User:Seyhan668/Neighborhoods of Adana

Neighborhoods are administered by the Mukhtar and the Neighborhood Seniors Council consisting of 4 members. Mukhtar and the Senior Council are elected for 5 years at the local elections and are not affiliated with political parties. Neighborhoods are not an incorporation therefore do not hold government status. Mukhtar, although being elected by the residents, acts merely as an administrator of the Governor. Mukhtar also voices the neighborhood issues to the municipal hall together with the Seniors Council.

Neighboorhoods in Seyhan District
Seyhan has total of 99 neighborhoods, 69 of them in the urban area, 30 are outside the urban area. The neighborhoods outside the urban area are the former villages and the municipalities that annexed to the city of Adana as city borders are expanded in 2008.

Neighborhoods in the urban area
The urban area of Seyhan can be split into 7 distinctive zones. The major separators of the zones are the D400 state road, railway line, Adana Metro, Şakirpaşa Airport and the little canal.

Old Town: Referring to the city of Adana before the foundation of the Republic, this zone is bordered by D400 state road on the road, Seyhan river on the west, roughly Debboy and Obalar street at the south and the Adana Şakirpaşa Airport on the west. The city was first founded in Tepebağ and then spread in three directions, thus this zone holds almost all the history of Adana. The 20 neighborhoods of this zone are Kayalıbağ, Tepebağ, Karasoku, Ulucamii, Türkocağı, Sarıyakup, Alidede, Beşocak, Hurmalı, Kuruköprü, Hanedan, Kocavezir, Sucuzade, Mirzaçelebi, İstiklal, Yeşilyuva, Emek, Meydan, Gülpınar and Dumlupınar.

Three boulevards: This zone is one of the fine samples of planned neighborhoods of the Republic Era. It is locally named with the three major boulevards passing within the zone, Ziyapaşa, Atatürk and Gazipaşa. Founded north of the city, it is currently bordered by D-400 state road on the south, Seyhan river on the west, railway line on the north and metro line on the west. The four neighborhoods of this zone are Reşatbey, Çınarlı, Cemalpaşa and Kurtuluş. The population of this zone is 39,037.

North of the railway line: Covering the area north of the railway line, west of the Seyhan river, east of the metro line and south of the Çukurova district, this zone has seen rapid growth since 1960's and has planned and unplanned sections. The 6 neighborhoods of this zone are Ziyapaşa, Sümer, Gazipaşa, Namık Kemal, Yenibaraj and Yeşilyurt. The population at this zone is.

North of the little canal: Mostly an unplanned residential zone, it is bordered by the little irrigation canal on the south, metro line on the east, Çukurova district on the north and roughly Öğretmenler Boulevard on the west. The 10 neighborhoods of this zone are Tellidere, Fatih, Pınar, 2000 Evler, Gürselpaşa, Güzelyurt, Kıyıboyu, Mavibulvar, Bahçeşehir and Yeni Mahalle

South of the little canal: This zone covers the area, little canal on the north, the metro line on the east, D400 state road on the south and Öğretmenler Boulevard on the west. It is a residential and industrial zone. 12 neighborhoods of the zone are; Mithatpaşa, Döşeme, Denizli, Narlıca, Ahmet Remzi Yüreğir, Sakarya, İsmetpaşa, Yeşilevler, Demetevler, Barış, Fevzipaşa and Aydınlar.

East of the Airport: Covering the area west and north of the Şakirpaşa Airport, south of the D400 and west of the Adana Hippodrome, it has unplanned residential areas as well as small-scale industrial sites. 5 neighborhoods of this zone are; Şakirpaşa, Uçak, Onur, Ova and Yeşiloba,

South of the Old Town: This zone covers the area south of the old town and Şakirpaşa Airport and west of the Seyhan river. North part of this zone is large a low-income residential area of unplanned neighborhoods filled with shanty homes. It was started being populated during the city's explosive growth in 1950's and seen further growth during the mass migration of Kurds from Southeastern Anatolia Region in 1990's during the peak of Turkey-PKK conflict. The unemployment rates are very in this zone. The 12 neighborhoods of this zone are Mestanzade, Hürriyet, Havuzlubahçe, Bahçelievler, Dağlıoğlu, Gülbahçesi, Şehit Duran, Yenibey, Barbaros, Bey, Akkapı, Mıdık.

Neighborhoods outside the urban area
As the city borders expanded the municipalities and villages in the new limits of the city are annexed to the city. Neighborhoods of the former municipalities and former villages then became part of the Seyhan district as neighborhoods. There total of 30 non-urban neighborhoods which are located on the west and south end of Seyhan.

Karayusuflu: 9 neighborhoods of this former municipality are; Bahçelievler, Serinevler, Kayışlı, Salmanbeyli, Dervişler, Çaputçu, Köylüoğlu, Dörtağaç, Mürseloğlu

Küçükdikili: 5 neighborhoods of this former municipality are; Çınarlı, Dikili, Kavaklı, Mekan, Söğütlü,

Former Villages: 16 neighborhoods that were formerly villages are; Büyük Çıldırım, Büyük Dikili, Camuzcu, Gökçeler, Gölbaşı, Karakuyu, Koyuncu, Kuyumcular, Küçük Çıldırım, Sarıhamzalı, Sarıhuğlar, Yalmanlı, Yenidam,  Yolgeçen, Zeytinli, Hadırlı,