Balabanağa Neighborhood, Fatih

The Balabanağa neighborhood is located in Fatih district, made up of 170 buildings.

Where Is Balabanağa?

The Balabanağa neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Aksaray, Beyazıt, Emin Sinan.

Balabanağa

Who Lives in the Balabanağa 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 Balabanağa 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 Balabanağa's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 56.9%. 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

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 düşünce category: 16 points higher than citywide.

Meslek ve dayanışma4 · 67%+9 points
Eğitim ve araştırma1 · 17%+13 points
Düşünce1 · 17%+16 points

The vertical line is that category's citywide share.

Hometown associations

Bolu

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 Balabanağa Neighborhood

There are 6 bus stops within Balabanağa's boundaries. The neighborhood is served by the M2 metro line, the T1 tram line; the nearest station is "Laleli - İstanbul Ü.," 5 m from the boundary.

Rail lines
2
M2 · T1
Ferry lines
0
no ferry pier
Bus lines
0
6 stops
🚇 Laleli - İstanbul Ü. · T1 · 5 m🚇 Vezneciler - İstanbul Ü. · M2 · 21 m🚇 Beyazıt - Kapalıçarşı · T1 · 226 m🚇 Aksaray · T1 · 277 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.

69%
30%
before 19801980–2000after 2000
Total buildings
170
15.3 buildings/ha
Average floors
6
10+ floors
0.6%
Neighborhood area
11.1ha

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
7buildings
Heavy damage
12buildings
Moderate damage
37buildings
Heavy+ rate
15.3%
share of damaged buildings
Projected fatalities
0
Severely injured
0
Temporary shelter
10people

İBB olası deprem senaryosu (mahalle bazında)

Soil class

100%
Z3 · medium dense to loose

100% of Balabanağa's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 40% stronger than on rock.

Source: İBB Microzonation, Soil Classification Map (per the Earthquake Code). 64% of the neighborhood is covered by the map; the shares are based on that portion. The map's positional accuracy was measured at 170 meters, so it does not resolve to a single parcel.

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