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The '''Karacaahmet Cemetery''' ({{lang-tr|Karacaahmet Mezarlığı}}) is a 700-year-old historic cemetery, located in ], the Asian side of ]. Karacaahmet cemetery is the oldest in ] and at {{convert|750|acre|km2}}, the largest burial ground in ]. The '''Karacaahmet Cemetery''' ({{langx|tr|Karacaahmet Mezarlığı}}) is a 700-year-old historic cemetery located in ], on the Asian side of ]. Karacaahmet cemetery is the oldest and largest in ] at {{convert|750|acre|km2}}, and the largest burial ground in ] by number of interred.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Historic cemeteries in Istanbul|url= https://istanbultarihi.ist/548-historic-cemeteries-in-istanbul|access-date=2023-10-06}}</ref>


The cemetery was named after a warrior companion of ], the second ] sultan and is believed to have been founded in the mid-14th century. It is estimated that over a million people are interred in the non-profit cemetery.<ref name="to"/> The cemetery was named after a warrior companion of ], the second ] sultan and is believed to have been founded in the mid-14th century. Karacaahmet Cemetery, which hosts many bird species, looks like a forest with trees such as ], ], ], ], ], and various other plants. The burial ground is covered by high cypress trees.<ref name="u"/>


As a 700-year-old burial ground of historical importance, Karacaahmet Cemetery was declared a natural ] and national historical landmark site in 1991, in accordance with the decision of the Istanbul Cultural and Natural Heritage Preservation Board. According to this decision, the cemetery area can only be used for burial of the dead, the cemetery cannot be removed or used as a ] area in any way.
⚫ Karacaahmet Cemetery comprises 12 parcels, each dedicated to different religious groups. Many historical ]s can still be seen with inscriptions written in the ], a version of the Arabic alphabet. The burial ground is covered by high ] trees.<ref name="u"/>


⚫ Karacaahmet Cemetery comprises 12 parcels, each dedicated to different religious groups. Many historical ]s can still be seen with inscriptions written in the ], a version of the Arabic alphabet. The total number of burials is not known precisely, because no records were kept in the past, but it is estimated in millions. Because the burial registers of the Istanbul Cemeteries Directorate started to be kept only after 1937.
⚫ The shrine of Karaca Ahmet Sultan, a 13th-century physician and saint of ], a tariqah of Islam, is situated within the cemetery.<ref name="a"/> There are also many other historical tombs and ]s, which is the ] word for mosques, built during the Ottoman period.

⚫ The shrine of ], a 13th-century physician and saint of ], a tariqah of Islam, is situated within the cemetery.<ref name="a"/> There are also many other historical tombs and ]s, which is the ] word for mosques, built during the Ottoman period.

==General information and history==
The cemetery, which began to expand in parallel with the increase in the Turkish population during the reign of Sultan ], expanded further after the conquest of Istanbul in 1453. Karacaahmet was officially turned into a cemetery in 1582 by the mother of ] and ]'s wife, ], who donated 124 hectares of land from her own property for a city cemetery and ordered the cypress trees to be planted there. In addition, she appointed 13 guards for the preservation of these cypress trees and 24 people as ]s for the burial of dead.

The name of the cemetery, which was first mentioned in official sources as the cemetery of Karacaahmet Sultan in 1698, is also "Usküdar Mekabir-i Muslimini".

This cemetery, which was originally an empty, vast and clean ground, has always been a favorite place for the people of Istanbul for centuries and has served as a burial ground without interruption since its foundation.

The famous English poet ] included Üsküdar and the Karacaahmet cemetery in the following lines: «O Scutari! Your white houses look at thousands of graves, and above these graves rises that evergreen tree, that tender and dark cypress, inscribed in the foliage of eternal sorrow, like unrequited love».
The cemetery has fascinated foreign travelers for centuries with its impressive view and architectural splendor, and many travelers have mentioned this cemetery in their memoirs. The French poet and writer ], who was one of the first to describe the cemetery in his memoir, expressed his admiration, saying that Karacaahmet is the largest cemetery in the East. In addition, the Polish Count ] in 1814 in his book “Journey to Istanbul and Canakkale” and the German Generalfeldmarschall ] in his book “Letters from Turkey” gave a large place to the Karacaahmet cemetery. Calculating that the underground population of Karacaahmet far exceeds the living population of Istanbul, Marshal Moltke said in 1836: "You can build a big city out of these gravestones."

