Şahinbey

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.

Şahinbey
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Şahinbey
Coordinates: 36°54′24″N 37°12′15″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceGaziantep
Government
 • MayorMehmet İhsan Tahmazoğlu (AKP)
 • KaymakamCemalettin Yılmaz
Area
 • District938.78 km2 (362.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
782,899
 • District
795,283
 • District density850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Post code
27090
Websitewww.sahinbey.bel.tr

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