The Haydarpaşa railway station was built in 1906–1908. in the Asian part of Istanbul by German architects as the starting point of the Istanbul-Baghdad railway. The station is located on the Bosphorus embankment, on an artificial peninsula with an area of ​​more than 4 hectares. It stands out for its monumental size and original architecture for an Asian city in the style of German neoclassicism - its five-story building with round towers looks like an old castle. The interior of the station is decorated in an oriental style: bright stained-glass windows in large windows, amazing paintings on the ceilings, intricate stucco molding and walls decorated with tiles in a traditional oriental style are striking here.
The station serves commuter trains on the Asian side of Istanbul, intercity trains to Ankara and other cities in eastern Turkey, and international trains to Iran, Armenia and Syria. Also at the foot of the station is a port and a pier from which ferries depart to other parts of Istanbul.