Sarıçam

Sarıçam
District and municipality
Sarıçam Municipality Hall
Sarıçam Municipality Hall
Map showing Sarıçam District in Adana Province
Map showing Sarıçam District in Adana Province
Sarıçam is located in Turkey
Sarıçam
Sarıçam
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°02′N 35°25′E / 37.033°N 35.417°E / 37.033; 35.417
CountryTurkey
ProvinceAdana
Government
 • MayorBilal Uludağ (MHP)
Area
770 km2 (300 sq mi)
Elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
221,733
 • Density290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
01260
Area code0322
Websitewww.saricam.bel.tr

Sarıçam is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 770 km2,[3] and its population is 221,733 (2022).[1] The southern section of the district is part of the Adana Urban Area. The district is located north of the Yüreğir district, east of the Seyhan River and the Seyhan Reservoir. Çukurova University, Adana Science and Technology University, the New Adana Stadium and the Adana Industrial Park are located in Sarıçam.

History

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In 2008 the district Sarıçam was created from part of the district Yüreğir. The urban part of the new district, 28 neighbourhoods, was established as a municipality.[4][5] At the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.[6]

Governance

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Sarıçam district is administered by three levels of government; central government, provincial administration and the municipalities.

Sarıçam District Hall

Sarıçam Governorship is the district branch of the central government operating under the Adana Governorship. The chief executive of the Sarıçam district is the District Governor who is appointed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Sarıçam Governorship overseas the functioning of the district directorates of the ministries.

Sarıçam directorate of the Adana Province Special Administration is the district branch of the provincial administration. Sarıçam district is represented with 5 members at the 61-member Adana Provincial Parliament.

Sarıçam Municipality

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Since the 2013 reorganisation, the Sarıçam municipality covers the whole area of the Sarıçam district. Sarıçam Municipality is a lower tier municipality of City of Adana and it is further divided into neighbourhoods.

Sarıçam Municipality was incorporated in 2008 as a lower-tier municipality of the city of Adana, after the split of the northern section from Yüreğir district. The organs of the Sarıçam Municipality are the mayor, encümen (the executive committee) and the municipal council.

Mayor is the chief executive of the municipality, presides municipal departments and chairs the municipal council. Mayoral candidates are either nominated by National Parties or run independently. The mayor is elected by first past the post voting for a 5-year term. Bilal Uludağ is the mayor of Sarıçam since 2014. In the local elections in March 2014, he was elected with %47,7 of the popular votes.[7]

Sarıçam Mayor Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
1 MHP Bilal Uludağ 36,813 47,7
2 AKP Ahmet Zenbilci 29,290 37,9
3 CHP Cumali Yakan 7,989 10,3
4 HDP Mehmet Sait Meviş 1,252 1,6

Encümen is the executive committee of the Sarıçam Municipality.The mayor presides the encümen and the committee consists of 7 members, 3 councilors elected from the municipal council, 3 department directors appointed by the mayor and the treasurer.

Municipal Council is the decision making organ of the Sarıçam Municipality. It is responsible for approving by-laws, founding, splitting or amalgamating neighbourhoods, strategic planning, urban development planning and zoning, making investments, budgeting, loaning and controlling the mayor's activities. The chair of the council is the mayor. The council consists of 25 members. The candidates for the councilor positions are either nominated by National Parties or run independently. The councilors are elected by the d'Hondt method, where the whole municipality is one electoral district and there is 10% threshold for a party to gain seat at the council. As with mayor, councilors are elected for a 5-year term.[8] Turkish nationalist MHP leads the council with 14 members and conservative AKP has 11 members at the council.

Neighbourhoods

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Main campus of Çukurova University in Sarıçam.
Adana Industrial Park

Neighbourhoods (Mahalle) are administered by the muhtar and the Neighbourhood Seniors Council consisting of 4 members. Muhtar and the Senior Council are elected for 5 years at the local elections and are not affiliated with political parties. Neighbourhoods are not an incorporation therefore do not hold government status. Muhtar although being elected by the residents, acts merely as an administrator of the district governor. Muhtar also voices the neighbourhood issues to the municipal hall together with the Seniors Council.

Sarıçam has a total of 68 neighbourhoods,[9] 28 of the neighbourhoods are in the urban area,[4] the others are rural.

The following neighborhoods were transferred from Yüreğir district to Sarıçam district on March 22, 2008, in accordance with the reasons stated in the law:

  1. Ayvalı
  2. Bayramhacılı
  3. Çarkıpare
  4. Çınarlı
  5. Mehmet Akif Ersoy
  6. Yıldırım Beyazıt
  7. Remzi Oğuz Arık (Affiliated with Baklalı Primary Municipality)
  8. Küçükbaklalı
  9. Büyükbaklalı (Affiliated with Buruk Primary Municipality)
  10. İstiklal
  11. Cumhuriyet (Affiliated with Sofulu Primary Municipality)
  12. Esentepe
  13. Orhangazi
  14. Sofudede
  15. Şahintepe
  16. Yeşiltepe
  17. Yavuz Sultan Selim
  18. Beyceli
  19. Gültepe (Affiliated with Kürkçüler Primary Municipality)
  20. Göztepe
  21. Müminli
  22. Yürekli
  23. Dağcı (Affiliated with Suluca Primary Municipality)
  24. Northern part of Karşıyaka Neighborhood along D-400 Highway
  25. Northern part of Acıdere Neighborhood along D-400 Highway (Affiliated with İncirlik Primary Municipality)
  26. Hürriyet
  27. Kemalpaşa
  28. Yeni Mahalle

The 68 neighbourhoods of Sarıçam District are:[9]

Neighbourhoods in the urban area

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Residential development in Sarıçam

There are 28 urban neighbourhoods in the Sarıçam municipality. 7 of these neighbourhoods are ceded from Yüreğir municipality and the rest are the neighbourhoods of the former municipalities Baklalı, Kürkçüler, Sofulu, Suluca, İncirlik and Buruk.[4]

Urban neighbourhoods ceded from Yüreğir district: The 4 neighbourhoods are Ayvalı, Bayramhacılı, Çarkıpare, Remzi Oğuz Arık, Çınarlı, Mehmet Akif Ersoy and Yıldırım Beyazıt.

Sofulu: The 8 neighbourhoods are Esentepe, Orhangazi, Sofudede, Şahintepe, Yeşiltepe, Yavuz Sultan Selim, Beyceli and Gültepe.

İncirlik: The 3 neighbourhoods are Hürriyet, Kemalpaşa and Yeni Mahalle.

Buruk: The 2 neighbourhoods are İstiklal and Cumhuriyet.

Baklalı: The 2 neighbourhoods are Küçükbaklalı and Büyükbaklalı.

Kürkçüler: The 4 neighbourhoods are Göztepe, Müminli, Yürekliand Dağcı.

Suluca: The 2 neighbourhoods are Karşıyaka and Acıdere.


References

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  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Kanun No. 5747, Resmî Gazete, 22 March 2008.
  5. ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 2. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Sariçam Seçi̇m Sonuçlari".
  8. ^ "Mahali İdareler ile mahalle muhtarlıkları ve ihtiyar heyetleri seçimi hakkında kanun (in Turkish)". Başar Mevzuat Bankası. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  9. ^ a b Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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