Mercan Neighborhood, Fatih
The Mercan neighborhood is located in Fatih district, made up of 410 buildings.
Where Is Mercan?
The Mercan neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Balabanağa, Beyazıt, Demirtaş.
Who Lives in the Mercan 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 Mercan Neighborhood Like?
Ballot box · political leaning
In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, iktidar bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 61.5% of the vote at Mercan's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, AK PARTİ finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 57.6%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 20% 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
5 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 dini hizmet 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 Mercan Neighborhood
The neighborhood is served by the T1 tram line; the nearest station is "Beyazıt - Kapalıçarşı," 340 m from the boundary.
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.
Earthquake Risk (İBB Possible Earthquake Scenario)
Projected values for this neighborhood in the expected major Marmara earthquake.
İBB olası deprem senaryosu (mahalle bazında)
Soil class
99% of Mercan'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). 51% 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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