Haydarpaşa Garı

Built in 1908 this train station is the first stop in Asia and the counterpart to the end of the Orient Express. If you come from Europe by train you have to get off at the Istanbul Gar and take a ferry across the Bosphorus to Haydarpaşa.

Getting Around

February 4th 2012
Istanbul is a fascinating city and so is its transportation. It didn’t take me too long to figure out how to get around the area I live in, but I honestly think it would take a lifetime to learn the entire transportation system here. For this blog, I’m going to stick to what I know. To get from where I live to the ferry landings in Kadıköy I can take a taxi, which is expensive, a dolmuş, w ... read more

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more

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