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Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
__NOTOC__ The Zincirlikuyu Cemetery ( tr, 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 , 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. The office of the İstanbul Cemeteries Administration is located in the building at the entrance of the cemetery. Over the gate of the ceme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Büyükdere Avenue
Büyükdere Avenue ( tr, Büyükdere Caddesi) is a major avenue which runs through the districts of Şişli (Esentepe quarter), Beşiktaş (Levent quarter) and Sarıyer (Maslak quarter) on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. It begins at Şişli Mosque and runs in an eastward direction partly under the viaduct of the inner-city motorway O-1 through Mecidiyeköy, Esentepe, until reaching Zincirlikuyu; where it joins with Barbaros Boulevard and turns northward passing through Levent, Sanayi Mahallesi, Maslak and by the Fatih Forest, ending at the Hacıosman Slope on the Sarıyer district border. Its total length is . From Zincirlikuyu to Maslak, it forms a border line between the districts of Kağıthane in the east and Beşiktaş in the west. It is named after the Büyükdere neighborhood of Sarıyer district, where it connects to. It is a major artery of the Istanbul Central Business District, which is not located in the historic center of the city. The metro line M2 (Yeni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OÄŸuz Aral
Oğuz Aral (1936 – 26 July 2004) was a Turkish political cartoonist and comics artist, known for his satirical style. He was also active as a theatre designer, playwright, ceramist and animator, establishing the first Turkish animation studio. Biography Born in Silivri, Istanbul Province, he founded the cartoon magazine ''Gırgır'' (''Fun'') with his brother Tekin Aral, and created such characters as "Avanak Avni" (Avni the Gullible), "Köstebek Hüsnü" (Hüsnü the Mole), "Utanmaz Adam" (the Shameless Man) and "Vites Mahmut" (Mahmut the Gearbox). ''GırGır'' was one of the best selling cartoon magazines in Europe in the 1970s with nearly a million copies a week. Called the "godfather" of Turkish cartoonists, Aral mentored scores of young artists, helping them publish their comics. ''Gırgır'', known to be outstandingly critical of all social ills, was banned after the 1980 military coup, but Oğuz Aral's cartoons still ran in the newspaper ''Hürriyet'' until his death in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgin Doruk
Belgin Doruk (28 June 1936 – 26 March 1995) was a popular Turkish film actress. Biography Belgin Doruk was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1936. While she continued her education in a high school she took part in a competition and became first along with Ayhan Işık Ayhan Işık (born Ayhan Işıyan; 5 May 1929 – 16 June 1979) was one of the pioneers of Turkish cinema and actors in Turkey, and among the most famous Turkish leading actors in the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Ayhan Işık was born Ayhan Iş ... and Mahir Özerdem. Having won the competition she started her film career that would last more than 20 years. She died of heart failure in Istanbul in 1995. Filmography * 1952 - ''Yavuz Sultan Selim Ağlıyor'' * 1952 - ''Kanlı Çiftlik'' * 1952 - ''Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe'nin Definesi'' * 1953 - ''Köroğlu'' * 1953 - '' Öldüren sehir'' ~ Selma * 1955 - ''Son Beste'' * 1955 - ''Ölüm Korkusu'' * 1955 - ''Kader'' * 1957 - ''Lejyon Dönüşü'' * 1957 - ''Mahşere K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (18 May 1898 – 8 November 1973) was a leading Turkish poet, author and later politician. Biography Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, on 18 May 1898. His mother, Fatma Ruhiye, was the daughter of a merchant named Necati Bey and his father, Süleyman Nazif Bey, who served as a public servant at the Ministry of Forestry. Faruk Nafiz graduated from Bakırköy Secondary School and Hadika-i MeÅŸveret High School. Having studied medicine for a while, he quit his education and decided to work in the newspaper ''Ati''. From 1919 to 1920 he was among the contributors of '' Büyük Mecmua'' which was a magazine supporting the Independence War. From 1946 to 1960 Faruk Nafiz was a member of the Turkish Parliament for the Democrat Party. Following the military coup on 27 May 1960 he was arrested together with other members of the party. He was imprisoned in Yassıada and was then transferred to Kayseri and was released from the prison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil
Ä°hsan Sabri ÇaÄŸlayangil (1908, Istanbul – December 30, 1993, Ankara, Turkey) was a Turkish politician, being a member of the Justice Party ( tr, Adalet Partisi). He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times in the 1960s and 1970s and as the Acting President of Turkey. Background and personal life ÇaÄŸlayangil was born in Istanbul in 1908. He graduated from Istanbul High School. Then he entered the School of Law at Istanbul University and graduated in 1932. He was married to Firuzende ÇaÄŸlayangil and had a daughter named Fatma Itir ÇaÄŸlayangil. Career After completing his studies he became a civil servant and was in charge of the arrangements for the trial and the hanging of Seyit Riza and several Kurdish leaders of the Dersim Rebellion. ÇaÄŸlayangil was Governor of Bursa Province from 1954 to 1960. He served as Minister of Labour and Social Security in the 29th government of Turkey, a caretaker government prior to the 1965 general election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erol Büyükburç
Erol Büyükburç (8 August 1936 – 12 March 2015) was a Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor. Early years and family life Büyükburç was born on 8 August 1936 in Adana. After primary school in his hometown and commerce-high school in Istanbul, he briefly studied economy the Istanbul University. However, he abandoned the higher education after choosing a music career. From his relationship with Türkan Türker, he had two daughters; Ajlan (born in 1970) and Jeyan (born in 1977). Ajlan, a talented singer, died at age 28 in a car accident on 22 July 1999. Büyükburç was hospitalized into the intensive care unit with heart problems after learning about the death of his daughter, whom he loved very much. He had adopted Ajlan in her later years while he did not recognize his other child Esra Elik, a daughter from his relationship with Seher Elik. He had first married 24-year-old Emel in 1976. From this marriage, he became the father of daughter Evren in 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı
Rıza Tevfik Bey (Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934; 1869 – 31 December 1949) was an Ottoman and later Turkish philosopher, poet, politician of liberal signature and a community leader (for some members among the Bektashi community) of the late-19th-century and early-20th-century. A polyglot, he is most remembered in Turkey for being one of the four Ottoman signatories of the disastrous Treaty of Sèvres, for which reason he was included in 1923 among the 150 of Turkey, and he spent 20 years in exile until he was given amnesty by Turkey in 1943. Early life and career Rıza Tevfik was born in 1869 in , today Svilengrad in Bulgaria, to an Albanian father originally from Dibra and Circassian mother, who died when he was young. He had a brother Besim, who would later commit suicide in Edirne. Placed in a Jewish school in Constantinople by his father, who was a prefect, Rıza Tevfik learned Spanish and French at an early age. He was remarked as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orhan Boran
Orhan Boran (30 June 1928 – 26 May 2012) was a Turkish radio and TV host and actor. He was also widely known for his laudable usage of the Turkish language. Early life Boran was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1928 as the son of Hikmet Boran, a graduate of the medical college. At the age of ten, Orhan enrolled at the famed Galatasaray High School, where he was a boarder even on weekends. His first stage experience came when he was still at Galatasaray as he took part in school drama productions. The plays were directed by Necdet Mahfi Ayral, a fine actor with the Municipal Theaters, and Boran had the leading role. Career Boran's stage career was launched when he graduated from high school in 1946. A year after joining the ranks of the Municipal Theaters, Boran found the opportunity to go to Paris and work as an intern with a theater known as Les Mathurins. He came back to Turkey in 1949, feeling that the theater was not for him. That same year, when Radio Istanbul went on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behice Boran
Behice Boran (1 May 1910 – 10 October 1987) was a Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist. As a dissenting political voice from the left, Boran was repeatedly imprisoned for her work and died in exile after the Turkish military coup of 1980. Biography Boran was born in Bursa to Kazan Tatar parents whose families had settled in the Ottoman Empire during the 1890s. She graduated from American College for Girls in Istanbul and studied sociology at the University of Michigan in the United States. She received a PhD on sociology in 1939 from the University of Michigan, and was involved in Marxism. She was nominated to Ankara University, Faculty of Language and History-Geography as an associate professor. She also joined the clandestine Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and began publishing left-wing periodicals, ''Yurt ve Dünya'' (Turkish: ''Motherland and World'') and ''Adımlar'' (Turkish: ''Steps''), which led to her sacking from the university. In 1950, she led t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekrem Bora
Ekrem Bora (born Ekrem Şerif Uçak; 7 March 1934 – 1 April 2012) was a Turkish film actor. Biography After finishing school, he went to Sultanahmet State Printinghouse where he got a diploma in typesetting and binding. In 1953, he participated in and won the "Sinema Artist" competition held by Sezai Solelli's ''Yıldız'' (''Star'') magazine. Bora made his film debut in ''Alın Yazısı'' in 1955. After leaving acting for two years, he returned as the leading actor in ''Mavi Boncuk'' and went on to appear in nearly 150 films. He won the Golden Orange award for Best Actor twice; first in 1966 for his role in ''Sürtük'', and second in 1991 for ''Soğuktu Ve Yağmur Çiseliyordu''. On 1 April 2012 he died in hospital in Istanbul, aged 78, from a pulmonary edema. and was laid to rest at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery __NOTOC__ The Zincirlikuyu Cemetery ( tr, Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı) is a modern burial ground residing on the European part of Istanbul, Turkey. It is administered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refet Bele
Refet Bele (1881 – 3 October 1963), also known as Refet Bey or Refet Pasha was a Turkish military commander. He served in the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army, where he retired as a general. Life He was born to a Turkish family in Thessaloniki in 1881. He took the surname Bele because of his grandfather who was originally from Byala/Bele, Bulgaria. Because of the troubles in the Balkans his family moved first to Istanbul but settled later back to Thessaloniki when he was an infant. He studied in the military academy, enrolled in the army and became a member of the Committee of Union and Progress. He took part in the Italo-Turkish War (1911) and then in the Balkan Wars(1912–1913) in which his hometown was lost to the Greeks. He took part in World War I where he fought in the rank of a Lieutenant Colonel under the command of Kress von Kressenstein in the Battle of Romani where the Ottoman forces were defeated. In the Palestine front and during the Second battle of Gaza he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turhan Baytop
Turhan Baytop (June 20, 1920 – June 25, 2002) was a Turkish botanist and pharmacist from Istanbul. He was born on June 20, 1920, at Üsküdar, Istanbul. His father was a military officer and a keen amateur botanist. He then started studying at the 'University College of Pharmacy' in Istanbul in 1945 he graduated. He later served as a pharmacist in the medical corps during his military service. In 1948, Baytop returned to the college and gained his doctorate with a chemical investigation of Ephedra, the group of plants that contain important drugs such as ephedrine. This was followed by a similar study of a Turkish species of liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra. He started working as an assistant at the Institute of Pharmacognosy of the school. With a thesis prepared in 1949 by Dr. pharm. Turhan Baytop winning the title, he went in 1951 to Paris to study pharmacology. In 1952, he returned to Turkey, the associate Baytop next year, ten years later, in 1963 received the title of profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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