It was a part of the Ottoman railway network and was built in order to extend the previously existing line between Istanbul and Damascus (which began from the Haydarpaşa Terminal) all the way to the holy city of Mecca (eventually being able to reach only Medina due to the interruption of the construction works caused by the outbreak of World War I).
The northwest wing of the 19th century Selimiye Barracks, which was transformed into a military hospital during the Crimean War, was the place where nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale cared wounded and infected British soldiers.
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