The famous Danish writer and master of fairy tales, ], who was impressed by its size during his visit to Istanbul in 1841, just 5 years after Moltke, described the Karacaahmet cemetery, as if confirming Moltke: “The area of this cemetery is so vast that if sow wheat, it would feed the whole city, and if all the local tombstones were used, then a new wall could be built that would surround Istanbul."<ref>Hans Christian Andersen, A Poet's Bazaar: A Journey to Greece, Turkey & Up the Danube, 1871</ref>

As if in unanimous agreement, Western travelers and writers have argued that the cemetery does not receive much sunlight, because it is covered with cypresses, and looks like a forest in dark greenery. This is one of the rare cemeteries for which poetry has been written in history.

The oldest photographs of the cemetery were taken by Ernest de Caranza in 1852–1854, followed by the brothers Abdullah, Bergren and Photo Sabah. The Anglican clergyman ], who had been the personal chaplain to the British ambassador ] in Istanbul since 1820, compared the place to a large forest divided by wide roads on sloping ground. The scene he depicts was engraved by the English artist ].

⚫ The excavation works in the tunnel for the ] project caused little damage as by June 2007, a dent of 1.5 m diameter and 4 m depth occurred close to the cemetery wall. It was reported that some graves were damaged.<ref> {{in lang|tr}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
File:Constantinople - and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor (1839) (14803080313).jpg|]'s drawing from 1839
File:Cimetière turc, Scutari.jpg|Pascal Sebah ''Women in Karacaahmet'', 1870
File:Cemetery of Scutari - Pardoe Julia - 1838.jpg|] ''Cemetery of Scutari'', 1838
File:Tomb in the cemetery of Scutari - Pardoe Julia - 1838.jpg|Karacaahmet cemetery, Hoca Sadettin Efendi Sebili, 1838
File:The universal geography - the earth and its inhabitants (1876) (14742409166).jpg| Cemetery of Scutari, 1876
File:Cypresses and road leading to the cemetery, Scutari, Constantinople, Turkey, 1890s.jpg|Cypresses and road leading to the cemetery, Scutari, Constantinople, Turkey, 1890s
File:Karacaahmet myownphotography2013.jpg|An old man with a walking stick resting in the shade beneath the tall cypress trees on a hot summer day in Karacaahmet cemetery, Istanbul, 2010s
File:Karacaahmet myownphotography2.jpg|A set of historic Ottoman headstones in Karacaahmet cemetery, Üsküdar, 2010s
File:Karacaahmet myownphotography 2013.jpg|Shady cobblestone cemetery pathway, Karacaahmet cemetery, Istanbul, 2010s
File:Karacaahmet myownphotography13.jpg|Floral pattern carved stone historical headstone of an Ottoman-era woman at the Karacaahmet Cemetery,2010s
</gallery>


==Notable burials== ==Notable burials==
List in sorted order of the year of death. List is sorted in order of the year of death.
;Historical: ;Historical
* ] (1436–1520), calligrapher * ] (1436–1520), calligrapher
* ] (? - 1821), Sultan ]'s Grand Vizier * ] (1569–1606), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
* ] (?–1622), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
⚫ * ] (1788-1869),<ref>Fatma Mehlika Mısıroğlu, ''Semâmızda Bir Yıldız'', Sebil Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2011</ref> a ] ] shaykh and relative of ]
*] (1832 - 1908), Ottoman ] and ] * ] (?–1624), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
* ] (1564–1632), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
* ] (1589–1637), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
* ] (1592–1653), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
* ] (1630–1694), composer
* ] (1642–1717), Divan poet of Kurdish descent
* ] (1681–1730), one of the most celebrated Ottoman poets
* ] (1736–1785), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
* ] (? – 1821), Sultan ]'s Grand Vizier
⚫ * ] (1788–1869),<ref>Fatma Mehlika Mısıroğlu, ''Semâmızda Bir Yıldız'', Sebil Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2011</ref> ] ] shaykh and relative of ]
* ] (1817–1897), Kurdish poet
* ] (1832–1908), Ottoman ] and ]
* ] (1890–1912), painter and composer; one of the first female artists in Turkey and the first professional female art teacher in the ]


