Uğur Mumcu Neighborhood, Sultangazi
The Uğur Mumcu neighborhood is located in Sultangazi district, made up of 2,557 buildings.
Where Is Uğur Mumcu?
The Uğur Mumcu neighborhood is adjacent to neighborhoods such as Oruçreis, Mithatpaşa, Mithatpaşa. Within the neighborhood, the price per square meter shows a 1.8x difference between the most and least expensive areas; the median for Istanbul neighborhoods is 2.05x.
Among apartments of the same size, age, floor and room count, a 1.75x price difference was measured within this neighborhood. The Istanbul median is ×2.05 (the black line marks it). A wide gap means where you live within the neighborhood matters a lot; a narrow one means the neighborhood is homogeneous.
We cannot say where in the neighborhood the difference occurs. Source and methodology
Who Lives in the Uğur Mumcu Neighborhood?
41K people live in Uğur Mumcu, at a density of 29K people per km². That is 1.6 times the Istanbul average density. The median age is 33; the Istanbul neighborhood average is 36, which makes this a neighborhood 3 years younger. The average household here has 3.7 people. The average length of schooling is 9 years, 1 years below the city average. 16% 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
Profile of Uğur Mumcu Neighborhood Residents
Resident satisfaction
Share who said "satisfied" or "very satisfied." The vertical line marks the Sultangazi district overall.
Hometowns
Asked directly of residents in the İBB household survey: the hometown of those born outside Istanbul who settled here.
Source: İBB Veriye Dayalı Yönetim Modeli hane halkı araştırması (50.391 hane). 93 households from this neighborhood responded.
What Is the Uğur Mumcu Neighborhood Like?
Uğur Mumcu is a neighborhood with an education level below the Istanbul average; 16% of adults are university graduates. By household, the share of households receiving social assistance is close to the city average (7.3%). At the ballot box, the ruling bloc is ahead by a clear margin (66%). 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 Uğur Mumcu, 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, iktidar bloğunun cumhurbaşkanı adayı received 65.9% of the vote at Uğur Mumcu's ballot boxes. In the 2024 local elections, AK PARTİ finished ahead in the district mayoral race with 52.2%. With this vote distribution, the neighborhood falls in the 12% 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
35 associations are registered with an address in the neighborhood. Most are in the meslek ve dayanışma category (21 associations). The sharpest deviation from Istanbul's composition is in the toplumsal değerleri yaşatma category: 7 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 Uğur Mumcu Neighborhood
Within Uğur Mumcu's boundaries, 20 different İETT bus lines pass through 21 bus stops. The neighborhood is served by the T4 tram line, with a station inside the neighborhood: Yenimahalle. Hacı Şükrü, Sultançiftliği stations are also just outside the boundary, within walking distance. 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
estimated28% of Uğur Mumcu's soil is in the loose or soft class (Z3-Z4). Ground motion here is felt on average 24% 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 5.8 km away.
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