Hocapaşa Neighborhood, Fatih

The Hocapaşa neighborhood is located in Fatih district, made up of 387 buildings.

Where Is Hocapaşa?

The Hocapaşa neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Alemdar, Beyazıt, Binbirdirek.

AlemdarCankurtaranHobyarHocapaşa

Who Lives in the Hocapaşa 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 Hocapaşa Neighborhood Like?

Ballot box · political leaning

In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, muhalefet bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 58.7% of the vote at Hocapaşa's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 48.5%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 69% 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

12 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 meslek ve dayanışma category: 24 points lower than citywide.

Meslek ve dayanışma4 · 33%−24 points
Eğitim ve araştırma2 · 17%+13 points
Sağlık2 · 17%+14 points
İnsani yardım1 · 8%

The vertical line is that category's citywide share.

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

Transportation in the Hocapaşa Neighborhood

Within Hocapaşa's boundaries, 1 different İETT bus lines pass through 1 bus stops. The neighborhood is served by the T1 tram line, Marmaray, with stations inside the neighborhood: Gülhane, Sirkeci. Eminönü, Sultanahmet stations are also just outside the boundary, within walking distance. There are 4 ferry piers here; 39 sea lines depart from here.

Rail lines
2
Marmaray · T1
Ferry lines
39
4 ferry piers
Bus lines
1
1 stops
🚇 Gülhane · T1🚇 Sirkeci · Marmaray, T1🚇 Eminönü · T1 · 303 m🚇 Sultanahmet · T1 · 330 m⛴ Sirkeci Feribot⛴ Eminönü-Kadıköy ŞH. · 164 m⛴ Eminönü Dentur · 266 m⛴ Eminönü-Boğaz ŞH. · 266 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.

64%
24%
12%
before 19801980–2000after 2000
Total buildings
387
12.6 buildings/ha
Average floors
5.1
10+ floors
1.6%
Neighborhood area
30.6ha

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
13buildings
Heavy damage
24buildings
Moderate damage
75buildings
Heavy+ rate
14.3%
share of damaged buildings
Projected fatalities
0
Severely injured
0
Temporary shelter
18people

İBB olası deprem senaryosu (mahalle bazında)

Soil class

32%
68%
Z1 · rock / very denseZ2 · dense

There is next to no loose or soft soil (Z3-Z4) in Hocapaşa. Ground motion here is felt on average 14% stronger than on rock.

Source: İBB Microzonation, Soil Classification Map (per the Earthquake Code). 62% 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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