Pendik

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Pendik

Total population

698,260

Founded

1987

Elevation39 m

Land area180.2 km²

WeatherAvg high 67.3°F

Coordinates40.88°, 29.23°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Pendik is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 190 km2, and its population is 750,435 (2022). It is on the Asian side between Kartal and Tuzla, on the Marmara Sea. It also neighbours Sultanbeyli, Sancaktepe and Çekmeköy from northwest, Şile from north and Gebze from northeast. The district is home to the Sabiha Gökçen International Airport.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Pendik - panoramio - Öner Akgün

Pendik - panoramio - Öner Akgün (1)

Pendik - panoramio - Öner Akgün (2)

Bursa Iskender - panoramio

Cicekci - panoramio

Camii - panoramio - aachim3

Ankara cd - panoramio - aachim3

Cesme - panoramio

Kuyumcular - panoramio

Rihtim - panoramio (2)

Kusbakisi 3 - panoramio

Cami - panoramio (7)

Geo-tagged photos from Wikimedia Commons (CC-licensed; click any photo for license details).

Notable people from here

İ

İlyas Yılmazer

Turkish association football player (born 1992)

R

Ragıp Zarakolu

Turkish translator (born 1948)

P

Patriarch Fotios II of Constantinople

265th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Lefter Küçükandonyadis

Turkish association football player (1924–2012)

M

Melek Bilge

Turkish basketball player (born 1989)

F

Fethiye Çakıl

Srpuhi Kalfayan

American philanthropist (1822-1889)

E

Erman Özgür

Turkish association football player (born 1977)

Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid

Turkish painter (1901–1991)

K

Kostas Kasapoğlu

Turkish association football player (1936–2016)

A

Altay Özurgancı

Turkish basketball player (born 1988)

Erhan Deniz

Turkish mixed martial artist (born 1985)

Füreya Koral

Turkish artist (1910–1997)

T

Tiraje Dikmen

Turkish artist (1923–2014)

A

Atilla Güner

Turkish journalist (born 1962)

H

Hayal Kahraman Özalp

Turkish actor (born 1985)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Istanbul

• Bakırköy
  20.1 mi away · pop. 226,685
• Bibione
  876.3 mi away · pop. 2,564
• San Giorgio al Tagliamento
  882.7 mi away
• Villanova Sant'Antonio
  885.7 mi away
• Villanova Santa Margherita
  886.1 mi away
• Borghetto
  887.7 mi away
• La Salute di Livenza
  888.3 mi away
• San Giorgio di Livenza
  888.3 mi away
• Torre di Fine
  889 mi away
• Ponte Crepaldo
  892 mi away
• Lido di Jesolo
  893.3 mi away · pop. 10,523
• Blessaglia
  894.7 mi away

Browse all places in Istanbul →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Pendik

Pendik

Neval Konuk · 2010

İstanbul Çevresi Alan Araştırmaları

Süleyman Şenel · 2011

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Schmidt's Cocktail Ant

Crematogaster schmidti

Seen 2026-06-04

Hooded Crow

Corvus cornix

Seen 2026-06-03

Common Mallow

Malva sylvestris

Seen 2026-06-03

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

Seen 2026-06-02

tree-of-heaven

Ailanthus altissima

Seen 2026-06-01

Eurasian Jackdaw

Coloeus monedula

Seen 2026-06-01

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-05-31

common fig

Ficus carica

Seen 2026-05-31

Domestic Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos domesticus

Seen 2026-05-30

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Pendik, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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