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Railway Station as abandoned by the Turks - Aleppo, Syria
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Railway Station as abandoned by the Turks - Aleppo, Syria
Railway Station as abandoned by the remnants of the Ottoman Empires Yildirim Army Groups (commanded by Mustafa Kemal Pasha - Ataturk) following the Battle of Aleppo, fought on 25th October 1918, when Prince Feisals Sheifial Forces captured the city during the Pursuit to Haritan from Damascus (in the last days of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War). Date: 1918
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This evocative photograph captures the desolate scene of the abandoned Aleppo Railway Station in Syria, following the Battle of Aleppo on October 25, 1918. The remnants of the Ottoman Empire's Yildirim Army Group, commanded by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, had vacated the premises after Prince Feisal's Sheifial Forces captured the city during the Pursuit to Haritan from Damascus in the final days of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War. The once bustling station, now a ghostly shell of its former self, stands silent and empty. The deserted building, with its broken windows and peeling paint, is a poignant reminder of the turmoil and upheaval that engulfed the region during this pivotal moment in history. The tracks leading away from the station are overgrown and abandoned, as if the passage of time has come to a standstill. The image is filled with a sense of melancholy and loss, as the echoes of clattering trains and bustling crowds have been replaced by the stillness and quietude of an empty station. This haunting photograph offers a glimpse into the past, transporting us back to a time when the course of history was being written in the sands of the Middle East.
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