The Karşıyaka Cemetery ( tr, Karşıyaka Mezarlığı) is a modern burial ground located at İvedik neighborhood in

Yenimahalle Yenimahalle is a metropolitan district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, a fast-growing urban residential district of the city of Ankara, Turkey's capital. According to 2010 census, population of the urban center is 648 ...

district of

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. Administered by the Metropolitan Municipality, it is the biggest cemetery in Ankara. Many prominent figures from the world of politics, business, sports and arts rest here. In the end of 1998, the size of the burial area was extended from to to meet the need for the city's burial ground until 2025. End November 2009, it was reported by the director of city cemeteries that there are 260,000 graves in the Karşıyaka Cemetery, and the number of interments at the cemetery is about one thousand per month with increasing tendency. He added that "Due to increased rate of burials, it was expected that the cemetery will reach its capacity already in 2010. For this reason a much larger cemetery is projected." Karşıyaka Cemetery is the biggest cemetery in Ankara. The average number of visitors is two thousand daily.

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Türkân Akyol Türkân Akyol (October 12, 1928 – September 7, 2017) was a Turkish politician, physician and academic. She was the first Turkish female government minister, and the first female university rector in Turkey. Early life Türkan Akyol was bo ...

(1928–2017), female academic, politician and government minister *

Mehmet Altınsoy Mehmet Altınsoy (1924 in Aksaray – 17 February 2007 in Ankara) was a Turkish politician, co-founder of the Motherland Party ( tr, Anavatan Partisi), Mayor of Ankara and minister of state. Biography Mehmet Altınsoy became a lawyer after gr ...

(1924–2007), politician, co-founder of Motherland Party (ANAP), Mayor of Ankara and Minister of State. * Fikri Elma (1934–1999), footballer and top scorer *

Ulvi Cemal Erkin Ulvi Cemal Erkin () (March 14, 1906 – September 15, 1972) was a member of the pioneer group of symphonic composers in Turkey, born in the period 1904–1910, who later came to be called The Turkish Five. These composers set out the direction of ...

(1906–1972), pioneering symphonic composers in Turkey *

Deniz Gezmiş Deniz Gezmiş (27 February 1947 – 6 May 1972) was a Turkish Marxist-Leninist revolutionary, student leader, and political activist in Turkey in the late 1960s. He was one of the founding members of the People's Liberation Army of Turkey (THK ...

(1947–1972), executed Marxist–Leninist revolutionary and political activist *

Jülide Gülizar Jülide Gülizar (''née'' Göksan; 1929 – 14 March 2011) was a Turkish anchorwoman and journalist. She was one of Turkey's first television anchors, as well as the first anchorwomen on the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT). Güliz ...

(1929–2011), anchorwoman and journalist * İsmet Hürmüzlü (1938–2013), Iraqi Turkmen actor, screenwriter and director *

Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda Masatoşi Gündüz İkeda (25 February 1926 – 9 February 2003), was a Japanese-born Turkish mathematician known for his contributions to the field of algebraic number theory. Early years Ikeda was born on 25 February 1926 in Tokyo, Japan, to ...

(1926–2003), Turkish mathematician of Japanese ancestry *

Cezmi Kartay Cezmi Kartay (1920 – August 10, 2008) was a Turkish civil servant and politician. Early life Kartay was born in İzmit. After Haydarpaşa High School, he graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University. He served as ...

(1920–2008), civil servant and politician * Tarık Solak (1964–2020), Turkish-Australian kickboxing promoter * Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (1939–1999), assassinated intellectual, political scientist, lawyer, columnist, academic and politician *

Ferit Tüzün Ferit Tüzün (24 April 1929, Istanbul – 21 October 1977, Ankara) was a Turkish composer. His works included the opera ''Midas'ın Kulakları'' ('' King Midas' Ears''), on the tale of King Midas Midas (; grc-gre, Μίδας) was the name of ...

(1929–1977), composer *

Bahriye Üçok Bahriye Üçok (1919 – October 6, 1990) was a Turkish academic of theology, left-wing politician, writer, columnist, and women's rights activist whose assassination in 1990 remains unresolved. Early life and education Born in Trabzon, Bahriye ...

(1919–1990), assassinated female academic of theology, left-wing politician, columnist and women's rights activist

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