Tahtakale Neighborhood, Fatih

The Tahtakale neighborhood is located in Fatih district, made up of 322 buildings.

Where Is Tahtakale?

The Tahtakale neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Demirtaş, Hobyar, Mercan.

RüstempaşaTahtakale

Who Lives in the Tahtakale 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 Tahtakale Neighborhood Like?

Ballot box · political leaning

In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, iktidar bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 56.5% of the vote at Tahtakale's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, AK PARTİ finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 68.8%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 32% 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

3 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 meslek ve dayanışma category: 43 points higher than citywide.

Meslek ve dayanışma3 · 100%+43 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 Tahtakale Neighborhood

The neighborhood is served by the T1 tram line; the nearest station is "Eminönü," 262 m from the boundary. There are 4 ferry piers here; 38 sea lines depart from here.

Rail lines
1
T1
Ferry lines
38
4 ferry piers
Bus lines
0
0 stops
🚇 Eminönü · T1 · 262 m⛴ Eminönü Turyol · 211 m⛴ Eminönü Camlı İskele ŞH. · 303 m⛴ Eminönü Dentur · 355 m⛴ Eminönü-Boğaz ŞH. · 355 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.

72%
23%
before 19801980–2000after 2000
Total buildings
322
68.5 buildings/ha
Average floors
4.2
10+ floors
0.9%
Neighborhood area
4.7ha

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
10buildings
Heavy damage
20buildings
Moderate damage
65buildings
Heavy+ rate
14.6%
share of damaged buildings
Projected fatalities
0
Severely injured
0
Temporary shelter
4people

İBB olası deprem senaryosu (mahalle bazında)

Soil class

55%
41%
Z1 · rock / very denseZ2 · denseZ3 · medium dense to loose

41% of Tahtakale's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 28% 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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