Sakarya

Sakarya
Province number:	54
Counties
Basic data
Coordinates:	40 ° 42 ′ N , 30 ° 27 ′ E Coordinates: 40 ° 42 ′ N , 30 ° 27 ′ E
Provincial capital:	Adapazarı
Region:	Marmara region
Surface:	4,895 km²
Population:	976,948 (2016)
Population density:	199.58 inhabitants / km²
Political
Governor:	Huseyin Avni Coş
Seats in Parliament:	7th
Structural
Post Code:	54000
Telephone code:	0264
Features :	54
Website
	www.sakarya.gov.tr (Turkish)

Sakarya is a province of Turkey . Its capital is Adapazarı . It takes its name from the river Sakarya , the ancient Sangarius .

The province has 976,948 inhabitants (as of 2016) on an area of 4,895 km². It borders the provinces of Düzce , Bolu , Bilecik , Kocaeli and Bursa .

Sakarya was the center of an earthquake in 1999 that killed 24,000 people.

university

There are approximately 35,000 students at the State University of Sakarya . There is also a library with around 40,000 books and space for up to 500 students. Its forerunner, a school of technology and architecture that worked closely with Istanbul University, dates back to 1970. It has been an independent university since 1992.

Counties

The provincial capital Adapazarı has been a major city (Büyükşehir Belediyesi) since 2000. After an administrative reform in 2014, all districts are directly subordinate to the Lord Mayor of Sakarya. The former mayors of the municipalities ( Belediye ) were downgraded to the rank of Muhtar . Therefore the 16 districts are also urban districts:

Personalities

Sedat Peker (* 1971), leader of a criminal organization
Cem Uzan (* 1960), media entrepreneur and politician
Süleyman Seba (1926–2014), 1984 to 2000 President of Beşiktaş Istanbul.
Oğuz Çetin (* 1963), football player and coach
Tuncay Şanlı (* 1982), football player
Recep Çetin (* 1965), football player
Kenan Sofuoğlu (* 1984), motorcycle racer
Mustafa Pektemek (* 1988), football player
Salih Dursun (* 1991), football player

literature

Wilfried Heller : The province of Sakarya in northwestern Anatolia: a transition area. In: Wiener Schriften für Geographie und Kartographie, 1989, Issue 3, pp. 121–131.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Turkish Institute for Statistics, accessed December 24, 2017
↑ Website of the Sakarya Province
^ History. In: sakarya.edu.tr. Retrieved October 26, 2018 (English, Turkish).

[1] Turkish Institute for Statistics, accessed December 24, 2017

[2] Website of the Sakarya Province

[3] History. In: sakarya.edu.tr. Retrieved October 26, 2018 (English, Turkish).