The total population of Arnavutköy district is 282,488 people. Although the residential areas in the district show a scattered structure, people are densely settled in the east of the district. The total population of Arnavutköy, Bolluca, Boğazköy, Haraççı and Taşoluk settlements located in the east of the district is 171,868 people as of 2019, making up 80% of the total population.
Hadımköy settlement is located in the southwest of the district and Durusu-Karaburun is located in the northwest. Arnavutköy, Bolluca, Boğazköy, Haraççı and Taşoluk settlements developed over time and turned into collective centers, while Hadımköy, Durusu, Karaburun and other neighborhood settlements showed a more single-center development model.
The total built-up area of the district is 70 km², which makes up 13% of the total area of the district. A high number of residential settlements are observed in the Central District of Arnavutkoy, and structures with 4 to 6 floors are usually observed in these areas. Buildings with 2 to 3-floors are observed in all regions with a low level of build-up in the periphery of the district.
In the areas of Bolluca, Taşoluk, Haraççı, Durusu and Karaburun, there are detached residential settlements that cater to the high income group with low density, developing in the form of closed sites. In addition, mass housing settlements developed in the form of closed sites in the Arnavutköy-Taşoluk-Hadımköy-Ömerli and Deliklikaya regions.
Mustafa CANDAROĞLU, originally from Cide, Kastamonu, was born on December 5, 1984, in Arnavutköy, Istanbul.
He graduated from Boğazköy Primary School in 1996, Asfa Middle School in 1999, and Sultan Fatih Anatolian High School in 2002. Completing his undergraduate education at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the International Cyprus University, Candaroğlu graduated in Interior Architecture in 2008. He completed his military service as a Short-Term Soldier at the Kayseri Regional Gendarmerie Command. After military service, Candaroğlu completed his master's education in Educational Institutions Management at Ibn Haldun University, and volunteered in various NGOs.
He served as Deputy President of the Arnavutköy Kastamonulular Association, and was a member of the boards of Arnavutköy Sports Club and Arnavutköy Beşiktaşlılar Association.
Being involved in politics throughout his education and social life, Candaroğlu served on the UNIAK Board of Directors in 2004 and actively entered politics in the Arnavutköy Belde Youth Branch in 2008. In Arnavutköy, which became a district in 2009, he held positions in District Congresses as follows: • 2009 as an Alternate Board Member of the District Primary Committee, • 2011 as a Board Member of the District Primary Committee, • 2013 as a Board Member of the District Primary Committee responsible for R&D and Local Governments. • Elected as District President in the 2018 and 2020 Congresses, Candaroğlu continues to serve as the AK Party Arnavutköy District President.
Born, raised, and currently living in Arnavutköy, Candaroğlu always finds happiness in serving in the AK Party, which practices politics based on the principle of "We love the created for the sake of the creator." After working for a long time as an Interior Architect in a family company, he continues to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Arnavutköy Bilgi Kalem College, which he founded in 2019.
Mustafa CANDAROĞLU, married and father of 3 children, speaks English proficiently.
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