Gaziosmanpaşa
Gaziosmanpaşa is a district of Istanbul province. Gaziosmanpaşa, one of the late period settlements of Istanbul and previously known as Taşlıtarla and Küçükköy localities, developed after the 1950s and was made a district in 1963. The center of Gaziosmanpaşa used to be called Taşlıtarla. Gaziosmanpaşa district is adjacent to Bayrampaşa, Esenler, Eyüpsultan and Sultangazi districts. As the population increases, the traffic problem also increases. It has also gained modern transportation with the opening of the T4 tram line and M7 metro line. That's why it has become the district that receives the most immigration. There are 16 neighborhoods in Gaziosmanpaşa. Within the framework of the new law enacted in 2008, Arnavutköy and Sultangazi gained district status. With the establishment of these two districts, the population of Gaziosmanpaşa decreased from 1,013,048 (2007) to 460,675 (2008) and it lost the title of "Turkey's most populous district". According to the 1990 General Population Census, it was determined that the district center had a young population; The population under the age of 20 is close to half of the total population. According to the same census, the literacy rate for those over the age of 6 in the district center was 88.1%. 81.3% of those who can read and write in the district center graduated from an educational institution. Of these, 75.7% completed primary school, 12.9% completed secondary school or equivalent schools, 9.2% completed high school and equivalent schools, and 2.2% completed higher education institutions. The economically active population in Gaziosmanpaşa district center constitutes 48.4% of the population aged 12 and over. This reveals that approximately half of the population over the age of 12 actively participates in economic life, while the other half is economically inactive. The majority of the economically inactive population consists of housewives.
