title: Nizip
text: Nizip (; ) is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Its area is 944 km2, and its population is 148,386 (2022).
  
  It is located 45 km from the city of Gaziantep, 95 km from Şanlıurfa (Edessa), and 35 km from Karkamış.
  
  Demographics
  In early 20th century, the town housed 15,000 people and was mostly inhabited by Turks.
  
  Composition
  There are 109 neighbourhoods in Nizip District:
  
   Adaklı
   Akçakent
   Akkuyu
   Alahacı
   Altındağ
   Aşağıbayındır
   Aşağıçardak
   Atatürk
   Bağlıca
   Bahçeli
   Ballı
   Belkıs
   Boyluca
   Bozalioğlu
   Çakmaktepe
   Çanakçı
   Çatalca
   Cumhuriyet
   Dayıdağı
   Dazhüyük
   Dernek
   Doğrular
   Duraklı
   Dutlu
   Düzbayır
   Ekinci
   Erenköy
   Eskikonak
   Eyüp Sultan
   Fatih Sultan
   Fevkani
   Fevzipaşa
   Fırat
   Gaziler
   Gevence
   Gökçeli
   Güder
   Gülkaya
   Gümüşgün
   Günaltı
   Gürbaşak
   Güzelköy
   Hafızpaşa
   Hancağız
   Hazımoğlu
   İkizce
   İntepe
   İstasyon
   İstiklal
   Kale
   Kamışlı
   Karaburç
   Karşıyaka
   Kayalar
   Keklik
   Kesiktaş
   Kıbrıs
   Kıraçgülü
   Kıratlı
   Kızılcakent
   Kızılin
   Kocatepe
   Korucak
   Köseler
   Kumla
   Kurucahüyük
   Mağaracık
   Mehmetobası
   Menderes
   Mercanlı
   Mevlana
   Mihrap
   Mimarsinan
   Nahırtepe
   Namıkkemal
   Özyurt
   Pazarcami
   Saha
   Şahinbey
   Salkım
   Samandöken
   Samanlı
   Saray
   Sarıkoç
   Sekili
   Şıhlar
   Söğütlü
   Suboyu
   Sultan Abdulhamit
   Tahtani
   Tanır
   Tatlıcak
   Tosunlu
   Toydemir
   Tuluktaş
   Turlu
   Turnalı
   Uluyatır
   Yağcılar
   Yağmuralan
   Yarımtepe
   Yeniyapan
   Yeniyazı
   Yeşilevler
   Yolçatı
   Yukarıbayındır
   Yukarıçardak
   Yunus Emre
   Zeytinlik
  
  Notable people 
   Cahit Tanyol (1914–2020), Turkish sociologist
   Mehmet Ali Yaprak (1949–2004), Turkish businessman and drug trafficker
   Mustafa Cengiz (1949–2021), businessman who served as the president of sports club Galatasaray S.K.  
   Mehmet Görmez (born 1959), former President of the Presidency of Religious Affairs and as such legally the highest level Islamic scholar in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. 
   Zihni Çakır (born 1969), journalist and author
   Ali Şahin (born 1970), Turkish politician who has been Deputy Minister of European Union Affairs since January 2016.
   Abdulhamit Gül (born 1977), Turkish politician
  
  Gallery
  
  See also 
  Battle of Nizip
  
  References
  
   
  Populated places in Gaziantep Province
  Aleppo vilayet
  Districts of Gaziantep Province
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey