Haydarpaşa burning… Twitter reactions added…

A very suspicious fire broke at the historical Haydarpaşa Train Station…

Fire breaks out in Istanbul’s historical train station

from Hurriyet Dailynews
Fire broke out Sunday in the historical Haydarpaşa train station on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, private channel NTV reported.
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Haydarpasa Station Burns

from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White

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On ducks and the Haydarpaşa fire

from İstanbul Altı by Rebecca


I was going to write up a post on Haydarpaşa, and how, if you haven?t heard, it was engulfed in flames on Sunday, but then I found this other post that says pretty much everything I was going to say. So I?ll point you over to InAnatolia, a new blog that looks exciting and well-written:

Istanbul’s woes under one burned roof
Hurriyet Daily News
What will happen to the Haydarpaşa train station following a devastating fire is only part of a larger debate about redevelopment efforts in Istanbul and


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