Public transport in Istanbul the funicular was opened to the public. It is still in service. A commuter rail line was built on the European side of the city from Sirkeci to Hadımköy in 1872, which was followed in 1873 on the Anatolian part from Haydarpaşa Terminal to İzmit. The ferry is one of the oldest means of transit in İstanbul, a city with two parts separated by the Bosphorus strait and surrounded by sea. In 1837, British and Russian owned boats started transport on the Bosphorus. The İstanbul Maritime Company was established in 1851 by a decree of Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I. The
St. Mary of Sakızağaç Cathedral, Istanbul St. Mary of Sakızağaç Cathedral, Istanbul The St. Mary of Sakızağaç Cathedral ( ) also called Surp Asdvadzadzin, or the Armenian catholic Cathedral of Istanbul Is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church that follows the Armenian rite in full communion with the Pope in Rome, which is located in the city of Istanbul, the largest in the Eurasian country of Turkey. Not to be confused With the other two Catholic cathedrals in that same locality, the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit ("Saint Esprit Kilisesi"), which follows the Latin Rite and the cathedral of a