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Zincirlikuyu Cemetery

Coordinates: 41°4′30″N 29°0′30″E / 41.07500°N 29.00833°E / 41.07500; 29.00833
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Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
Main gate of the cemetery at Büyükdere Avenue in Zincirlikuyu.
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Established1935
Location
CountryTurkey
Coordinates41°4′30″N 29°0′30″E / 41.07500°N 29.00833°E / 41.07500; 29.00833
TypePublic
Owned byIstanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Size0.381 km2 (94 acres)
WebsiteİBB Mezarlıklar Md. website
Find a GraveZincirlikuyu Cemetery
Zincirlikuyu Mosque in the Zincirliyikuyu Cemetery.

The Zincirlikuyu Cemetery (Turkish: Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı) is a modern burial ground in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey. It is administered by the Metropolitan Municipality. Many prominent figures from the world of politics, business, sports and arts rest here.

The cemetery is located on the Büyükdere Avenue in Zincirlikuyu, Şişli district between Esentepe and Levent neighborhoods. It is Istanbul's first cemetery established in a contemporary structure. Planned in 1935, the burial place reached in the 1950s to its boundaries of today. It has an area of 0.381 km2 (94 acres), which is full, excluding family graves.

A mosque within the cemetery, built and donated by the Turkish entrepreneur İbrahim Bodur, was opened to service on 2 April 2004. The mosque is specially constructed for burial prayers, and has a capacity of 500 people.[1]

The office of the İstanbul Cemeteries Administration is located in the building at the entrance of the cemetery.

Over the gate of the cemetery a verse from the Qur'an reminds "Her canlı ölümü tadacaktır" (Every living thing will taste death).[2]

Notable burials

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Graves at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery

Listed in alphabetical order of family names:

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B

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  • Turhan Baytop (1920–2002), botanist
  • Refet Bele (1881–1963), general
  • Ekrem Bora (1934–2012), film actor
  • Behice Boran (1910–1987), Marxist sociologist, politician and author
  • Orhan Boran (1928–2012), comedian, radio and TV host
  • Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı (1869–1949), philosopher, poet and politician
  • Erol Büyükburç (1936–2015), pop music singer, composer and actor
  • Erol Bulut (1955–2021), romantic surrealist painter, professor of fine arts
  • (Beta) Berk Bayındır (1989-2022), rap music singer and actor.

C–Ç

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D

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E

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F

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G

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H

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I–İ

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J

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K

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M

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N

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O–Ö

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R

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  • Türkan Rado (1915–2007), first ever Turkish female professor of jurisprudence
  • Halit Refiğ (1934–2009), film director, film producer and screenwriter

S–Ş

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T

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U–Ü

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Y

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Archived 16 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  2. ^ Newspaper Radikal August 10, 2003 (in Turkish)
  3. ^ "Eski İçişleri Bakanı Selahattin Çetiner öldü". BirGün (in Turkish). 4 June 2023. Archived from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. ^ Ege, Yunus (9 January 2017). "Gazeteci yazar Refik Erduran son yolculuğuna uğurlandı" (in Turkish). Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  5. ^ Atabay, Burak (14 May 2024). "Tiyatrocular yaşamını yitiren usta oyuncu Ayten Gökçer'i anlattı: 'Büyük bir hayranlıkla onu izlerdi' AytenGökçer". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Ayşen Gruda son yolculuğuna uğurlandı". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 25 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Karikatür duayeni Cemal Nadir anısına". Hürriyet Daily News (in Turkish). 11 February 2002. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Turkish lyric writer Gürel dies". Turkish Daily News. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
  9. ^ "Yıllar: 1975, Aylar: 2, Günler: 34". Cumhuriyet Arşivi (in Turkish). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Eski Dışişleri Bakanı Halefoğlu Son Yolculuğuna Uğurlandı". Milliyet (in Turkish). 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Rıfat Ilgaz, 22 yıl önce bugün aramızdan ayrıldı". Y24 (in Turkish). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  12. ^ Çetin, Mahmut (6 February 2015). "Yanya Sultanı'nın sosyalist senatör torunu" (in Turkish). Son devir. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Refik Halit Karay Kimdir?" (in Turkish). Biyografim. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  14. ^ Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, Türk Parlamento Tarihi, Millî Mücadele ve T.B.M.B. I. Dönem 1919–1923 – III. Cilt: I. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995, ISBN 9757291064, p. 423.
  15. ^ Yavuz, Sevgim Begüm (16 September 2020). "Suna Kıraç son yolculuğuna uğurlanıyor". Sözcü (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Timur Selçuk'a veda… Son yolculuğuna uğurlandı". sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). 7 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  17. ^ "Mümtaz Hoca yaşama veda etti". Milliyet (in Turkish). 12 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  18. ^ "Sunay'ın eşi vefat etti". Radikal (in Turkish). 22 October 2002. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  19. ^ Öztürk, Fahrettin (2 September 2021). "Ferhan Şensoy gözyaşlarıyla uğurlandı". Sözcü (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Turgay Şeren, son yolculuğuna uğurlandı". Habertürk (in Turkish). 9 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  21. ^ "Efsane sporcu Talat Tunçalp toprağa verilsi". Milliyet (in Turkish). 3 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  22. ^ "Yusuf Tunaoğlu'nu Andık" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş J.K. 22 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.