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Akyazı is a town and district of Sakarya Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The mayor is Bilal Soykan (AK PARTI).
Akyazı | |
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  Akyazı | |
| Coordinates: 40°41′00″N 30°37′31″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Sakarya |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bilal Soykan[1] (AK PARTİ) |
| • Kaymakam | Yakup Guney |
| Area | |
| • District | 616.63 km2 (238.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[3] | |
| • Urban | 42,571 |
| • District | 84,022 |
| • District density | 140/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Post code | 54400 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | www.akyazi.bel.tr |
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[4] were the first to be electrocuted. The park's manager Mehmet Kaya, 58, and his son Kadir Kaya, 30,[5] dived in to save them but were also seriously injured.[6] The five victims died in hospital; another person was seriously injured during the incident and was taken to hospital.[7][8]
Notable people
- Sofuoğlu family, three champion motorcycle racers
References
- "Baskan" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
- "Five electrocuted at water park in Turkey". The Guardian. Associated Press. 2017-06-23. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
- "Turkish water park: Children and adults electrocuted". BBC News. 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- "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.
- "Turkish water park: Children and adults electrocuted". BBC News. 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- "Five electrocuted at water park in Turkey". The Guardian. Associated Press. 2017-06-23. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
External links
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На других языках
[de] Akyazı
Akyazı ist eine Stadtgemeinde (Belediye) im gleichnamigen Ilçe (Landkreis) der Provinz Sakarya und gleichzeitig eine Gemeinde der 2000 geschaffenen Büyüksehir belediyesi Sakarya (Großstadtgemeinde/Metropolprovinz) in der Türkei. Seit der Gebietsreform 2013 ist die Gemeinde flächen- und einwohnermäßig identisch mit dem Landkreis.- [en] Akyazı
[ru] Акъязы
Акъязы (тур. Akyazı) — город и район в провинции Сакарья (Турция).Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.
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