;1940s: ;1940s:
* ] (1877–1940), Ottoman general * ] (1877–1940), Ottoman general
* ]<ref name="ts"/> (1864–1940), Azerbaijani writer, thinker, philosopher, artist and doctor, and was the creator of the modern Flag of Azerbaijan.<ref name="ws"/> * ]<ref name="ts"/> (1864–1940), Azerbaijani writer, thinker, philosopher, artist and doctor, and was the creator of the modern Flag of Azerbaijan <ref name="ws"/>
;1950s: ;1950s
* ] (1862–1952), Ottoman general and Senior commander of the Gallipoli Campaign
* ] (1889–1956), novelist * ] (1889–1956), novelist
* ] (1877–1958), * ] (1877–1958), ] officer and ] general
* ] (1880–1958), composer, initial conductor of the ], general * ] (1880–1958), composer, initial conductor of the ], general
* ] (1888–1959), Islamic scholar and Naqshbandi master, his disciples are referred to as ]
;1960s: ;1960s:
* ] (1902–1964), female novelist * ] (1902–1964), novelist
* ] (1903–1967), painter * ] (1903–1967), painter
;1970s: ;1970s:
* ] (1905–1975), nationalist writer, novelist, poet and philosopher * ] (1910–1975), nationalist writer and ideologue
* ] (1905–1975), nationalist writer, ideologue, novelist, poet and philosopher
;1980s: ;1980s:
* ] (1889–1982), journalist * ] (1889–1982), journalist
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* ] (1917–1988), footballer and high school teacher * ] (1917–1988), footballer and high school teacher
;1990s: ;1990s:
*] (1915–1996), female singer of Ottoman classical music * ] (1915–1996), singer and performer of the Turkish classical music
;2000s: ;2000s:
* ] (1945–2004), rock musician * ] (1945–2004), rock musician
* ] (1925–2004), female aviator * ] (1925–2004), one of the first Turkish female aviators
* ] (1932–2006), Turkish-American music producer * ] (1932–2006), Turkish-American music producer
* ] (1951–2007) female jazz singer <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haberturk.com/yasam/haber/22449-nukhet-ruacan-oldu |newspaper=] |title=Nükhet Ruacan öldü |date=2007-05-07 |language=tr|accessdate=2017-11-18 }}</ref> * ] (1951–2007) jazz singer <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haberturk.com/yasam/haber/22449-nukhet-ruacan-oldu |newspaper=] |title=Nükhet Ruacan öldü |date=2007-05-07 |language=tr|accessdate=2017-11-18 }}</ref>
* ] (1903–2008), retired colonel and the last veteran of the Turkish War of Independence * ] (1903–2008), retired colonel and the last veteran of the Turkish War of Independence
* ] (1916–2007), female opera singer, vocal coach and opera director,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/kultur-sanat/hocalarin-hocasi-saadet-ikesus-altan-oldu-535332 |newspaper=] |title=Hocaların hocası Saadet İkesus Altan öldü |date=16 December 2007 |language=tr |accessdate=21 October 2020 }}</ref> * ] (1916–2007), opera singer, vocal coach and opera director <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/kultur-sanat/hocalarin-hocasi-saadet-ikesus-altan-oldu-535332 |newspaper=] |title=Hocaların hocası Saadet İkesus Altan öldü |date=16 December 2007 |language=tr |accessdate=21 October 2020 }}</ref>
* ] (1914–2008), poet * ] (1914–2008), poet
* ](1931–2009), actor * ](1931–2009), actor
;2010s: ;2010s:
*] (1919–2011), female classical pianist * ] (1919–2011), classical pianist
* ] (1936–2011), singer and stage actress * ] (1936–2011), singer and stage actress
* ] (1931–2013), translator, poet, painter and graphic designer * ] (1931–2013), translator, poet, painter and graphic designer
* ] (1950–2015), ], veteran of the Cyprus Operation
* ] (1935–2015), theoretical chemist<ref name="h2"/> * ] (1935–2015), theoretical chemist<ref name="h2"/>
* ] (1925–2015), Air Force general and one of the five leaders of the 1980 military coup * ] (1925–2015), Air Force general and one of the five leaders of the 1980 military coup
* ] (1939–2017), actor<ref>{{Cite web|title=Halit Akçatepe, Şakirin Camii'nden son yolculuğuna uğurlandı|url=https://www.ntv.com.tr/sanat/halit-akcatepe-sakirin-camiinden-son-yolculuguna-ugurlandi,kwyOOiFkiECprnyKS1wb4w|access-date=2021-07-29|website=www.ntv.com.tr|language=tr}}</ref>
* ] (1966–2017), singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite news|title=Binlerce Kişi İbrahim Erkal'ı Son Yolculuğuna Uğurladı|url=http://m.milliyet.com.tr/binlerce-kisi-ibrahim-erkal-i-son-yolculuguna-istanbul-yerelhaber-2038662/|accessdate=13 May 2017|publisher=]|date=13 May 2017}}</ref> * ] (1966–2017), singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite news|title=Binlerce Kişi İbrahim Erkal'ı Son Yolculuğuna Uğurladı|url=http://m.milliyet.com.tr/binlerce-kisi-ibrahim-erkal-i-son-yolculuguna-istanbul-yerelhaber-2038662/|accessdate=13 May 2017|publisher=]|date=13 May 2017}}</ref>
* ] (1936–2019), basketball player, footballer and columnist,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-football-legend-can-bartu-dies-at-83-142601 |newspaper=] |title=Turkish football legend ‘Sinyor’ Can Bartu dies at 83 |date=12 April 2019 |accessdate=16 April 2019 }}</ref> * ] (1936–2019), basketball player, footballer and columnist <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-football-legend-can-bartu-dies-at-83-142601 |newspaper=] |title=Turkish football legend ‘Sinyor’ Can Bartu dies at 83 |date=12 April 2019 |accessdate=16 April 2019 }}</ref>
* ] (1936–2019), stage and film acor,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sabah.com.tr/galeri/magazin/yesilcamin-usta-oyuncusu-suleyman-turan-son-yolculuguna-ugurlandi |newspaper=] |title=Yeşilçam'ın usta oyuncusu Süleyman Turan son yolculuğuna uğurlandı |date=11 September 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=14 September 2019 }}</ref> * ] (1936–2019), stage and film actor,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sabah.com.tr/galeri/magazin/yesilcamin-usta-oyuncusu-suleyman-turan-son-yolculuguna-ugurlandi |newspaper=] |title=Yeşilçam'ın usta oyuncusu Süleyman Turan son yolculuğuna uğurlandı |date=11 September 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=14 September 2019 }}</ref>
* ] (1940–2019), former Chief General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2019/gundem/yasar-buyukanit-son-yolculuguna-ugurlaniyor-5468357/ |newspaper=] |title=Yaşar Büyükanıt son yolculuğuna uğurlandı |date=23 November 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=23 November 2019 }}</ref> * ] (1940–2019), former Chief General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2019/gundem/yasar-buyukanit-son-yolculuguna-ugurlaniyor-5468357/ |newspaper=] |title=Yaşar Büyükanıt son yolculuğuna uğurlandı |date=23 November 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=23 November 2019 }}</ref>
;2020s:

