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 (total population of 541,209) (2008 census). The total land area is 147,000 m² which includes some countryside areas inland. Her neighbours are Maltepe the west, Sultanbeyli and Sancaktepe the north and Pendik the east.
It was the neighbour of Gebze (1923–1987), Şile (1923–1987), Beykoz (1928–1987), Üsküdar (1923–1987), Ümraniye (1987–2009) and Kadıköy (1928–1992 and 2004–2009). It was a neighbour again with Kadıköy from the northwest due to Ferhatpaşa quarter passed from Maltepe to Samandıra in 2004. However, this neighbourhood was ended with Ataşehir's separation from Kadıköy and Samandıra's separation (joined to Sancaktepe) from Kartal in 2009.
The center of Kartal (meaning 'eagle' in Turkish) was a fishing village on the Marmara shore during the Byzantine Empire called Kartalimen or Kartalimin in Greek, and was founded at the beginning of the 6th century. In the 11th century, the town was conquered by the ruler of the Seljuks, Suleyman Shah, and then in 1329 Kartal became part of the Ottoman Empire (however, the Byzantines re-took the city in 1403 and held it for 17 years).
Kartal may refer to:
I'm out of faith, I'm in retrograde
A dizzy pattern in a cheap parade
And I'm losing touch but I'm, I'm not ashamed
Of what I say or how nice I play
I'm a Trojan horse made of paper mache
What has been ever comes 'round again
And I'm under a rain, I'm shutting down
I'm unimpressed but I've done my best
An undecided heart makes such a mess
I'm out of place, I'm a different state
A little scattered by a bitter fate
And I'm losing touch but I'm, I'm not afraid
I'll be okay just in a different way
I have no remorse, I have no more shame
Oh, nothing ever ends before it begins
'Cause I'm under a rain, I'm shutting down
I'm unimpressed but I've done my best
An undecided heart makes such a mess
Well, I'll be going 'round and 'round
This cycle won't slow down
I'm looking for the center of this life I've found
What has been ever comes 'round again?
'Cause I'm under a rain, I'm shutting down
I'm unimpressed but I've done my best
An undecided heart makes such a mess
And I'm under a rain, I'm shutting down
I'm unimpressed, I've done my best