Turkey
Gaziantep Province
Şahinbey İlçesi

Şahinbey

Şahinbey is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 960 km2, and its population is 941,055. It was named after Şahin Bey, a Turkish National Movement commander.
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  • Type: Town with 886,000 residents
  • Description: district of Gaziantep, south-central Turkey
  • Also known as: “Şahinbey district”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Liberation Mosquee and Gaziantep Castle.

Mosque
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Liberation Mosque, formerly the St. Mary's Cathedral or Holy Mother of God Church, is located in the Tepebaşı district of Şahinbey, Gaziantep, Turkey. Initially built as an Armenian Apostolic church, it was converted into a stable after the Armenian genocide and later into a jail.

Castle
Photo: Kpisimon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle on top of a mound in the centre of , Turkey. First used as an observation point during the Hittite Empire, it was expanded into a castle during Roman rule. The castle was severely damaged by earthquakes in February 2023.

Synagogue
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as the Great Synagogue of Gaziantep, is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue located in , in south-central . No longer used as a synagogue, the building is abandoned.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gaziantep and Cabi.

Photo: Nevit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in . Although it is a major city in Turkey and known as the Turkish capital of gastronomy, it counts very few international tourists. It has a quiet atmosphere and the locals are friendly.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 1,194.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 1,290 km2, and its population is 857,167. It covers the northern part of the agglomeration of and the adjacent countryside.

Şahinbey

Latitude
37.05759° or 37° 3′ 27″ north
Longitude
37.3794° or 37° 22′ 46″ east
Population
886,000
Elevation
883 metres (2,897 feet)
Open location code
8G9V395H+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3430080962
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7619146
Wiki­data ID
Q2195037
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Şahinbey” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شاهين بك”
  • Arabic: “شَاهِين بِكّ”
  • Armenian: “Շահինբեյ”
  • Asturian: “Şahinbey (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Şahinbey”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şahinbəy”
  • Catalan: “Şahinbey”
  • Cebuano: “Şahinbey İlçesi”
  • Chechen: “ШахӀинбей”
  • Chinese: “Şahinbey”
  • Chinese: “沙欣贝伊”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Şahinbey”
  • Dutch: “Şahinbey”
  • French: “Şahinbey”
  • German: “Sahinbey”
  • German: “Şahinbey”
  • Greek: “Σάχινμπεϊ”
  • Irish: “Şahinbey”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Şahinbey”
  • Italian: “Şahinbey”
  • Kurdish: “Mezmaxor”
  • Kurdish: “Şahînbeg”
  • Malay: “Şahinbey”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Şahinbey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Şahinbey”
  • Norwegian: “Şahinbey”
  • Persian: “شاهین‌بی”
  • Russian: “Сахинбей”
  • Russian: “Шахинбей”
  • Scots: “Şahinbey”
  • Serbian: “Шахинбеј”
  • Spanish: “Şahinbey”
  • Swahili: “Şahinbey”
  • Tatar: “Шахинбей”
  • Turkish: “Şahinbey, Gaziantep”
  • Turkish: “Şahinbey”
  • Ukrainian: “Шахінбей”
  • Ukrainian: “شاہین بے”
  • Urdu: “سہینبے”
  • Urdu: “شاہین بے”
  • Vietnamese: “Şahinbey”
  • Vlaams: “Şahinbey”
  • Western Mari: “Шахинбей”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع شاہنبے”
  • Yoruba: “Şahinbey”
  • “Şahinbey ilçesi”

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