Merkezefendi is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 336 km2, and its population is 336,818 (2022). The district was established as a result of the 2013 local government reorganisation from part of the former central district of Denizli. Another part of the former central district was added to the Pamukkale District. The name of the district refers to the 16th-century Sufi Merkez Efendi.
Composition
There are 50 neighbourhoods in Merkezefendi District:
1200 Evler
Adalet
Akçeşme
Akkonak
Alpaslan
Altındere
Altıntop
Aşağışamlı
Bahçelievler
Barbaros
Barutçular
Başkarcı
Bereketler
Bozburun
Çakmak
Çeltikçi
Değirmenönü
Eskihisar
Gerzele
Göveçlik
Gültepe
Gümüşçay
Hacıeyüplü
Hallaçlar
Hisar
İlbade
Kadılar
Karahasanlı
Karaman
Kayalar
Kumkısık
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Merkezefendi
Muratdede
Salihağa
Saraylar
Saruhan
Selçuk Bey
Şemikler
Servergazi
Sevindik
Sırakapılar
Şirinköy
Sümer
Üzerlik
Yeni
Yenişafak
Yenişehir
Yeşilyayla
Zafer
Sport
Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket represents Merkezefendi and Denizli in Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).