Kartal

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Kartal ( Turkish for eagle ) is the capital of the eponymous district of the Turkish province of İstanbul as well as a district on the Asian side of İstanbul. Kartal had according to the last census, 426 748 inhabitants (as at end December 2008).

Sports

The football club Kartalspor comes from this district, and currently plays in the TFF First League 2, the third highest Turkish league.

Traffic

Road

By Kartal the highway D100, which continues from the Bulgarian border to Iran runs. In addition, the city can be reached via the Bağdat Avenue, which connects with the Kartal district of Kadıköy zentralgelegeneren. A coastal road connects Kartal in the west and in the east with Bostanci with Tuzla.

Rail transport

Kartal has its own station on the Istanbul train line that runs between Haydarpaşa and Gebze. In addition, you can reach the city by means of Adapazarı Ekspresi that runs between Haydarpaşa and Adapazarı.

Since the completion of the Marmaray tunnel in October 2013, the M4 (Metro Istanbul ) transits Kartal.

Sea and air transport

The Istanbul- Sabiha Gökçen is located in the neighboring district Kurtköy and can be reached in five minutes.

Season Across a ferry is operated on the Istanbul 's Princes' Islands. In addition, there is a passenger ferry to the east of Istanbul port city of Yalova. This city is located on the opposite side of the Marmara Sea.

Trivia

• The published in 2009 novel The Lost Symbol of the American author Dan Brown is partly set in the Istanbul district of Kartal.