
• Kılıçaslan
• Kıranardı
• Kocatepe
• Köşk
• Küçükbürüngüz
• Mimarsinan
• Osman Kavuncu
• Osmanlı
• Sakarya
• Sarımsaklı
• Selçuklu
• Selimiye
• Şirintepe
• Subaşı
• Tacettin Veli
• Tavlusun
• Tınaztepe
• Turan
• Vekse
• Yeniköy
• Yeşilyurt
• Yıldırım Beyazıt

Notable citizens

• Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect (born around 1488 in Ağırnas )