Sancaktepe
Sancaktepe is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 63 km2, and its population is 489,848 (2022). 

In 2008 the district Sancaktepe was created from parts of the districts Kartal and Ümraniye. The urban part of the new district was established as a municipality. At the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.

Composition
There are 19 neighbourhoods in Sancaktepe District:

 Abdurrahmangazi
 Akpınar
 Atatürk
 Emek
 Eyüp Sultan
 Fatih
 Hilal
 İnönü
 Kemal Türkler
 Meclis
 Merve
 Mevlana
 Osmangazi
 Paşaköy
 Safa
 Sarıgazi
 Veysel Karani
 Yenidoğan
 Yunus Emre

History 
Sancaktepe's oldest historic structure is Damatris Summer Palace that was built by I. Tiberius Konstantinos (578–582) and Mavrikos (582–602) in Byzantine Age. Turks started to come to Sancaktepe in the 7th century but they could not be permanent up to the Ottoman. Ottoman Empire conquered this area completely in 1328.

Notable buildings and structures
Istanbul Samandıra Army Air Base
Sancaktepe Prof. Dr. Feriha Öz Emergency Hospital
Sancaktepe Stadium

References

 
Populated places in Istanbul Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Districts of Istanbul Province