Yahya Kahya Neighborhood, Beyoğlu
The Yahya Kahya neighborhood is located in Beyoğlu district, made up of 432 buildings.
Where Is Yahya Kahya?
The Yahya Kahya neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Asmalı Mescit, Bedrettin, Camiikebir.
Who Lives in the Yahya Kahya Neighborhood?
3,326 people live in Yahya Kahya, at a density of 37K people per km². That is 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 2.8 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
What Is the Yahya Kahya Neighborhood Like?
Yahya Kahya 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 (5.7%). At the ballot box, the ruling bloc is ahead by a narrow margin (52%). 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 Yahya Kahya, the neighborhood is below 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 51.5% of the vote at Yahya Kahya's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 47.5%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 44% 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
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 sağlık category: 14 points higher 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 Yahya Kahya Neighborhood
Within Yahya Kahya's boundaries, 6 different İETT bus lines pass through 1 bus stops. There is no rail station in the neighborhood; the nearest is "Şişhane," 0.7 km from the neighborhood center as the crow flies. 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.
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
estimated68% of Yahya Kahya's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 30% 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 1.3 km away.
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