Aşık Veysel Neighborhood, Esenyurt
The Aşık Veysel neighborhood is located in Esenyurt district, made up of 424 buildings.
Where Is Aşık Veysel?
The Aşık Veysel neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Tahtakale, Yeşilkent, Bahçeşehir 1. Kısım.
Who Lives in the Aşık Veysel Neighborhood?
16K people live in Aşık Veysel, at a density of 19K people per km². That is close to 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. 31% 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 Aşık Veysel Neighborhood Residents
Resident satisfaction
Share who said "satisfied" or "very satisfied." The vertical line marks the Esenyurt 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). 58 households from this neighborhood responded.
What Is the Aşık Veysel Neighborhood Like?
Aşık Veysel is a neighborhood with an education level close to the Istanbul average; 31% of adults are university graduates. By household, very few households receive social assistance (1.0%). At the ballot box, the opposition bloc is ahead markedly (76%). The density of consumption venues is close to the city average.
Consumption character
Looking at the types of consumption venues in Aşık Veysel, the neighborhood is markedly below the Istanbul average on the secular/conservative public space scale.
Ballot box · political leaning
In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, muhalefet bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 76% of the vote at Aşık Veysel's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 68.9%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 90% 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
9 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 kültür, sanat, turizm category: 17 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 Aşık Veysel Neighborhood
Within Aşık Veysel's boundaries, 19 different İETT bus lines pass through 22 bus stops. There is no rail station in the neighborhood; the nearest is "Ispartakule," 2.2 km from the neighborhood center as the crow flies. 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
estimated75% of Aşık Veysel's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 34% 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 1.4 km away.
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