Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is Open Data?

Open data is data that is freely available to anyone, without any conditions, and is not subject to patents or other control mechanisms. These data, which do not have any copyright, facilitate transparency, accountability and participation in the city administration, as well as support the work of researchers and encourage new analyzes.

2. How to Use Open Data Portal?

You can examine the data classified according to various data sets by selecting the theme you are interested in, download the data you want to see in the format you want and use it freely by processing it. If you wish, you can also examine the data on an organizational basis, search for data by typing your keyword in the search section, or request a data that you want to be published.

3. How can I request data from the Open Data Portal?

If you have registered with the portal, you can request data from the Data Requests menu. If you have registered before, you must log in to our website with your own user information. Depending on the availability of the requested data set, the publication time of the data set may vary.

4. How to decide on the data sets published in Kadıköy Open Data Portal?

Public data that is not confidential, does not contain trade secrets, personal data and security data and that the data owners agree to be open data are selected by the relevant units. Among the selected data, high demand data is published on the portal, taking into account user requests.

5. Are there restrictions on the use of open data?

Kadıköy Open Data Portal is open to everyone. For more information on usage, you can refer to the "Terms of Use" on our home page.

6. How often is the data updated?

The update frequency is determined according to the operating system of the relevant unit. According to its structure, some data sets change as they are updated, while old versions are preserved in others.

7. How to submit questions about data?

You can contact us from the "Contact" section on our home page.

8. How to report an error found in the dataset?

You can contact us from the "Contact" section on our home page.

9. How to report problems in downloading data?

You can contact us from the "Contact" section on our home page.

10. Can I see data requested by others?

Yes. By clicking on the Data Requests menu, you can see the data sets that other users have requested before and the status of their request. If the data set you will request has not been requested by another user before, you can send us your request by clicking the Request Data button and writing a description about the data set.

11. Can I publish my work using published datasets on Kadıköy Open Data Portal?

You can set an example of success and inspire other users by sharing with us the projects or applications you have developed using the data sets in the Kadıköy Open Data Portal. To share a success example, you must register on our website and follow the steps in the Success Examples menu.

12. Can I use the datasets without any restrictions?

Kadıköy Open Data Portal uses Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The data sets shared on the portal under the license can be used without any restrictions. For detailed information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

13. In what formats can I download datasets?

The data in the portal can be in different formats. These can be in XLSX, XLS, CSV, PDF, API, HTML, DOCX, ZIP, JSON, TXT, RDF, XML file formats.