Pendik

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Pendik

Total population

698,260

Elevation15 m

WeatherAvg high 67.3°F

Coordinates40.88°, 29.23°

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

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).

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
• Duna Verde
  886.4 mi away
• Ottava Presa
  886.5 mi away
• Borghetto
  887.7 mi away
• Pramaggiore
  894.2 mi away · pop. 3,985
• Ceggia
  896.4 mi away · pop. 6,145
• Cavallino
  896.7 mi away · pop. 2,881
• Cessalto
  898.1 mi away · pop. 3,134
• Motta di Livenza
  899.4 mi away · pop. 10,768
• Meduna di Livenza
  899.9 mi away · pop. 2,702
• Noventa di Piave
  901 mi away · pop. 5,952
• Fossalta di Piave
  901.5 mi away · pop. 4,022

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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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