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Kartal is a district of Istanbul, Turkey located on the Asian side of the city, on the coast of the Marmara Sea between Maltepe and Pendik. Despite being far from the city centre, Kartal is heavily populated now. (total population of 407,865) (2000 census). Total land area is 147,000 m² which includes some countryside areas inland. Her neighbours are Maltepe the west, Ümraniye and Kadıköy the nortwest (due to Ferhatpaşa quarter passed from Maltepe to Samandıra in 2004), Sultanbeyli the north and Pendik the east. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ...
Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ...
The Sea of Marmara (Turkish: Marmara denizi, Modern Greek: Μαρμαρα̃ Θάλασσα or Προποντίδα) (also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea) is an inland sea...
Maltepe is a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey between Kadikoy and Kartal. ...
Pendik is a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey on the Asian side between Kartal and Tuzla. ...
Ãœmraniye is a working class suburb of Istanbul, Turkey with a population of over 250,000, mostly Kurdish. ...
The historic Haldun Taner Theatre on the harbour of Kadıköy Kadıköy Municipality on the harbour Nostalgic tram running between Kadıköys centrum and the neighbourhood of Moda, with the Catholic Eglise de LAssomption seen in the background Historic buildings in Yeldeğirmeni Historic...
Sultanbeyli is a working class suburb of Istanbul, Turkey on the Asian side of the city. ...
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Kartal Belediyesi New Logo (2004) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
History The centre of Kartal was a fishing village on the Marmara shore during the Byzantine Empire called Kartalimen, and was founded at the beginning of the 6th century. In the 11th century the town was conquered by the ruler of the Seljuks, Suleiman Shah, and then in 1329 Kartal became part of the Ottoman Empire (However the Byzantines re-took this city in 1403 and held it for 17 years). Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ...
This Buddhist stela from China, Northern Wei period, was built in the early 6th century. ...
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ...
The Seljuk Turks (Turkish: Selçuk; Arabic: سلجوق Saljūq, السلاجقة al-Salājiqa; Persian: سلجوقيان Saljūqiyān; also Seldjuk, Seldjuq, Seljuq) were a major branch of...
Events Antipope Nicholas V is excommunicated by Pope John XXII. Aimone of Savoy becomes Count of Savoy. ...
Motto دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299–1326) Bursa (1326–65) Edirne (1365–1453) Constantinople (İstanbul, 1453–1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans - 1281–1326 Osman I - 1918–22 Mehmed VI...
Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered around its capital in Constantinople. ...
Events July 21 - Battle of Shrewsbury. ...
By 1947, Kartal was an industrial area and with the introduction of commuter trains to Haydarpaşa Terminal from Gebze in 1973, Kartal became even more important as an industrial area of Istanbul. There are about 400 large and middle sized factories, 1,300 workshops and over 1,200 shops and offices in central Kartal including the northern part of the district called Samandıra. More than 40,000 people are employed. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...
Haydarpaşa Terminal is a terminus main station of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) in Haydarpaşa close to Kadiköy at the Anatolian part of Istanbul, Turkey. ...
Osman Hamdi Bey Museum in Eskihisar village near Gebze (source&permission: Osman Hamdi Bey Museum) Gebze (classical name: Libyssa) is an industrial town in Kocaeli Province, Turkey. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
The current trend is that as more and more housing is built near the coast, factories there are being closed down and moved inland. For example the large cement factory on the shore, which is to be converted into a cultural center, was closed in 2003.
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Living in Kartal today Kartal is on the sea and there are ferries to Adalar (Princes' Islands) and to Yalova. But most people travel by road, it is easy to get from Kartal to both the E5, the main road from Anatolia to the Bosphorus Bridge, and to the TEM, the huge motorway which crosses the Bosphorus via the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge. Also the coast road from Tuzla to Bostanci is another important route. And finally Sabiha Gokcen International Airport at Kurtköy, Pendik is 15 minutes away. And finally when the Marmaray project is completed it'll be possible to get to European side of Istanbul by light train. An initial stage, a light train between Kadıköy and Kartal is planned to begin running in 2008. Adalar is a collection of islands just off the coast of Istanbul, Turkey. ...
Yalova is a province in northwestern Turkey, along the Sea of Marmora. ...
The bridge seen from a boat in the European side (April 2006) The Bosphorus Bridge also called the First Bosphorus Bridge (Turkish: Boğaziçi Köprüsü or 1. ...
The Asiatic side of the bridge. ...
Municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina General Information Entity Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Canton Tuzla Canton Land area 302,35 km² Population 165,000 Population density 545/km² Coordinates Area code +387 35 Mayor Jasmin Imamović (SDP) Website http://www. ...
Bostancı is a neighborhood located on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, Turkey and which fronts the Sea of Marmara and is not far from the Princes Islands. ...
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport is one of the airports serving Istanbul, Turkey. ...
Pendik is a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey on the Asian side between Kartal and Tuzla. ...
Marmaray is the name for a project to link the European and Anatolian halves of Istanbul by an undersea rail tunnel across the Bosphorus strait. ...
The historic Haldun Taner Theatre on the harbour of Kadıköy Kadıköy Municipality on the harbour Nostalgic tram running between Kadıköys centrum and the neighbourhood of Moda, with the Catholic Eglise de LAssomption seen in the background Historic buildings in Yeldeğirmeni Historic...
With all these transport options Kartal is becoming heavily populated despite being far away from the centre of Istanbul. Luxury apartment complexes have been built on the coast, along with much more housing inland and this has attracted more shops and infrastructure. There are a number of well-known private and state schools in the area, including Kartal Anadolu Lisesi, one of the few German-language high schools in Istanbul. And the housing is of good-quality in general making Kartal a nice area to live. If you don't mind a long commute. Building near the coast slowed down after the 1999 earthquake, when people became very aware that a major faultline runs just off this coast. However building on the high ground inland is proceeding apace and Kartal is projected to be a major urban and industrial area by the 2020s.
The people of Kartal are largely working or lower-middle class and in recent years have voted for the AKP. The Justice and Development Party (Turkish: Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi or AKP, or AK Parti[1]) is a right-wing, moderately conservative Turkish political party. ...
The park around Ayazma Fountain in Yakacik is a popular picnic spot for Kartal's people.
Geography Behind the coast the land rises sharply up to Yakacik Hill, "The balcony of Istanbul", and Aydos On these hills the land is fertile and has a mild climate. The coast of Kartal has sandy and clay soils, whereas the northern part of the district is mostly silica. On the Yakacik Hill, there are limestone and quartz deposits. Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ...
Quartz is one of the most common minerals in the Earths continental crust. ...
- Waters: The streams of Paşakoy, Kavaklidere and Findikli feed the reservoir behindOmerli Dam.
The name "Kartal" is the Turkish word for "Eagle".
Links Muhammad Maarifi Mosque is a historical mosque of Kartal district of Istanbul, Turkey which was once a Rifai Tekke. ...
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