Esenyurt

Esenyurt is a district of the Istanbul Province and is a part of the metropolitan municipality of Istanbul. It is situated in the western, European part of the city, north of Beylikdüzü, south of Başakşehir west of Avcılar, north of Büyükçekmece. As of 2011 it is home to over half a million inhabitants, many of them migrants from the eastern provinces of Ardahan, Kars, Erzurum, and Artvin.

The mayor is Necmi Kadıoğlu of the AKP.