Cankurtaran Neighborhood, Fatih

The Cankurtaran neighborhood is located in Fatih district, made up of 594 buildings.

Where Is Cankurtaran?

The Cankurtaran neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Arap Cami, Bedrettin, Bereketzade.

AlemdarHocapaşaCankurtaran

Who Lives in the Cankurtaran 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 Cankurtaran Neighborhood Like?

Ballot box · political leaning

In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, iktidar bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 52.8% of the vote at Cankurtaran's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 48.4%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 41% 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

2 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the meslek ve dayanışma category (1 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the kültür, sanat, turizm category: 45 points higher than citywide.

Meslek ve dayanışma1 · 50%−7 points
Kültür, sanat, turizm1 · 50%+45 points

The vertical line is that category's citywide share.

This is not a measure of belief or lifestyle. Source and methodology

Transportation in the Cankurtaran Neighborhood

Within Cankurtaran's boundaries, 1 different İETT bus lines pass through 4 bus stops. The neighborhood is served by the T1 tram line, Marmaray, with a station inside the neighborhood: Gülhane. Sirkeci, Sultanahmet stations are also just outside the boundary, within walking distance. There is a "Sirkeci Feribot" ferry pier here; 1 sea lines depart from here.

Rail lines
2
Marmaray · T1
Ferry lines
1
1 ferry piers
Bus lines
1
4 stops
🚇 Gülhane · T1🚇 Sirkeci · Marmaray, T1 · 143 m🚇 Sultanahmet · T1 · 151 m⛴ Sirkeci Feribot · 313 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.

82%
14%
before 19801980–2000after 2000
Total buildings
594
6.8 buildings/ha
Average floors
2.9
10+ floors
0%
Neighborhood area
87.7ha

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
25buildings
Heavy damage
53buildings
Moderate damage
157buildings
Heavy+ rate
17.5%
share of damaged buildings
Projected fatalities
4
Severely injured
4
Temporary shelter
174people

İBB olası deprem senaryosu (mahalle bazında)

Soil class

80%
20%
Z1 · rock / very denseZ2 · denseZ3 · medium dense to loose

There is next to no loose or soft soil (Z3-Z4) in Cankurtaran. Ground motion here is felt on average 4% stronger than on rock.

Source: İBB Microzonation, Soil Classification Map (per the Earthquake Code). 49% 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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