* ] (1963–2021), singer and performer of the Turkish classical music
==Damage by Marmaray project==
* ] (1930–2023), actor, poet, playwright, and translator
⚫ By June 2007, a dent of 1.5 m diameter and 4 m depth occurred close to the cemetery wall, which was caused by the excavation works in the tunnel for ] project. It was reported that some graves were damaged.<ref> {{in lang|tr}}</ref>
* ] (1941–2023), general commander of the Turkish Gendarmerie
* ] (1953–2023), pop and rock musician, actor


== See also == == See also ==
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==References== ==References==
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⚫ <ref name="ws">Whitney Smith. Flag Lore Of All Nations. — Millbrook Press, 2001. — P. 13. — {{ISBN|9780761317531}}</ref>
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⚫ <ref name="ws">Whitney Smith. ''Flag Lore Of All Nations''. Millbrook Press, 2001. p. 113, {{ISBN|978-0761317531}}</ref>
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Cemetery in Turkey
Karacaahmet Mezarlığı
Old gravestones in Karacaahmet Cemetery
Details
EstablishedMid-14th century
LocationÜsküdar, Istanbul
CountryTurkey
Coordinates41°00′40″N 29°01′34″E / 41.01111°N 29.02611°E / 41.01111; 29.02611
TypePublic
Owned byIstanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Size750 acres (3.0 km)
No. of intermentsover 1 million
WebsiteİBB Mezarlıklar Md. website

