The purpose of this article is to summarize the fact that in the late 1800’s  the narrow­gauged railway was  one of the  first railways  to operate in  Iskenderun (Alexandrette), the port of Hatay (Antioch) in South­eastern Turkey.In the 19th century, Iskenderun had a swampy subterranean and in order to overcome this problem, the Ottoman government took action by constructing  a narrow­gauged railway which ran smaller scaled steam­engined trains.This steam­engined railway was used to transport boulder­rock material  to dry out  the swampy regions. But  importantly enough, the narrow­gauged  railway was also used for leisure purposes, for example transporting families to  picnic areas.It is sad to note that the narrow­gauged railway, as importantly as this, used in the building blocks of todays Iskenderun, has long been forgotten.

The purpose of this article is to summarize the fact that in the late 1800’s  the narrow­gauged railway was  one of the  first railways  to operate in  Iskenderun (Alexandrette), the port of Hatay (Antioch) in South­eastern Turkey.In the 19th century, Iskenderun had a swampy subterranean and in order to overcome this problem, the Ottoman government took action by constructing  a narrow­gauged railway which ran smaller scaled steam­engined trains.This steam­engined railway was used to transport boulder­rock material  to dry out  the swampy regions. But  importantly enough, the narrow­gauged  railway was also used for leisure purposes, for example transporting families to  picnic areas.It is sad to note that the narrow­gauged railway, as importantly as this, used in the building blocks of todays Iskenderun, has long been forgotten.