Sultan Ahmet Neighborhood, Fatih

The Sultan Ahmet neighborhood is located in Fatih district, made up of 365 buildings.

Where Is Sultan Ahmet?

The Sultan Ahmet neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Alemdar, Binbirdirek, Cankurtaran.

BinbirdirekSultan Ahmet

Who Lives in the Sultan Ahmet 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 Sultan Ahmet Neighborhood Like?

Ballot box · political leaning

In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, iktidar bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 55.3% of the vote at Sultan Ahmet's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, AK PARTİ finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 51.3%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 35% band of Istanbul's spectrum from ruling bloc vote to opposition bloc vote.

Ruling 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

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 Sultan Ahmet Neighborhood

The neighborhood is served by the T1 tram line; the nearest station is "Sultanahmet," 151 m from the boundary.

Rail lines
1
T1
Ferry lines
0
no ferry pier
Bus lines
0
0 stops
🚇 Sultanahmet · T1 · 151 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.

78%
15%
before 19801980–2000after 2000
Total buildings
365
18 buildings/ha
Average floors
2.7
10+ floors
0%
Neighborhood area
20.3ha

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
17buildings
Heavy damage
34buildings
Moderate damage
98buildings
Heavy+ rate
18.7%
share of damaged buildings
Projected fatalities
4
Severely injured
3
Temporary shelter
128people

İBB olası deprem senaryosu (mahalle bazında)

Soil class

estimated
86%
13%
Z1 · rock / very denseZ2 · denseZ3 · medium dense to loose

13% of Sultan Ahmet's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 5% 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 0.1 km away.

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