In 1991, Sharifov worked as the deputy chief of construction company electrifying Çerkezköy-Kapıkule railway.
Hamzabeyli border crossing has relatively less traffic than its neighbours, namely Kapıkule and Dereköy—despite its truck traffic.
In 1971, the State railways built a new line from Pehlivanköy to the Bulgarian border at Kapıkule.