Yeşilce Neighborhood, Kağıthane
The Yeşilce neighborhood is located in Kağıthane district, made up of 1,115 buildings.
Where Is Yeşilce?
The Yeşilce neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Konaklar, Levent, Emniyet Evleri.
Who Lives in the Yeşilce Neighborhood?
12K people live in Yeşilce, at a density of 31K people per km². That is 1.7 times the Istanbul average density. The median age is 35; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood right at the city average. The average household here has 3 people. The average length of schooling is 9 years, the same as the city average. 19% 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
Socioeconomic status
Indicators are compiled from TÜİK, BTK and İBB Open Data records. Source and methodology
Profile of Yeşilce Neighborhood Residents
Resident satisfaction
Share who said "satisfied" or "very satisfied." The vertical line marks the Kağıthane district overall.
Hometowns
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). 45 households from this neighborhood responded.
What Is the Yeşilce Neighborhood Like?
Yeşilce is a neighborhood with an education level close to the Istanbul average; 19% of adults are university graduates. By household, the share of households receiving social assistance is close to the city average (3.9%). At the ballot box, the ruling bloc is ahead by a clear margin (59%). Consumption venues are above the city average, with the public space on the secular side.
Consumption character
Looking at the types of consumption venues in Yeşilce, the neighborhood is close to the Istanbul average on the secular/conservative public space scale.
Ballot box · political leaning
In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, iktidar bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 58.9% of the vote at Yeşilce's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, AK PARTİ finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 54%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 26% band of Istanbul's spectrum from ruling bloc vote to opposition bloc vote.
The scale shows political bloc preference; cultural identity is not inferred from the vote. Source and methodology
Civic fabric · associations
32 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the meslek ve dayanışma category (21 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the meslek ve dayanışma category: 8 points higher than citywide.
The vertical line is that category's citywide share.
Hometown associations
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 Yeşilce Neighborhood
Within Yeşilce's boundaries, 9 different İETT bus lines pass through 6 bus stops. The neighborhood is served by the M2 and M2A metro lines; the nearest station is "Sanayi Mahallesi," 77 m from the boundary. 100% of the neighborhood's population can reach a rail transit stop within walking distance.
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.
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.
İBB olası deprem senaryosu (mahalle bazında)
Soil class
estimated37% of Yeşilce's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 26% 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 5.7 km away.
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