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‹stanbul / Where Two Civilisations Meet
‹stanbul…
The junction between past and future, east and west,
The meeting place of two civilisations and two continents.
The cradle of societies, cultures, faiths that influence and clash with each other.
The universal museum; mirror of the future and of changes in society.
It is the testament and the stage of history.
The legendary capital of three great empires.
Ten Romans, eighty-two Byzantium, and thirty Ottoman Sultans, in total 122 emperors
ruled this city, whose rich cultural mosaic is unique and has no match in the world.
Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, Bayazid the Thunderbolt and Sultan Murad the
Second failed to conquer this city, but an Ottoman Sultan, Fatih Sultan Mehmed, after
besieging the city for 53 days, conquered it on 29th May 1453. The Sultan ended the
Byzantine era, and with that the middle ages ended; Constantinople became ‹stanbul.
‹stanbul is where the Hejaz Railway was conceived and formed its starting point.
Haydarpafla Station is the door of entry into this historical adventure.