Esenler

This article covers the district of İstanbul; for a similarly written village in Denizli province, see Eşenler .

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Esenler
High-rise buildings in Esenler
Basic data
Province (il) :	Istanbul
Coordinates :	41 ° 3 '  N , 28 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 3 '0 "  N , 28 ° 51' 0"  E
Surface:	18.51 km²
Telephone code :	(+90) 212 (European part) (+90) 216 (Asian part)
Postal code :	34 xxx
License plate :	34
Structure and administration (status: 2009)
Mayor :	Mehmet Tevfik Göksu ( AKP )
Website:	www.esenler.bel.tr
Esenler district
Residents :	458,857 (2014)
Surface:	39 km²
Population density :	11,766 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Nazım Madenoğlu
Website (Kaymakam):	www.esenler.gov.tr

Esenler (formerly Litros and Avas in Greek ) is a district in the Turkish province of İstanbul and a district on the European side of İstanbul . Until 1992 the place was part of Bakirköy , then until 1994 of Güngören . Esenler has 458,857 inhabitants (as of 2014).

The Esenler bus station is to the east of the district .

In Ottoman times, the place was populated by Greek farmers. During the population exchange between Greece and Turkey , the Greek residents were deported in 1923 and Turks from Macedonia settled in their place .

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Commons : Esenler  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics, 2014 ( Memento February 10, 2015 on WebCite ), accessed May 2, 2015