Socio-Economic Structure

 

As an economic structure, Büyükçekmece is a town that has gathered important formations in trade, industry and education sectors, has prepared itself for the 21st century, and is open to all innovations and developments with the idea that modernization will be unlimited. While Büyükçekmece had an economic structure based on agriculture and fishing before modernization, it has gained economic development and boom since it has gathered important formations especially in tourism industry and education fields as of the last 20 years. Established in Büyükçekmece, the world's 17th Europe's 4th biggest TV tower, Tüyap fair and congress center, Atatürk Cultural Center, which is one of the most important cultural complexes of Istanbul, a stadium with a capacity of 20,000 people, five-star hotels, industrial and commercial organizations have made significant contributions to its economic structure. Trade is an important area of ​​employment. Most of the people work as civil servants and workers in the public and private sectors.