The Karacaahmet Cemetery (Turkish: Karacaahmet Mezarlığı) is a 700-year-old historic cemetery located in Üsküdar, on the Asian side of Istanbul. Karacaahmet cemetery is the oldest and largest in Istanbul at 750 acres (3.0 km), and the largest burial ground in Turkey by number of interred.

The cemetery was named after a warrior companion of Orhan, the second Ottoman sultan and is believed to have been founded in the mid-14th century. Karacaahmet Cemetery, which hosts many bird species, looks like a forest with trees such as cypress, plane tree, oak, laurel, hackberry, and various other plants. The burial ground is covered by high cypress trees.

As a 700-year-old burial ground of historical importance, Karacaahmet Cemetery was declared a natural protected area and national historical landmark site in 1991, in accordance with the decision of the Istanbul Cultural and Natural Heritage Preservation Board. According to this decision, the cemetery area can only be used for burial of the dead, the cemetery cannot be removed or used as a park area in any way.

Karacaahmet Cemetery comprises 12 parcels, each dedicated to different religious groups. Many historical headstones can still be seen with inscriptions written in the Ottoman Turkish alphabet, a version of the Arabic alphabet. The total number of burials is not known precisely, because no records were kept in the past, but it is estimated in millions. Because the burial registers of the Istanbul Cemeteries Directorate started to be kept only after 1937.

The shrine of Karaca Ahmet Sultan, a 13th-century physician and saint of Bektashis, a tariqah of Islam, is situated within the cemetery. There are also many other historical tombs and masjids, which is the Arabic word for mosques, built during the Ottoman period.

General information and history

The cemetery, which began to expand in parallel with the increase in the Turkish population during the reign of Sultan Murad I, expanded further after the conquest of Istanbul in 1453. Karacaahmet was officially turned into a cemetery in 1582 by the mother of Murad III and Selim II's wife, Nurbanu Sultan, who donated 124 hectares of land from her own property for a city cemetery and ordered the cypress trees to be planted there. In addition, she appointed 13 guards for the preservation of these cypress trees and 24 people as gravediggers for the burial of dead.

The name of the cemetery, which was first mentioned in official sources as the cemetery of Karacaahmet Sultan in 1698, is also "Usküdar Mekabir-i Muslimini".

This cemetery, which was originally an empty, vast and clean ground, has always been a favorite place for the people of Istanbul for centuries and has served as a burial ground without interruption since its foundation.

The famous English poet Lord Byron included Üsküdar and the Karacaahmet cemetery in the following lines: «O Scutari! Your white houses look at thousands of graves, and above these graves rises that evergreen tree, that tender and dark cypress, inscribed in the foliage of eternal sorrow, like unrequited love». The cemetery has fascinated foreign travelers for centuries with its impressive view and architectural splendor, and many travelers have mentioned this cemetery in their memoirs. The French poet and writer Theophile Gautier, who was one of the first to describe the cemetery in his memoir, expressed his admiration, saying that Karacaahmet is the largest cemetery in the East. In addition, the Polish Count Edward Raczyński in 1814 in his book “Journey to Istanbul and Canakkale” and the German Generalfeldmarschall Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke in his book “Letters from Turkey” gave a large place to the Karacaahmet cemetery. Calculating that the underground population of Karacaahmet far exceeds the living population of Istanbul, Marshal Moltke said in 1836: "You can build a big city out of these gravestones."

The famous Danish writer and master of fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen, who was impressed by its size during his visit to Istanbul in 1841, just 5 years after Moltke, described the Karacaahmet cemetery, as if confirming Moltke: “The area of this cemetery is so vast that if sow wheat, it would feed the whole city, and if all the local tombstones were used, then a new wall could be built that would surround Istanbul."

