Soğanlık Yeni
Soğanlık Yeni is a neighborhood in Kartal District, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 27,806 (2025).[1]
The neighborhood (mahalle) is located about 20 miles east of the historic center of Istanbul and about 4 miles north of the Sea of Marmara.[2] It is bordered on the north by the Maltepe District, on the east by the neighborhoods of Gümüşpınar and Orta, and on the southwest by the neighborhoods of Esentepe and Cevizli. The TEM road (D.100) runs along the neighborhood's southwestern border.[3]
The larger quarter (semt) of Soğanlık includes the Kartal neighborhoods of Soğanlık Yeni, Gümüşpınar, Orta, and Uğur Mumcu. The Gümüşpınar neighborhood developed around an old village called Soğanlık.[4]
Name
The neighborhood name means literally "Onion Field New" (soğan + -lik and yeni).
Demographics
The neighborhood is mixed, socioeconomically, ethnically, and religiously. Important groups include Sunni Kurds from Siirt and Diyarbakır, Alevi Kurds from Erzincan, Georgians from Ordu, and Sunni Turks from various provinces.[5]
References
- ^ "Soğanlık Yeni Mahallesi Nüfusu, Kartal İstanbul" [Population of the Soğanlık Yeni Neighborhood, Kartal, Istanbul]. Türkiye Nüfusu: İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ Ayata, Sencer (2008). "Migrants and Changing Urban Periphery: Social Relations, Cultural Diversity and the Public Space in Istanbul's New Neighbourhoods". International Migration. 46 (3): 31.
- ^ "Soğanlık Yeni Mahalle" [Soğanlık Yeni Neighborhood] (PDF). Kartal Belediyesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ Ayata, Sencer (2008). "Migrants and Changing Urban Periphery: Social Relations, Cultural Diversity and the Public Space in Istanbul's New Neighbourhoods". International Migration. 46 (3): 58.
- ^ Ayata, Sencer (2008). "Migrants and Changing Urban Periphery: Social Relations, Cultural Diversity and the Public Space in Istanbul's New Neighbourhoods". International Migration. 46 (3): 28, 41.