Bahçeköy Merkez Neighborhood, Sarıyer
The Bahçeköy Merkez neighborhood is located in Sarıyer district, made up of 297 buildings.
Where Is Bahçeköy Merkez?
The Bahçeköy Merkez neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Çiftalan, Mimar Sinan, Mithatpaşa.
Who Lives in the Bahçeköy Merkez Neighborhood?
3,609 people live in Bahçeköy Merkez, at a density of 305 people per km². That is 98% below the Istanbul average density. The median age is 38; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood 3 years older. The average household here has 2.9 people. The average length of schooling is 10 years, 1 years above the city average. 29% 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
Indicators are compiled from TÜİK, BTK and İBB Open Data records. Source and methodology
What Is the Bahçeköy Merkez Neighborhood Like?
Bahçeköy Merkez is a neighborhood with an education level close to the Istanbul average; 29% of adults are university graduates. At the ballot box, the opposition bloc is ahead by a narrow margin (56%). 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 Bahçeköy 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 55.8% of the vote at Bahçeköy Merkez's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 46.1%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 61% 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
7 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the çevre ve hayvan category (3 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the meslek ve dayanışma category: 43 points lower than citywide.
The vertical line is that category's citywide share.
This is not a measure of belief or lifestyle. Source and methodology
Transportation in the Bahçeköy Merkez Neighborhood
Within Bahçeköy Merkez's boundaries, 7 different İETT bus lines pass through 10 bus stops. There is no rail station in the neighborhood; the nearest is "Kemerburgaz," 7.1 km from the neighborhood center as the crow flies. 0% 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
estimated15% of Bahçeköy Merkez's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 19% 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 14.3 km away.
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