Akyazı is a municipality and district of Sakarya Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its area is 628 km2, and its population is 94,494 (2022). The mayor is Bilal Soykan (AKP).
Composition There are 76 neighbourhoods in Akyazı District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
Akbalık Alaağaç Altındere Cumhuriyet Altındere Gündoğan Altındere Osmanağa Ballıkaya Batakköy Bedil Kazancı Bedilkadirbey Bediltahirbey Beldibi Bıçkıdere Boztepe Buğdaylı Çakıroğlu Çatalköprü Çıldırlar Cumhuriyet Cumhuriyet (Küçücek) Dedeler Dokurcun Çaylar Yeni Mahalle Dokurcun Çengeller Dokurcun Kuloğlu Durmuşlar Düzyazı Erdoğdu Eskibedil Fatih G. Süleymanpaşa Gebeş Gökçeler Güvençler Güzlek Hanyatak Harunusta Hasanbey Hastane Haydarlar İnönü Kabakulak Karaçalılık Kepekli Kızılcıkorman Konuralp Küçücek İstiklal Kumköprü Kuzuluk Ortamahalle Kuzuluk Şose Kuzuluk Topçusırtı Madenler Mansurlar Merkez Yeniköy Ömercikler Osmanbey Pazarköy Reşadiye Salihiye Şerefiye Seyfeler Sukenarı Taşağıl Taşburun Taşyatak Topağaç Türkormanköy Uzunçınar Vakıf Yağcılar Yahyalı Yeni Yenidoğan Yeniorman Yongalık Yörükyeri Yunusemre Yuvalık
Electrocution incident On 23 June 2017, five people died of electrocution after a swimming pool at a water park in Akyazı became electrified. Three children aged 12, 15 and 17 were the first to be electrocuted. The park's manager Mehmet Kaya, 58, and his son Kadir Kaya, 30, dived in to save them but were also seriously injured. The five victims died in hospital; another person was seriously injured during the incident and was taken to hospital.
Notable people Sofuoğlu family, three champion motorcycle racers
References
External links Akyazı Haber Sakarya Haber