Silahtarağa Neighborhood, Eyüpsultan

The Silahtarağa neighborhood is located in Eyüpsultan district, made up of 1,041 buildings.

Where Is Silahtarağa?

The Silahtarağa neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Örnektepe, Sütlüce, Emniyettepe. Within the neighborhood, the price per square meter shows a 1.9x difference between the most and least expensive areas; the median for Istanbul neighborhoods is 2.05x.

SakaryaSakaryaSilahtarağa
Within-neighborhood price gap×1.91

Among apartments of the same size, age, floor and room count, a 1.91x 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 Silahtarağa Neighborhood?

10K people live in Silahtarağa, at a density of 34K people per km². That is 1.9 times the Istanbul average density. The median age is 34; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood right at the city average. The average household here has 3.1 people. The average length of schooling is 9 years, the same as the city average. 21% are university graduates, compared with 22% citywide.

Population
10,158
Median age
34.1
Istanbul 35.5
Average household
3.07people
Istanbul 3.17
People / km²
33,860
Istanbul 18,211

Education level of neighborhood residents

Average education9.2 years−2%
Women's education8.8 years−2%
University graduates21%−1 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 speed499 Mbps+61%
Fiber coverage46%+21 points
Green space per person4.22 m²+448%

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

Profile of Silahtarağa Neighborhood Residents

Resident satisfaction

Kaldırımlar72.7%
Elektrik66.7%
İnternet66.7%
Hava kalitesi63.6%
Gürültü63.6%
Su60.6%
Kanalizasyon60.6%
Toplu taşıma60.6%
Sokak aydınlatması48.5%
Yeşil alan48.5%
Temizlik45.5%

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

Hometowns

GiresunYurtDışı-BatıBitlisAnkaraOrduAmasya

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). 33 households from this neighborhood responded.

What Is the Silahtarağa Neighborhood Like?

Silahtarağa is a neighborhood with an education level close to the Istanbul average; 21% of adults are university graduates. At the ballot box, the ruling bloc is ahead by a clear margin (61%). 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 Silahtarağa, 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 60.7% of the vote at Silahtarağa's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, AK PARTİ finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 51.7%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 22% band of Istanbul's spectrum from ruling bloc vote to opposition bloc vote.

Ruling bloc ahead
ruling blocopposition bloc

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

Civic fabric · associations

6 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the meslek ve dayanışma category (4 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the toplumsal değerleri yaşatma category: 15 points higher than citywide.

Meslek ve dayanışma4 · 67%+9 points
Dini hizmet1 · 17%+9 points
Toplumsal değerleri yaşatma1 · 17%+15 points

The vertical line is that category's citywide share.

Hometown associations

ErzincanGiresunSivas

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 Silahtarağa Neighborhood

Within Silahtarağa's boundaries, 9 different İETT bus lines pass through 3 bus stops. There is no rail station in the neighborhood; the nearest is "Çırçır," 2 km from the neighborhood center as the crow flies. 100% 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
9
3 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.

63%
32%
before 19801980–2000after 2000
Total buildings
1,041
33.6 buildings/ha
Average floors
3.7
10+ floors
0.7%
Neighborhood area
31ha

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

Soil Class

Soil class

estimated
15%
14%
64%
Z1 · rock / very denseZ2 · denseZ3 · medium dense to looseZ4 · soft / loose

78% of Silahtarağa's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 54% 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 1.4 km away.

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