Mehmet Akif Ersoy Neighborhood, Esenyurt

The Mehmet Akif Ersoy neighborhood is located in Esenyurt district, made up of 586 buildings.

Where Is Mehmet Akif Ersoy?

The Mehmet Akif Ersoy neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Yeşilkent, Barış, Yakuplu. Within the neighborhood, the price per square meter shows a 1.8x difference between the most and least expensive areas; the median for Istanbul neighborhoods is 2.05x.

AkevlerMehterçeşmeMehmet Akif Ersoy
Within-neighborhood price gap×1.79

Among apartments of the same size, age, floor and room count, a 1.79x price difference was measured within this neighborhood. The Istanbul median is ×2.05 (the black line marks it). A wide gap means where you live within the neighborhood matters a lot; a narrow one means the neighborhood is homogeneous.

We cannot say where in the neighborhood the difference occurs. Source and methodology

Who Lives in the Mehmet Akif Ersoy Neighborhood?

26K people live in Mehmet Akif Ersoy, at a density of 55K people per km². That is 3 times the Istanbul average density. The median age is 31; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood 5 years younger. The average household here has 3.3 people. The average length of schooling is 9 years, the same as the city average. 18% are university graduates, compared with 22% citywide.

Population
26,327
8,101 households
Median age
30.7
Istanbul 35.5
Average household
3.25people
Istanbul 3.17
People / km²
54,848
Istanbul 18,211

Education level of neighborhood residents

Average education8.9 years−5%
Women's education8.5 years−6%
University graduates18%−4 points

The vertical line marks the average (median) of Istanbul's 745 neighborhoods; the value beside it is the neighborhood's difference from that average (percentage points for ratios, relative difference for durations).

Infrastructure and environment

Average internet speed841 Mbps+171%
Fiber coverage83%+58 points
Green space per person4.86 m²+531%

Socioeconomic status

Households receiving social assistance7.1%+2 points

Indicators are compiled from TÜİK, BTK and İBB Open Data records. Source and methodology

Profile of Mehmet Akif Ersoy Neighborhood Residents

Resident satisfaction

Kanalizasyon80.9%
Elektrik79.4%
Hava kalitesi77.9%
Su77.9%
Gürültü77.9%
Temizlik76.5%
Sokak aydınlatması76.5%
Yeşil alan76.5%
Kaldırımlar75%
Toplu taşıma67.6%
İnternet58.8%

Share who said "satisfied" or "very satisfied." The vertical line marks the Esenyurt district overall.

Hometowns

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Asked directly of residents in the İBB household survey: the hometown of those born outside Istanbul who settled here.

Source: İBB Veriye Dayalı Yönetim Modeli hane halkı araştırması (50.391 hane). 80 households from this neighborhood responded.

What Is the Mehmet Akif Ersoy Neighborhood Like?

Mehmet Akif Ersoy is a neighborhood with an education level below the Istanbul average; 18% of adults are university graduates. By household, the share of households receiving social assistance is close to the city average (7.1%). At the ballot box, the ruling bloc is ahead by a narrow margin (52%). There are no businesses serving alcohol on the premises in the public space; consumption venues draw a conservative character.

Consumption character

Looking at the types of consumption venues in Mehmet Akif Ersoy, the neighborhood sits at the conservative end of the secular/conservative public space scale.

Conservative consumption character
conservative public spacesecular public space

Ballot box · political leaning

In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, iktidar bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 51.9% of the vote at Mehmet Akif Ersoy's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, AK PARTİ finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 44.1%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 43% band of Istanbul's spectrum from ruling bloc vote to opposition bloc vote.

Near the Istanbul average
ruling blocopposition bloc

The scale shows political bloc preference; cultural identity is not inferred from the vote. Source and methodology

Civic fabric · associations

15 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the meslek ve dayanışma category (11 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the meslek ve dayanışma category: 16 points higher than citywide.

Civic vitality (associations per 1,000 people)0.57Istanbul median 0.86
şehir ortancasının altında (higher than 26% of Istanbul neighborhoods)
Meslek ve dayanışma11 · 73%+16 points
Kültür, sanat, turizm2 · 13%+9 points
Yaşli Ve Çocuklara Yöneli̇k Dernekler1 · 7%+7 points
Eğitim ve araştırma1 · 7%+3 points

The vertical line is that category's citywide share.

Hometown associations

OrduKastamonuIğdır

It shows which communities have organized here, not who lives here. Source and methodology

This is not a measure of belief or lifestyle. Source and methodology

Transportation in the Mehmet Akif Ersoy Neighborhood

Within Mehmet Akif Ersoy's boundaries, 2 different İETT bus lines pass through 5 bus stops. There is no rail station in the neighborhood; the nearest is "Ispartakule," 5.9 km from the neighborhood center as the crow flies. 87% of the neighborhood's population can reach a rail transit stop within walking distance.

Rail lines
0
no station
Ferry lines
0
no ferry pier
Bus lines
2
5 stops

Stops were counted within the neighborhood boundary; rail stations and ferry piers have a 400 meter buffer. Source and methodology

Building Stock

The neighborhood's building construction period and floor distribution. Construction period is the strongest factor determining earthquake risk.

26%
74%
before 19801980–2000after 2000
Total buildings
586
10.9 buildings/ha
Average floors
6.2
10+ floors
1.5%
Neighborhood area
53.7ha

Source: İBB Open Data (2017 Neighborhood-Level Building Counts). Construction after 2017 is not reflected in this count.

Earthquake Risk (İBB Possible Earthquake Scenario)

Projected values for this neighborhood in the expected major Marmara earthquake.

Very heavy damage
7buildings
Heavy damage
23buildings
Moderate damage
114buildings
Heavy+ rate
7.6%
share of damaged buildings
Projected fatalities
23
Severely injured
12
Temporary shelter
1,670people

İBB olası deprem senaryosu (mahalle bazında)

Soil class

estimated
94%
Z1 · rock / very denseZ2 · denseZ3 · medium dense to loose

94% of Mehmet Akif Ersoy's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 38% stronger than on rock.

This neighborhood falls outside the İBB microzonation maps. The shares are not a measurement; they are the estimate of a model built from terrain and nearby measurements. The nearest measurement is 0.6 km away.

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