Haydarpasa Terminal (constructed between 1906-1909) is the western terminus of the Istanbul-Ankara Main Line and was the western terminus of the former Baghdad Railway (Istanbul-Konya-Adana-Aleppo-Baghdad) and the Hejaz Railway (Istanbul-Konya-Adana-Aleppo-Damascus-Amman-Medina)[2]. The tracks do not cross the Bosphorus, but there is a train ferry, that carries rail cars from Haydarpasa, on the Asian side, to Sirkeci, on the European side. The Anatolian Railway hired two German architects; Otto Ritter and Helmut Conu to build the new building. They chose a neo-classical structure and construction started in 1906. Its foundation is based on 1100 wooden piles, each 21 meters long, driven into the mushy shore by a steam hammer (wikipedia).
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Karen Helsing 13 Sep 2011
Beautiful architecture!ruth sears 11 Sep 2011
OUTSTANDING PHOTOS,SO BEAUTIFUL A PLACE:)M Smith 10 Sep 2011
Beautiful building!Donald Schrier 10 Sep 2011
That is really a beautiful building and the labor involved in building it must have been massiveKate Gallagher 10 Sep 2011
Fabulous photosSharon Gonzalez 10 Sep 2011
SO GREEN THE WATER, METIN, AND BEAUTIFUL THE PHOTOS.Pashia Dsouza 10 Sep 2011
De-light-full capture, thank you for sharing.lillianhibiscus 10 Sep 2011
Wonderful captures. Impressive architecture.Warren Ballard 10 Sep 2011
Excellent photos Metin.Cynthia Stayte 10 Sep 2011
Beautiful architecture, what a massive and beautiful building. Great capture Metin!Izabella Pavlushko 10 Sep 2011
MAGNIFICENT BUILDING... nice pictures, Metin, Love it !