Military Shelter Revealed Under Haydarpaşa Train Station

One of the iconic locations of Istanbul, Haydarpasa Train Station Excavations around it continue. The authorities also removed the platforms of the station, especially during these excavations where they would try to illuminate the history of Kadıköy. After this process, the date officially came out. Because the authorities in the excavation area from tombs to fountains They found many artifacts. The most striking aspect of the works is a building located under the station. military was a shelter.

General Manager of Infrastructure Investments of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, who made statements on the subject. Yalcin Eyigun, while giving information about the studies “We continue the design of indoor spaces and open-air museums. Our Goal within 2 years to complete them.“He used the expression. Authorities also served some photographs of the excavations.

Here is the military shelter under the Haydapaşa Train Station.

Experts working on the shelter found during the excavations, 2. World War They found it was done on time. This shelter, which has a total length of 400 meters, a width of 2 meters and a height of 2.4 meters, is protected in case of a possible attack. the soldiers in order to protect was done. Moreover, there were electrical installations and toilets inside the shelter. The above image has been shared with the public for the first time.

Yalçın Eyigün, describing the military shelter with the words “very special”, used the following expressions:

We have an excavation area target of 140 thousand square meters in total, we have completed 68 thousand of them. Our archaeological excavations continue. Our approximately 250 workers work under the supervision of 15 archaeologists and under the supervision of the Istanbul Archeology Museums Directorate, in line with the decisions of the conservation committees. We have taken more than 50 board decisions regarding the excavation of the site, at every step we take. board with their decisions we are walking. From now on, we are planning to have 3 functions, not only Haydarpaşa Station, not just a train, but also Haydarpaşa Station and an archaeological excavation site, an archaeological park, and our industrial heritage museum. Our total area is 475 thousand square meters. Just when we’re done 75 thousand square meters be railway-related areas. Let there be an open-air museum, closed museums, exhibition areas and viewing corridors behind it. We have spent 255 million liras to date for archaeological excavations and restoration, industrial heritage and archaeological park area. in total will find 700 million liras we foresee. These are spent entirely with the budget of our Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. Minister Çavuşoğlu is also very sensitive for the artifacts here to be revealed and to meet with our people. Here we present our projects to him. Here, we have a large area that can accommodate 500 people at the same time. There are various structures here whose names are unknown to the public. For example, an Ottoman building called an immigrant guesthouse. private accommodation house there is. We want to open this accommodation, there are bunkers built by our soldiers in 1942 as a precautionary measure of World War II, 400 meters long, these are galleries, 2 meters wide and 2.40 meters high. very special galleries…

This is how the excavation around Haydarpaşa Station looks from above

Rahim Asal, Director of the Istanbul Archaeological Museums, also made some statements on the subject. Asal,”The late Roman, early Byzantine structure that emerged with the removal of the platform 4-5th century. There is the remains of a building dating back to the 19th century. very beautiful architectural plan giving structure. Next to this, we guess that it was probably used as a smelting workshop in the middle Byzantine period. furnaces we detected. Ruins around the building, which we thought would be a palace ruin, started to emerge. It gave an architectural integrity and enabled us to reach more archaeological information. Currently, Istanbul Archeology Museums Directorate in 45 areas archaeological excavation doing. But there is no area where we come across so many coins, especially late Roman and early Byzantine coins. We are currently detecting around 12 thousand. And not only the number, but also the information it gives is very important. For example, one of the first coins of Chalcedon, BC. dated to the 5th century One of the first coins was found in the layer during excavations here. This is a very important thing. There were these coins before, but this is the first time they are found in an excavation. The importance of its discovery in the excavation also increases the base and the information it gives.” said.

Other photos from the excavation site are as follows: