Şahinbey


Şahinbey is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Its area is 960 km2, and its population is 941,055. It was named after Şahin Bey, a Turkish National Movement commander. It covers the southern part of the agglomeration of Gaziantep and the adjacent countryside. It is the location of a large amount of student housing for the public University of Gaziantep, as well as the site of two private universities: Zirve and Hasan Kalyoncu.

Composition

There are 181 neighbourhoods in Şahinbey District:

Sport

Two women's football clubs are based in Şahinbey. The 2006-established Gazikentspor playing in the Women's Second League and the 2021-founded Gaziantep Asyaspor, which was promoted to the Women's Super League in the 2023–24 [season">2023-24 Turkish Women's Football Super League">2023–24 [season.