Sakarya Neighborhood, Eyüpsultan
The Sakarya neighborhood is located in Eyüpsultan district, made up of 1,156 buildings.
Where Is Sakarya?
The Sakarya neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Örnektepe, Sütlüce, Alibeyköy.
Who Lives in the Sakarya Neighborhood?
11K people live in Sakarya, at a density of 24K people per km². That is 1.3 times the Istanbul average density. The median age is 36; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood right at the city average. The average household here has 3.1 people. The average length of schooling is 9 years, the same as the city average. 20% 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
Indicators are compiled from TÜİK, BTK and İBB Open Data records. Source and methodology
Profile of Sakarya Neighborhood Residents
Resident satisfaction
Share who said "satisfied" or "very satisfied." The vertical line marks the Eyüpsultan 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). 40 households from this neighborhood responded.
What Is the Sakarya Neighborhood Like?
Sakarya is a neighborhood with an education level close to the Istanbul average; 20% of adults are university graduates. At the ballot box, the ruling bloc is ahead by a narrow margin (54%). 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 Sakarya, the neighborhood sits at the conservative end of the secular/conservative public space scale.
Ballot box · political leaning
In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, iktidar bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 54.4% of the vote at Sakarya's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, AK PARTİ finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 47%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 37% 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 (3 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the spor category: 13 points higher than citywide.
The vertical line is that category's citywide share.
Hometown associations
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 Sakarya Neighborhood
Within Sakarya's boundaries, 13 different İETT bus lines pass through 10 bus stops. There is no rail station in the neighborhood; the nearest is "Çırçır," 1.6 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.
Soil Class
Soil class
estimated73% of Sakarya's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 50% 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 1.9 km away.
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