Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
 Main gate of the cemetery at Büyükdere Avenue in Zincirlikuyu. | |
  Shown within Istanbul | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1935 |
| Location | Şişli, Istanbul |
| Country | Turkey |
| Coordinates | 41°4′30″N 29°0′30″E / 41.07500°N 29.00833°E / 41.07500; 29.00833Coordinates: 41°4′30″N 29°0′30″E / 41.07500°N 29.00833°E / 41.07500; 29.00833 |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality |
| Size | 0.381 km2 (94 acres) |
| Website | İBB Mezarlıklar Md. website |
The Zincirlikuyu Cemetery (Turkish: Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı) is a modern burial ground residing on 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 April 2, 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" (English: Every living thing will taste death).[2]
Notable burials
Graves at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
Listed in alphabetical order of family names:
- A
Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954), author
Behiye Aksoy (1933–2015), female singer
Yıldırım Aktuna (1930–2007), psychiatrist and politician
Zeki Alasya (1943–2015), actor and film director
Sadri Alışık (1925–1995), film actor- Ayşe And (1988–2018), clinical psychologist (plane crash)
Cahit Aral (1927–2011), engineer and former government minister
Oğuz Aral (1936–2004), political cartoonist
Duygu Asena (1946–2006), columnist, best seller author and activist for women’s rights
Falih Rıfkı Atay (1894–1971), journalist, writer and politician
- B
Turhan Baytop (1920–2002), botanist
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
- C – Ç
İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1908–1993), politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Senate
Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (1898–1973), poet and politician
- D
Belgin Doruk (1936–1995), film actress
- E
Nejat Eczacıbaşı (1913–1993), chemist and businessman
Şakir Eczacıbaşı (1929–2010), pharmacist, photographer and businessman
Çetin Emeç (1935–1990), journalist
Refik Erduran (1928–2017), playwright, columnist and writer,[3]
Nihat Erim (1912–1980), jurist, politician and Prime minister
Muhsin Ertuğrul (1892–1979), actor and director
- F
Defne Joy Foster (1975–2011), actress, presenter, VJ
- G
- Ceyla Gölcüklü (1969–2010), socialites
Cemal Nadir Güler (1902–1947), cartoonist,[4]
Aysel Gürel (1929–2008), actress and lyricist[5]
Müslüm Gürses (1953–2013), singer and actor
- H
Fikret Hakan (1934– 2017), actor
Vahit Melih Halefoğlu (1919–2017), politician and diplomat,[6]
- I – İ
Rıfat Ilgaz (1911–1993), poet and story writer,[7]
Ayhan Işık (1929–1979), film actor- Özlem İmece (1969–2013), businesswoman
Erdal İnönü (1926–2007), scientist and statesman
Abdi İpekçi (1929–1979), journalist and intellectuel
İsmail Cem İpekçi (1940–2007), politician, journalist and statesman
Benal Nevzat İstar Arıman (1903–1990), poey, writer and politician being as one of the first 18 female members of the Turkish parliament
Fatma Hikmet İşmen (1918–2006), agricultural engineer, socialist politician, former senator[8]
- Aslı İzmirli (1990–2018), jewelery designer (plane crash)
- J
Remzi Aydın Jöntürk (1936–1987), film director, film producer, screenwriter, painter and poet
- K
Feridun Karakaya (1928–2004), comedy actor
Refik Halit Karay (1888–1965), writer and journalist,[9]
Ömer Kavur (1944–2005), film director, film producer and screenwriter
Orhan Kemal (1914–1970), novelist
Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015), novelist
Ali Kılıç[10] (1889–1971), officer of the Ottoman Army, politician and army officer of the Republic of Turkey
Dündar Kılıç (1935–1999), mob boss
Lütfi Kırdar (1887–1961), Governor and Mayor of Istanbul, Minister of Health and Social Security
Vehbi Koç (1901–1996), entrepreneur and once Turkey’s wealthiest person
Mustafa Koç (1960–2016), businessman and chairman of Turkey's largest congloromerate Koç Holding
- N
Behçet Necatigil (1916–1979), poet
Hamid Nutki "Aytan" (1920–1999), scholar, poet, author, "Father of Public Relations in Iran"
- O – Ö
Meral Okay (1959–2012), actress and screenwiter
Yaman Okay (1951–1993), actor
Ali Fethi Okyar (1880–1943), diplomat, politicani Prime minister and Speaker of the Parliament
Vedat Okyar (1945–2009), footballer and sports journalist
Gündüz Tekin Onay (1942–2008), footballer and coach of Beşiktaş J.K.
Zeki Ökten (1941–2009), film director
Coşkun Özarı (1931–2011), footballer and national team coach
Attila Özdemiroğlu (1943–2016), composer and arranger.
- R
Türkan Rado (1915–2007), first ever Turkish female professor of jurisprudence
Halit Refiğ (1934–2009), film director, film producer and screenwriter
- S – Ş
Mehmet Sabancı (1963–2004), businessman
Sakıp Sabancı (1933–2004), entrepreneur and Turkey’s second richest man
Hasan Saka (1885–1960), politician and Prime minister
Şükrü Saracoğlu (1887–1953) Prime minister and president of Fenerbahçe S.K.
Türkan Saylan (1935–2009), Prof. Doctor, educator
Müzeyyen Senar (1918–2015), Turkish classical music singer
Ömer Seyfettin (1884–1920), novelist- Meriç Soylu (1973–2012), director
Sevgi Soysal (1936–1976), female novelist
Ruhi Su (1912–1985), folk music singer
Kemal Sunal (1944–2000), film actor and comedian
Zati Sungur (1898–1984), stage magician
Turgay Şeren (1932–2016), goalkeeper and football manager.[11]
- T
Naim Talu (1919–1998), economist, banker, politician and Prime minister
Ali Tanrıyar (1914–2017), physician, politician, government minister and sports club president
Safiye Ayla Targan (1907–1998), female singer
Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan (1852–1937), poet and playwright
Ahmet Kutsi Tecer (1901–1967), educator, poet and politician
Talat Tunçalp (1915–2017), Olympian road cyclist,[12]
- Gülfem Hande Türker (1982–2013), bus accident victims
- U – Ü
Selçuk Uluergüven (1941–2014), theatre, film and television series actor
Nejat Uygur (1927–2013), actor, comedian
- Y
Hakkı Yeten (1910–1989), footballer and coach of Beşiktaş J.K.
- Yankı Özkan Yıldırır (1972–2014), businesswoman
Footnotes
^ İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Archived 2007-01-16 at the Wayback Machine. (in Turkish)
^ Newspaper Radikal August 10, 2003 (in Turkish)
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^ "Karikatür duayeni Cemal Nadir anısına". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2002-02-11. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^ "Turkish lyric writer Gürel dies". Turkish Daily News. 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
^ "Eski Dışişleri Bakanı Halefoğlu Son Yolculuğuna Uğurlandı". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
^ "Rıfat Ilgaz, 22 yıl önce bugün aramızdan ayrıldı". Y24 (in Turkish). 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
^ Çetin, Mahmut (2015-02-06). "Yanya Sultanı'nın sosyalist senatör torunu" (in Turkish). Son devir. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
^ "Refik Halit Karay Kimdir?" (in Turkish). Biyografim. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
^ 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,
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^ "Turgay Şeren, son yolculuğuna uğurlandı". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2016-07-09. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
^ "Efsane sporcu Talat Tunçalp toprağa verilsi". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
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