Nusaybin | |
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General information | |
Coordinates | 37°04′34″N41°13′47″E / 37.07606°N 41.22973°E |
Owned by | TCDD |
Platforms | 1 |
Tracks | 6 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
History | |
Opened | 25 October 1918 |
Nusaybin station is a railway station in the town of Nusaybin in Turkey next to the Turkey–Syria border. The station is the easternmost station in Turkey on the Baghdad Railway. The station was opened on 25 October 1918 by the Baghdad Railway. [1] The station has no passenger service.
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Nusaybin, historically known as Nisibis or Nesbin, is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,079 km2, and its population is 115,586 (2022). The city is populated by Kurds of different tribal affiliation.
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Haydarpaşa station is a railway station in Istanbul, that was, until 2012 the main city terminal for trains travelling to and from the Anatolian side of Turkey. It used to be Turkey's busiest railway station. The station building still houses the headquarters for District 1 of the State Railways but since a fire in 2010 the station has not been in use and its future remains uncertain.
The Ankara Agreement (1921) was signed on 20 October 1921 at Ankara between France and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, ending the Franco-Turkish War.
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The border between the Syrian Arab Republic and the Republic of Turkey is about 909 kilometres (565 mi) long, and runs from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the tripoint with Iraq in the east. It runs across Upper Mesopotamia for some 400 kilometres (250 mi), crossing the Euphrates and reaching as far as the Tigris. Much of the border follows the Southern Turkish stretch of the Baghdad Railway, roughly along the 37th parallel between the 37th and 42nd eastern meridians. In the west, it almost surrounds the Turkish Hatay Province, partly following the course of the Orontes River and reaching the Mediterranean coast at the foot of Jebel Aqra.
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