Çatma Mescit Neighborhood, Beyoğlu

The Çatma Mescit neighborhood is located in Beyoğlu district, made up of 267 buildings.

Where Is Çatma Mescit?

The Çatma Mescit neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Asmalı Mescit, Bedrettin, Camiikebir.

Asmalı MescitEvliya ÇelebiÇatma Mescit

Who Lives in the Çatma Mescit Neighborhood?

2,025 people live in Çatma Mescit, at a density of 23K people per km². That is 1.2 times the Istanbul average density. The median age is 40; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood 4 years older. The average household here has 2.5 people. The average length of schooling is 10 years, the same as the city average. 27% are university graduates, compared with 22% citywide.

Population
2,025
804 households
Median age
40
Istanbul 35.5
Average household
2.52people
Istanbul 3.17
People / km²
22,500
Istanbul 18,211

Education level of neighborhood residents

Average education9.7 years+4%
Women's education9.5 years+5%
University graduates27%+5 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 speed87 Mbps−72%
Fiber coverage0%−25 points
Green space per person0 m²−100%

Socioeconomic status

Households receiving social assistance3.6%−2 points

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

What Is the Çatma Mescit Neighborhood Like?

Çatma Mescit is a neighborhood with an education level close to the Istanbul average; 27% of adults are university graduates. By household, the share of households receiving social assistance is close to the city average (3.6%). At the ballot box, the opposition bloc is ahead by a narrow margin (54%). 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 Çatma Mescit, the neighborhood is above the Istanbul average on the secular/conservative public space scale.

Moderately secular
conservative public spacesecular public space

Ballot box · political leaning

In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, muhalefet bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 53.6% of the vote at Çatma Mescit's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 50.9%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 57% 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

5 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the sağlık category (3 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the sağlık category: 57 points higher than citywide.

Civic vitality (associations per 1,000 people)2.47Istanbul median 0.86
çok canlı (higher than 91% of Istanbul neighborhoods)
Sağlık3 · 60%+57 points
Meslek ve dayanışma2 · 40%−17 points

The vertical line is that category's citywide share.

Hometown associations

Sivas

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 Çatma Mescit Neighborhood

Within Çatma Mescit's boundaries, 35 different İETT bus lines pass through 1 bus stops. The neighborhood is served by the M2 metro line, F2; the nearest station is "Şişhane," 287 m from the boundary. There is a "Kasımpaşa ŞH." ferry pier here; 3 sea lines depart from here. 100% of the neighborhood's population can reach a rail transit stop within walking distance.

Rail lines
2
F2 · M2
Ferry lines
3
1 ferry piers
Bus lines
35
1 stops
🚇 Şişhane · M2 · 287 m🚇 Beyoğlu · F2 · 313 m⛴ Kasımpaşa ŞH. · 311 m

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.

65%
35%
before 19801980–2000after 2000
Total buildings
267
29 buildings/ha
Average floors
4.9
10+ floors
3%
Neighborhood area
9.2ha

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
2buildings
Heavy damage
6buildings
Moderate damage
25buildings
Heavy+ rate
8%
share of damaged buildings
Projected fatalities
1
Severely injured
1
Temporary shelter
169people

İBB olası deprem senaryosu (mahalle bazında)

Soil class

estimated
12%
79%
Z1 · rock / very denseZ2 · denseZ3 · medium dense to looseZ4 · soft / loose

80% of Çatma Mescit's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 35% 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 1.1 km away.

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