Sancaktepe

Sancaktepe is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 63 km2, and its population is 489,848 (2022).

Key facts

Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: Sancaktepe
Turkey place.image_skyline: SancaktepeStadium (1).jpg
Turkey place.image_caption: 15 Temmuz Stadium in Sancaktepe district
Turkey place.image_map: Istanbul location Sancaktepe.svg
Turkey place.map_caption: Map showing Sancaktepe District in Istanbul Province
Turkey place.province: Istanbul
Turkey place.leader_party: CHP
Turkey place.leader_name: Alper Yeğin
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 63
Turkey place.population_total: 489848
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022

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Sancaktepe is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 63 km2, and its population is 489,848 (2022).

In 2008 the district Sancaktepe was created from parts of the districts Kartal and Ümraniye. The urban part of the new district was established as a municipality. At the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.