Pendik
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Istanbul
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, Turkey
Turkey
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on the Asia
Asia
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n side between Kartal
Kartal
Kartal is a district of Istanbul, Turkey located on the Asian side of the city, on the coast of the Marmara Sea between Maltepe and Pendik. The mayor is Altınok Öz . Despite being far from the city centre, Kartal is heavily populated now. . Total land area is 147,000 m² which includes some...
and Tuzla
Tuzla (district)
Tuzla is a small town, a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey on the Asian side of the city beyond Kartal and Pendik. Tuzla is on a headland on the coast of the Marmara Sea, at the eastern limit of the city. The mayor is Şadi Yazıcı .-History:...
, on the Marmara Sea. Its population is 625.365 and its mayor is Salih Kenan Şahin (AK Parti
Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
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).
History
There are records of settlements in Pendik going back to the Ancient MacedoniansAncient Macedonians
The Macedonians originated from inhabitants of the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, in the alluvial plain around the rivers Haliacmon and lower Axios...
of 5,000 years ago, a Roman
Roman Empire
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settlement in 753 BC, and many more conquests. In 1080, the town was taken over by the Seljuk Turks, and recaptured by the Byzantines
Byzantine Empire
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in 1086 and so on. During the Byzantine era, the place was called Pantikion or Pentikion, and before that Pantikàpion and Pantikàpeum in Greek
Greek language
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(as the town had five walls, or five gates, or both). Pendik was always a retreat from the city, and by the 20th century was peppered with holiday and weekend homes of Istanbul's wealthy.
Pendik today
Pendik is far from the city and public transport to the city is by slow buses and minibuses, or by the slow suburban trains to Kadıköy
Kadiköy
Kadıköy is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district of İstanbul, Turkey on the Asian side of the Sea of Marmara, facing the historic city centre on the European side of the Bosporus...
. The coast road is fast but does not carry public transport. There is work in the Pendik/Tuzla/Gebze region, which has seen industrial development in the 1990s.
In the 1970s ( the war in Bosnia and Hercegovina started 1992/ or 1870 or 1670 in both dates there was a war in Bosnia and Hercegovina Austria Vs Osman Empire) refugees who escaped from the war in Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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settled in the Pendik district of Sapanbağları. Apart from naming their streets and shops after their village in Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, these people have blended into the Istanbul
Istanbul
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working-class lifestyle of the rest of Pendik.
In the late 1990s two private educational institutions were built inland from Pendik, Koç Özel Lisesi and Sabancı University
Sabanci University
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. The area has a Formula One
Formula One
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racetrack. There is a high-speed boat across the Marmara Sea to Yalova
Yalova
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for people travelling out of the city to Bursa and the Aegean
Aegean Sea
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. Sabiha Gökçen airport is near.