Kaptanpaşa Neighborhood, Şişli
The Kaptanpaşa neighborhood is located in Şişli district, made up of 101 buildings.
Where Is Kaptanpaşa?
The Kaptanpaşa neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Çağlayan, Gürsel, Hürriyet.
Who Lives in the Kaptanpaşa Neighborhood?
3,202 people live in Kaptanpaşa, at a density of 10K people per km². That is 43% below the Istanbul average density. The median age is 41; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood 5 years older. The average household here has 2.9 people. The average length of schooling is 12 years, 2 years above the city average. 44% are university graduates, compared with 22% citywide.
Education level of neighborhood residents
The vertical line marks the average (median) of Istanbul's 745 neighborhoods; the value beside it is the neighborhood's difference from that average (percentage points for ratios, relative difference for durations).
Infrastructure and environment
Socioeconomic status
Indicators are compiled from TÜİK, BTK and İBB Open Data records. Source and methodology
What Is the Kaptanpaşa Neighborhood Like?
Kaptanpaşa is a neighborhood with an education level markedly above the Istanbul average; 44% of adults are university graduates. By household, very few households receive social assistance (0.9%). At the ballot box, the opposition bloc is ahead markedly (79%). There are no businesses serving alcohol on the premises in the public space; consumption venues draw a conservative character.
Consumption character
Looking at the types of consumption venues in Kaptanpaşa, the neighborhood sits at the conservative end of the secular/conservative public space scale.
Ballot box · political leaning
In the second round of the 2023 presidential election, muhalefet bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 79.2% of the vote at Kaptanpaşa's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, CHP finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 75.3%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 93% 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
3 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the bireysel gelişim category (1 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the bireysel gelişim category: 31 points higher than citywide.
The vertical line is that category's citywide share.
This is not a measure of belief or lifestyle. Source and methodology
Transportation in the Kaptanpaşa Neighborhood
Within Kaptanpaşa's boundaries, 23 different İETT bus lines pass through 7 bus stops. The neighborhood is served by the M7 metro line; the nearest station is "Çağlayan," 398 m from the boundary. 100% of the neighborhood's population can reach a rail transit stop within walking distance.
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
estimated54% of Kaptanpaşa's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 39% 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 3.4 km away.
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