Outrage

Haydarpasa Railway Station in Istanbul stands on the Asian waterfront in the district of Kadiköy. It is a grand and imposing Neo-Classical building and the terminus for train journeys from Anatolia and Asia beyond. Designed by Otto Ritter and Helmuth Cuno and built in 1909, Haydarpasa was a gift from Kaiser Wilhelm to Sultan Abdül Hamit II. Here, the Bosporus joins the Sea of Marmara, overlooked on the European shore by Sultanahmet Mosque, Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace, all built on the Historic Peninsula, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Since ancient times, the Bosporus has linked the Black Sea with the Mediterranean, and is one of the busiest, most beautiful shipping routes in the world. The two shores combine Istanbul’s twin continents, the meeting of Eastern and Western
civilisations.