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Güngören is an industrial and working class residential district of Istanbul, Turkey.[3] It is located near the district of Bakırköy on the Çatalca Peninsula in the western half of Istanbul Province. It is the smallest district of Turkey in terms of land area with an area of 7 square kilometers. Güngören, which became a district on June 3, 1992, is adjacent to Zeytinburnu to the east, Esenler, Bakırköy in the south, and Bahçelievler to the west. The district is now fully urbanized and consists of 11 neighborhoods. The mayor is Bünyamin Demir (AKP). The district had a population of 283,083 in 2020, down from a peak of 318,545 in 2007.[4]

Güngören
A typical street in Güngören
Güngören
Coordinates: 41°01′21″N 28°52′18″E
CountryTurkey
Provinceİstanbul
Government
  MayorBünyamin Demir (AKP)
  KaymakamSeyfettin Azizoğlu
Area
  District7.55 km2 (2.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[2]
  District
307,573
  District density41,000/km2 (110,000/sq mi)
Websitewww.gungoren.bel.tr

History


Güngören was once primarily farmland set on rolling hills and was known by the village name of Vidos. Güngören, like neighboring Zeytinburnu and Bagcilar have grown rapidly since the 1950s and in a largely unplanned way which has caused significant quality of life issues. Informally built gecekondu have been replaced with more formal apartment blocks while vacant land has been transformed into trade zones and industrial parks. The majority of the population is made up of migrants who arrived from rural Anatolia.

As metropolitan Istanbul grew, the national government developed State road D.100 (Turkey) which runs through the center of the district. The construction of the highway led to the demolition of hundreds of informally built housing units but also made travel through the region significantly easier. In 1992, the T1 line of the Istanbul Tram was extended through the neighborhood towards its terminus in Bagcilar. The area is now served extensively by the Metrobus (Istanbul), M1A line of the Istanbul Metro and the Istanbul Tram. Despite the evolution of the district into a formally built urban area serviced by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality it remains at high risk of damage due to earthquakes.[5] The area is increasingly the focus of both the national and municipal governments for reconstruction and retrofitting of existing structures in order to mitigate risk of collapse.

Güngören is a district with a variety of socio-economic issues including poverty, joblessness, poor education, pollution, poor quality construction and lack of green space. While originally catering to migrants from Anatolia, the area is now home to a growing population of people from Afghanistan, Xinjiang and Syria. The district was the site of the 2008 Istanbul bombings.[6] The area is hard to distinguish from neighboring districts. The southern and eastern part of the district along the D100 Highway is known as Merter and is primarily industrial. The northern and western parts of the district and primarily residential. In the center of the district is the large Kale Shopping Center. Along the eastern border of the district is Yildiz Technical University.

A typical arterial road in Güngören
A typical arterial road in Güngören

Population


The population of Güngören has grown rapidly in the last 70 years. The area recorded a population of 259 in 1935 rising to a peak of 318,545 in 2007. Population growth was particularly pronounced between 1970 to 2000 when the population grew from 20,000 to 180,000. The district is now fully built out and has seen population decline as families have left cramped and poorly built structures and depart for more spacious, modern and better built suburban residential districts that are now accessible thanks to the expansion of the Istanbul Metro.


Sports


The Tozkoparan Olympic Swimming Pool is one of the four Olympic-size swimming pools in Istanbul.[7] Güngören also has amateur football clubs belonging to districts such as Istanbul Güngörenspor, Haznedarspor, Tozkoparanspor and Güneştepespor which all play in the Istanbul amateur league.


Reaction to Recep İvedik


Güngören is the hometown of the main character of a 2008 Turkish comedy film, directed by Togan Gökbakar. The main character is an oafish man played by Şahan Gökbakar. The portrayal is partially based on cultural attitudes and stereotypes in Istanbul and Turkey about Güngören's socio-economic identity.

Some residents of Güngören were displeased with the portrayal of the character and the community in the film. We are uneasy that our district is being mentioned by a character like İvedik, proclaimed Abdullah Yılmaz, the president of the Youth Council for Güngören District, in response to the release of the film Recep İvedik 3 which featured a "red neck" comedy character portrayed as residing in the district. Güngören is a district where educated and intellectual people live. It is not right to associate Güngören with an impolite character who does not know any manners, he continued before stating that the council would take action to prevent the district from being mentioned in a fourth film in the series.[8]


References


  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "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.
  3. "İstanbul'un yeni 'İlçe' haritası çizildi" (in Turkish). Municipality of Istanbul. 2008. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  4. "Güngören Nüfusu İstanbul".
  5. http://itudergi.itu.edu.tr/index.php/itudergisi_a/article/viewFile/846/768
  6. "Deadly blasts hit Istanbul street". BBC. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  7. "İstanbul'da 4 olimpik yüzme havuzu" (in Turkish). Listemis. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  8. "No redneck townsman of mine". Habertürk. 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-08-13.



На других языках


[de] Güngören

Güngören (bis 1936 griechisch Vidos) ist eine Stadtgemeinde (Belediye) im gleichnamigen Ilçe (Landkreis) der Provinz Istanbul in der türkischen Marmararegion und gleichzeitig ein Stadtbezirk der 1984 gebildeten Büyükşehir belediyesi İstanbul (Großstadtgemeinde/Metropolprovinz). Güngören liegt auf der europäischen Seite der Großstadt und ist seit der Gebietsreform ab 2013 flächen- und einwohnermäßig identisch mit dem Landkreis.
- [en] Güngören

[es] Distrito de Güngören

Güngören es un pequeño distrito industrial de Estambul, Turquía. Cuenta con una población de 314.271 habitantes (2008).



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