Akyazı

For other places with the same name, see Akyazı (disambiguation).
Akyazı
District and municipality
Map showing Akyazı District in Sakarya Province
Map showing Akyazı District in Sakarya Province
Akyazı is located in Turkey
Akyazı
Akyazı
Location in Turkey
Akyazı is located in Marmara
Akyazı
Akyazı
Akyazı (Marmara)
Coordinates: 40°41′00″N 30°37′31″E / 40.68333°N 30.62528°E / 40.68333; 30.62528
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSakarya
Government
 • MayorBilal Soykan[1] (AKP)
Area
628 km2 (242 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[2]
101,782
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
54400
Area code0264
ClimateCfa
Websitewww.akyazi.bel.tr

Akyazı is a municipality and district of Sakarya Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 628 km2,[4] and its population is 94,494 (2022).[2] The mayor is Bilal Soykan (AKP).

Composition

There are 76 neighbourhoods in Akyazı District:[5]

  • Akbalık
  • Alaağaç
  • Altındere Cumhuriyet
  • Altındere Gündoğan
  • Altındere Osmanağa
  • Ballıkaya
  • Batakköy
  • Bedil Kazancı
  • Bedilkadirbey
  • Bediltahirbey
  • Beldibi
  • Bıçkıdere
  • Boztepe
  • Buğdaylı
  • Çakıroğlu
  • Çatalköprü
  • Çıldırlar
  • Cumhuriyet
  • Cumhuriyet (Küçücek)
  • Dedeler
  • Dokurcun Çaylar Yeni Mahalle
  • Dokurcun Çengeller
  • Dokurcun Kuloğlu
  • Durmuşlar
  • Düzyazı
  • Erdoğdu
  • Eskibedil
  • Fatih
  • G. Süleymanpaşa
  • Gebeş
  • Gökçeler
  • Güvençler
  • Güzlek
  • Hanyatak
  • Harunusta
  • Hasanbey
  • Hastane
  • Haydarlar
  • İnönü
  • Kabakulak
  • Karaçalılık
  • Kepekli
  • Kızılcıkorman
  • Konuralp
  • Küçücek İstiklal
  • Kumköprü
  • Kuzuluk Ortamahalle
  • Kuzuluk Şose
  • Kuzuluk Topçusırtı
  • Madenler
  • Mansurlar
  • Merkez Yeniköy
  • Ömercikler
  • Osmanbey
  • Pazarköy
  • Reşadiye
  • Salihiye
  • Şerefiye
  • Seyfeler
  • Sukenarı
  • Taşağıl
  • Taşburun
  • Taşyatak
  • Topağaç
  • Türkormanköy
  • Uzunçınar
  • Vakıf
  • Yağcılar
  • Yahyalı
  • Yeni
  • Yenidoğan
  • Yeniorman
  • Yongalık
  • Yörükyeri
  • Yunusemre
  • Yuvalık

Electrocution incident

On 23 June 2017, five people died of electrocution after a swimming pool at a water park in Akyazı became electrified. Three children aged 12, 15 and 17[6] were the first to be electrocuted. The park's manager Mehmet Kaya, 58, and his son Kadir Kaya, 30,[7] dived in to save them but were also seriously injured.[8] The five victims died in hospital; another person was seriously injured during the incident and was taken to hospital.[9][10]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Baskan" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  2. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Five electrocuted at water park in Turkey". The Guardian. Associated Press. 2017-06-23. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  7. ^ "Turkish water park: Children and adults electrocuted". BBC News. 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  8. ^ "Five people dead in mass electrocution at water park in Turkey". The Independent. 2017-06-23. Archived from the original on 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  9. ^ "Turkish water park: Children and adults electrocuted". BBC News. 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  10. ^ "Five electrocuted at water park in Turkey". The Guardian. Associated Press. 2017-06-23. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-24.


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