Gaziantep, previously and still informally called Antep, is a city in the western part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region, some 185 kilometres (115 mi) east of Adana and 97 kilometres (60 mi) north of Aleppo, Syria. The city has two urban districts under its administration, Şahinbey and Şehitkamil. It is the sixth most populous city in Turkey. In 2014 the city of Gaziantep had a population of 1,465,019.
The original name of city is 'Dîlok', which is called by native citizens (Kurdish people). Gaziantep was formerly called Antep (Kurdish languages) or Aïntab (عين تاب) in Ottoman Turkish, ˁAīntāb (عينتاب) in Arabic. There are several theories for the origin of the name:
Gaziantep is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects four members of parliament (deputies) to represent the province of the same name for a four-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system.
Population reviews of each electoral district are conducted before each general election, which can lead to certain districts being granted a smaller or greater number of parliamentary seats. Gaziantep is a district growing in population, with its number of seats increasing from 9 to 12 from 1999-2011.
Coordinates: 37°50′N 34°45′E / 37.833°N 34.750°E / 37.833; 34.750