Merkez Neighborhood, Esenyurt
The Merkez neighborhood is located in Esenyurt district.
Where Is Merkez?
The Merkez neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Yeşilkent, Ardıçlı, Battalgazi.
Who Lives in the Merkez Neighborhood?
33K people live in Merkez, at a density of 53K people per km². That is 2.9 times the Istanbul average density. The median age is 29; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood 6 years younger. The average household here has 3.8 people. The average length of schooling is 8 years, 2 years below the city average. 10% are university graduates, compared with 22% citywide.
Education level of neighborhood residents
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
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What Is the Merkez Neighborhood Like?
Merkez is a neighborhood with an education level below the Istanbul average; 10% of adults are university graduates. At the ballot box, the opposition 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 Merkez, the neighborhood sits at the conservative end of the secular/conservative public space scale.
Ballot box · political leaning
In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, muhalefet bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 51.9% of the vote at Merkez's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 48.1%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 52% band of Istanbul's spectrum from ruling bloc vote to opposition bloc vote.
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This is not a measure of belief or lifestyle. Source and methodology
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