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).
Akyazı | |
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District and municipality | |
 Map showing Akyazı District in Sakarya Province | |
  Akyazı Location in Turkey  Akyazı Akyazı (Marmara) | |
| Coordinates: 40°41′00″N 30°37′31″E / 40.68333°N 30.62528°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Sakarya |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bilal Soykan[1] (AKP) |
| Area | 628 km2 (242 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 94,494 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 54400 |
| Area code | 0264 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | www |
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
- Sofuoğlu family, three champion motorcycle racers