A train passing through the ocean: Although one of the trains at Haydarpaşa Train Station, built at 1908 as the starting station of the Istanbul-Baghdad railway and one of the most important monument buildings of Istanbul, is not moving, it attracts the attention of art lovers.
Since the last commuter train 18 was lifted in 2013 June, dozens of trainers, who have been silent and waiting at the station where only photo enthusiasts and bride-grooms arrive, ensure that different branches of art are exhibited. 15 that took place last month. Within the scope of the International Marmara Underwater Imaging Festival, a suburban train was decorated with the works of world famous underwater photographer Alptekin Baloğlu. Baloğlu's underwater photographs taken in the Red Sea, Maldives, Malaysia, Thailand and Istanbul as well as the Great Ocean and Indian Ocean were adhered to the 8 wagon train.
Trips to dreams Photographs of animals such as eels, seahorses, dolphins, whale sharks, and the sea turtles on the windows of wagons take visitors on a different journey. Although the train remains stationary, those who visit the exhibition feel that they are traveling to the lives of ocean creatures, while the beauty of the vast blue color also colored the wagons. Alptekin Baloglu; “It makes me happy to have my photographs on a train in the historic garage. Because photography is the right choice to drag people into the imagination. I'll be happy if I can take Istanbulites to different worlds, who also miss the train. B
TCDD 1. Regional Trading Passenger Service Manager Veysi Alçınsu; Tr Sometimes the lion fish of the Red Sea sometimes meet the ones who take the train of the Bosphorus. Although it does not go on the rails, the train's wagons bring us closer to the oceans. We are waiting for art and photography enthusiasts to wander the ocean passing train. İst
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