As if in unanimous agreement, Western travelers and writers have argued that the cemetery does not receive much sunlight, because it is covered with cypresses, and looks like a forest in dark greenery. This is one of the rare cemeteries for which poetry has been written in history.

The oldest photographs of the cemetery were taken by Ernest de Caranza in 1852–1854, followed by the brothers Abdullah, Bergren and Photo Sabah. The Anglican clergyman Robert Walsh, who had been the personal chaplain to the British ambassador Lord Strangford in Istanbul since 1820, compared the place to a large forest divided by wide roads on sloping ground. The scene he depicts was engraved by the English artist Thomas Allom.

The excavation works in the tunnel for the Marmaray project caused little damage as by June 2007, a dent of 1.5 m diameter and 4 m depth occurred close to the cemetery wall. It was reported that some graves were damaged.

Gallery

  • Thomas Allom's drawing from 1839 Thomas Allom's drawing from 1839
  • Pascal Sebah Women in Karacaahmet, 1870 Pascal Sebah Women in Karacaahmet, 1870
  • William Henry Bartlett Cemetery of Scutari, 1838 William Henry Bartlett Cemetery of Scutari, 1838
  • Karacaahmet cemetery, Hoca Sadettin Efendi Sebili, 1838 Karacaahmet cemetery, Hoca Sadettin Efendi Sebili, 1838
  • Cemetery of Scutari, 1876 Cemetery of Scutari, 1876
  • Cypresses and road leading to the cemetery, Scutari, Constantinople, Turkey, 1890s Cypresses and road leading to the cemetery, Scutari, Constantinople, Turkey, 1890s
  • An old man with a walking stick resting in the shade beneath the tall cypress trees on a hot summer day in Karacaahmet cemetery, Istanbul, 2010s An old man with a walking stick resting in the shade beneath the tall cypress trees on a hot summer day in Karacaahmet cemetery, Istanbul, 2010s
  • A set of historic Ottoman headstones in Karacaahmet cemetery, Üsküdar, 2010s A set of historic Ottoman headstones in Karacaahmet cemetery, Üsküdar, 2010s
  • Shady cobblestone cemetery pathway, Karacaahmet cemetery, Istanbul, 2010s Shady cobblestone cemetery pathway, Karacaahmet cemetery, Istanbul, 2010s
  • Floral pattern carved stone historical headstone of an Ottoman-era woman at the Karacaahmet Cemetery,2010s Floral pattern carved stone historical headstone of an Ottoman-era woman at the Karacaahmet Cemetery,2010s

Notable burials

List is sorted in order of the year of death.

Historical
1940s
  • Kaçı Vehip Pasha (1877–1940), Ottoman general
  • Ali bey Huseynzade (1864–1940), Azerbaijani writer, thinker, philosopher, artist and doctor, and was the creator of the modern Flag of Azerbaijan
1950s
1960s
1970s
  • Nejdet Sançar (1910–1975), nationalist writer and ideologue
  • Nihal Atsız (1905–1975), nationalist writer, ideologue, novelist, poet and philosopher
1980s
1990s
  • Hamiyet Yüceses (1915–1996), singer and performer of the Turkish classical music
2000s
2010s
2020s
  • Hüner Coşkuner (1963–2021), singer and performer of the Turkish classical music
  • Yılmaz Gruda (1930–2023), actor, poet, playwright, and translator
  • Şener Eruygur (1941–2023), general commander of the Turkish Gendarmerie
  • Özkan Uğur (1953–2023), pop and rock musician, actor

See also

References

  1. "Historic cemeteries in Istanbul". Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  2. Municipality of Üsküdar Archived 2007-12-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  3. European Alevi Unions Confederation official website (in Turkish)
  4. Hans Christian Andersen, A Poet's Bazaar: A Journey to Greece, Turkey & Up the Danube, 1871
  5. Istanbul News (in Turkish)
  6. Fatma Mehlika Mısıroğlu, Semâmızda Bir Yıldız, Sebil Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2011
  7. Program kapsamında, anma toplantısı öncesinde Ali Bey Hüseyinzade’nin Üsküdardaki Karacaahmet Mezarlığındaki kabri ziyaret edildi. Archived 2014-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Whitney Smith. Flag Lore Of All Nations. Millbrook Press, 2001. p. 113, ISBN 978-0761317531
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