Vakfıkebir
District and municipality in Trabzon, Turkey
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Vakfıkebir (Turkish: [vakfɯceˈbiɾ]) is a municipality and district of Trabzon Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 141 km2,[3] and its population is 27,060 (2022).[1] On 31 March 2024, Fuat Koçal (Independent) was elected mayor.
Vakfıkebir | |
|---|---|
District and municipality | |
The village İshaklı | |
 Map showing Vakfıkebir District in Trabzon Province | |
  Vakfıkebir Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 41°2′51″N 39°16′47″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Trabzon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fuat Koçal (AKP) |
Area | 141 km2 (54 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 27,060 |
| • Density | 192/km2 (497/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 61400 |
| Area code | 0462 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | www |
Composition
There are 46 neighbourhoods in Vakfıkebir District:[4]
- Açıkalan
- Akköy
- Aydoğdu
- Bahadırlı
- Ballı
- Bozalan
- Büyükliman
- Caferli
- Çamlık
- Çamlık Sahil
- Çarşı
- Çavuşlu
- Cumhuriyet
- Demirci
- Deregözü
- Düzlük
- Esentepe
- Fethiye
- Fevziye
- Güneyköy
- Güneysu
- Hacıköy
- Hamzalı
- Hürriyet
- İlyaslı
- İshaklı
- Karatepe
- Kemaliye
- Kıranköy
- Kirazlık
- Kirazlık Yeni
- Köprücek
- Körez
- Küçükdere
- Mahmutlu
- Mısırlı
- Ortaköy
- Rıdvanlı
- Sekmenli
- Şenocak
- Sinanlı
- Soğuksu
- Tarlacık
- Yalıköy
- Yaylacık
- Yıldız
Cuisine of Vakfıkebir
- Vakfıkebir bread
- Vakfıkebir butter (Vakfıkebir tereyağı)
Notable natives
- Volkan Bekçi (1987– ), footballer
- Tayfun Cora (1983– ), footballer of Trabzonspor
- Dilek İmamoğlu (1978– ), lecturer, wife of Ekrem İmamoğlu
- Rahman Oğuz Kobya (1988– ), footballer of Adanaspor
- Erman Öncü (1976– ), retired footballer, currently scholar for physical education and sports at the Black Sea Technical University
- Muhammet Özdin (1978– ), footballer
- Osman Şirin (1943– ), former justice of the High Court of Appeals of Turkey
- Necip Torumtay (1926–2011), former Chief of the General Staff of Turkey
