A fire broke out Sunday in Istanbul’s historical Haydarpaşa train station, engulfing the landmark building’s roof in flames and posing a threat to the entire structure. [...] The building is a first-class monumental structure, said Eyüp Muhçu, the head of Turkey’s Chamber of Architects, who noted that the historical station was constructed above 220 wooden columns and expressed doubts about the response to the blaze. “Helicopters could have intervened on the scene within 10 to 15 minutes,” he said. “I can’t make sense of why authorities didn’t think of this. This attitude naturally brings suspicions to mind.”Hurriyet Daily News
A fire broke out Sunday in Istanbul’s historical Haydarpaşa train station, engulfing the landmark building’s roof in flames and posing a threat to the entire structure. [...] The building is a first-class monumental structure, said Eyüp Muhçu, the head of Turkey’s Chamber of Architects, who noted that the historical station was constructed above 220 wooden columns and expressed doubts about the response to the blaze. “Helicopters could have intervened on the scene within 10 to 15 minutes,” he said. “I can’t make sense of why authorities didn’t think of this. This attitude naturally brings suspicions to mind.”Hurriyet Daily News
Alex, thanks for writing this.
There are few buildings in Turkey as symbolic and have such a great memory in public psyche as this train station. Almost every Turk relates to this building as it brings direct feelings of leaving the loved ones or reuniting with them. There are many poems written about it. I have my own experiences of it at an early age, leaving Istanbul for Eastern Turkey for few years in a steam engine train. It touches a lot of memories.. Fortunately the fire was stopped before it spread, and created new consciences in public opinion about why building should not be sacrificed to developers for a tourist hotel.
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Alex, thanks for writing this.
There are few buildings in Turkey as symbolic and have such a great memory in public psyche as this train station. Almost every Turk relates to this building as it brings direct feelings of leaving the loved ones or reuniting with them. There are many poems written about it. I have my own experiences of it at an early age, leaving Istanbul for Eastern Turkey for few years in a steam engine train. It touches a lot of memories.. Fortunately the fire was stopped before it spread, and created new consciences in public opinion about why building should not be sacrificed to developers for a tourist hotel.
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