The Turkish State Railways, abbreviated as TCDD, is a government-owned national railway company responsible for the ownership and maintenance of railways in Turkey, as well as the planning and constru
Istanbul Sirkeci Terminal opened in 1890 as the terminus of the Ottoman Empire's principal European railway line, serving also the famous Orient Express
A TCDD HT80000 (Siemens Velaro TR) high-speed train (YHT) in Ankara
A TCDD HT65000 in Eskişehir
A TCDD HT80000 high-speed train (Siemens Velaro) traveling from Ankara to Istanbul in Bilecik, Türkiye
The Baghdad railway, also known as the Berlin–Baghdad railway, was started in 1903 to connect Berlin with the then Ottoman city of Baghdad, from where the Germans wanted to establish a port on the Per
Turkish State Railways
…Turkey. International services Former international services Haydarpaşa Terminal on the Asian side of Istanbul was opened in 1908 as the terminus of the Istanbul-Konya-Baghdad and Istanbul-Damascus-Medina lines. The Haydarpaşa Terminal was the terminus for a weekly train, to Tehran in Iran, another train to Iran used to travel…
Baghdad railway c. 1900–10
Share of the Baghdad railway, issued 31 December 1903
Central Station in Adana, Turkey, 1913
Baghdad Central Station, 2012