Hürriyet Neighborhood, Esenyurt

The Hürriyet neighborhood is located in Esenyurt district, made up of 1,114 buildings.

Where Is Hürriyet?

The Hürriyet neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Cumhuriyet, Atatürk, Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa. Within the neighborhood, the price per square meter shows a 1.2x difference between the most and least expensive areas; the median for Istanbul neighborhoods is 2.05x.

İstiklalNecip Fazıl KısakürekŞehitlerHürriyet
Within-neighborhood price gap×1.17

Among apartments of the same size, age, floor and room count, a 1.17x price difference was measured within this neighborhood. The Istanbul median is ×2.05 (the black line marks it). A wide gap means where you live within the neighborhood matters a lot; a narrow one means the neighborhood is homogeneous.

We cannot say where in the neighborhood the difference occurs. Source and methodology

Who Lives in the Hürriyet Neighborhood?

29K people live in Hürriyet, at a density of 54K people per km². That is 3 times the Istanbul average density. The median age is 28; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood 8 years younger. The average household here has 4.2 people. The average length of schooling is 8 years, 2 years below the city average. 9% are university graduates, compared with 22% citywide.

Population
28,560
6,882 households
Median age
27.7
Istanbul 35.5
Average household
4.15people
Istanbul 3.17
People / km²
53,887
Istanbul 18,211

Education level of neighborhood residents

Average education7.6 years−19%
Women's education7 years−22%
University graduates9%−13 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 speed644 Mbps+107%
Fiber coverage62%+37 points
Green space per person0.07 m²−91%

Socioeconomic status

Households receiving social assistance15.5%+10 points

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

Profile of Hürriyet Neighborhood Residents

Resident satisfaction

Sokak aydınlatması58.1%
Elektrik48.4%
Kanalizasyon33.9%
Hava kalitesi21%
Gürültü21%
Temizlik21%
Toplu taşıma21%
Kaldırımlar21%
İnternet21%
Su16.1%
Yeşil alan6.5%

Share who said "satisfied" or "very satisfied." The vertical line marks the Esenyurt district overall.

Hometowns

VanErzurumBitlisSinopMuşAğrı

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). 70 households from this neighborhood responded.

What Is the Hürriyet Neighborhood Like?

Hürriyet is a neighborhood with an education level below the Istanbul average; 9% of adults are university graduates. By household, a significant share of households receive social assistance (15.5%). At the ballot box, the opposition bloc is ahead by a narrow margin (51%). 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 Hürriyet, the neighborhood sits at the conservative end of the secular/conservative public space scale.

Conservative consumption character
conservative public spacesecular public space

Ballot box · political leaning

In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, muhalefet bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 51.1% of the vote at Hürriyet's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 48.6%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 50% 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

14 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the meslek ve dayanışma category (7 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the dini hizmet category: 14 points higher than citywide.

Civic vitality (associations per 1,000 people)0.49Istanbul median 0.86
zayıf (higher than 20% of Istanbul neighborhoods)
Meslek ve dayanışma7 · 50%−7 points
Dini hizmet3 · 21%+14 points
Toplumsal değerleri yaşatma2 · 14%+13 points
Kültür, sanat, turizm1 · 7%+2 points

The vertical line is that category's citywide share.

Hometown associations

Ordu · 3TokatErzurum

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 Hürriyet Neighborhood

Within Hürriyet's boundaries, 3 different İETT bus lines pass through 7 bus stops. There is no rail station in the neighborhood; the nearest is "Ispartakule," 5.7 km from the neighborhood center as the crow flies. 0% of the neighborhood's population can reach a rail transit stop within walking distance.

Rail lines
0
no station
Ferry lines
0
no ferry pier
Bus lines
3
7 stops

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.

36%
64%
1980–2000after 2000
Total buildings
1,114
21 buildings/ha
Average floors
4.8
10+ floors
0%
Neighborhood area
53ha

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
17buildings
Heavy damage
59buildings
Moderate damage
248buildings
Heavy+ rate
10.2%
share of damaged buildings
Projected fatalities
28
Severely injured
16
Temporary shelter
2,240people

İBB olası deprem senaryosu (mahalle bazında)

Soil class

estimated
29%
64%
Z1 · rock / very denseZ2 · denseZ3 · medium dense to loose

64% of Hürriyet's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 32% 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 2.4 km away.

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