Kirazpınar, Gebze
Kirazpınar is a neighborhood (mahalle) in the district of Gebze, in the province of Kocaeli, Turkey. Its population is 12,363 (2021).[1]
Kirazpınar is bordered on the east by the Gebze neighborhood of Tavşanlı, on the south by the E80 Highway (the Trans-European Motorway) with the Gebze neighborhoods of Sultan Orhan and Arapçeşme on the other side of the highway, and on the northwest by the Gebze Güzeller Industrial Park (Organize Sanayi Bölgesi) and the Gebze neighborhood of Pelitli. Much of the southeast of the neighborhood is taken up by quarries (Gebze Taş Ocakları). [2][3]
The area was first settled as a gecekondu neighborhood, but was made an official neighborhood after 2004.[4] The area hosts a large number of automotive firms.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nüfus ve İdari Yapısı" [Population and Administrative Structure]. T.C. Gebze Kaymakamlığı (in Turkish). CİMER: T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı İletişim Merkezi. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "Gebze Belediyesi: NetGIS Haritası Uygulaması". Gebze Belediyesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Kirazpınar, Gebze/Kocaeli" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ Ukuşlu, Hüseyin (2005). "Urbanization in Gebze and Its Effects on Health Indicators". Kocaeli Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 10 (2): 155. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ Gezici, Ferhan; Salihoğlu, Tayfun; Öztürk, Güliz; Karatuna, Yılma (2010). Endüstriyel Yer Seçim Süreçleri Bağlamında Kentlerde Yapısal Dönüşümler: Gebze Örneği [Urban Restructuring in the Context of Industrial Location Processes: The Case of Gebze] (PDF). TÜCAUM VI. Coğrafya Sempozyumu (in Turkish). Ankara Üniversitesi: Türkiye Coğrafyası Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi. p. 193. Retrieved 8 April 2025.