Sultangazi is one of Istanbul’s newer inner-city districts. It was founded as a district proper in 2009 by the “New Local Government Law” in Istanbul, Turkey. To the west are the neighbourhoods of Esenler and Başakşehir, Gaziosmanpaşa is to the south and Eyüp is to the north and east. The district of Gaziosmanpaşa was divided to three districts, and Sultangazi is one of them. One border of the district is formed by the TEM highway.

Sultangazi is divided into three neighbourhoods: Habibler, Gazi and Sultançiftliği. The name of “Sultangazi” comes from “Sultan” word part of Sultançiftliği (meaning farm of the Sultan) and the neighbourhood of Gazi, with “gazi” the Turkish for a venerated veteran of war.

Precincts: Sultançiftliği, Gazi, Habibler
Neighbourhoods: 50. Yıl, 75. Yıl, Cebeci, Cumhuriyet, Esentepe, İsmetpaşa, Malkoçoğlu, Uğur Mumcu, Yayla,
Yunus Emre, Zübeyde Hanım
Villages: Cebeci (near to Cebeci neighbourhood as 3 kilometres.)