Şahkulu Neighborhood, Beyoğlu

The Şahkulu neighborhood is located in Beyoğlu district, made up of 345 buildings.

Where Is Şahkulu?

The Şahkulu neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Arap Cami, Asmalı Mescit, Bedrettin.

BereketzadeHacımimiTomtomŞahkulu

Who Lives in the Şahkulu Neighborhood?

This neighborhood has no demographic data: the source only covers the 745 neighborhoods with a population over 2,000.

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

What Is the Şahkulu Neighborhood Like?

Ballot box · political leaning

In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, muhalefet bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 62.1% of the vote at Şahkulu's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 65.4%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 75% band of Istanbul's spectrum from ruling bloc vote to opposition bloc vote.

Opposition 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

8 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the meslek ve dayanışma category (5 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the bireysel gelişim category: 23 points higher than citywide.

Meslek ve dayanışma5 · 63%+5 points
Bireysel gelişim2 · 25%+23 points
Kültür, sanat, turizm1 · 13%+8 points

The vertical line is that category's citywide share.

This is not a measure of belief or lifestyle. Source and methodology

Transportation in the Şahkulu Neighborhood

There are 1 bus stops within Şahkulu's boundaries. The neighborhood is served by the M2 metro line, the T1 tram line, F2, with a station inside the neighborhood: Beyoğlu. Şişhane, Tophane, Karaköy stations are also just outside the boundary, within walking distance.

Rail lines
3
F2 · M2 · T1
Ferry lines
0
no ferry pier
Bus lines
0
1 stops
🚇 Beyoğlu · F2🚇 Şişhane · M2 · 23 m🚇 Tophane · T1 · 310 m🚇 Karaköy · F2 · 325 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.

59%
25%
16%
before 19801980–2000after 2000
Total buildings
345
40.6 buildings/ha
Average floors
5.4
10+ floors
1.2%
Neighborhood area
8.5ha

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
5buildings
Moderate damage
23buildings
Heavy+ rate
6.1%
share of damaged buildings
Projected fatalities
0
Severely injured
0
Temporary shelter
207people

İBB olası deprem senaryosu (mahalle bazında)

Soil class

estimated
63%
33%
Z1 · rock / very denseZ2 · denseZ3 · medium dense to loose

33% of Şahkulu'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 1 km away.

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