The Akatlar Sanatçılar Parkı or Artists' Park is a public park operated by the

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

municipality in Akatlar,

. It is the home of many sculptures of famous Turkish artists and also hosts theater performances and other activities. The park aims to show a piece of all 7 branches of art through the many busts and hand imprints of famous Turkish artists found inside the park. These include busts of

Kemal Sunal Kemal Sunal (11 November 1944 – 3 July 2000) was a Turkish actor and comedian. With '' Hababam Sınıfı'', '' Kapıcılar Kralı'' and '' Davaro'', Sunal gained large popularity amongst Turkish cinema goers and was famed for his characte ...

Barış Manço Mehmet Barış Manço (born Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço; 2 January 1943 – 1 February 1999), better known by his stage name Barış Manço, was a Turkish people, Turkish rock music, rock musician, singer, composer, actor, television ...

, Sadri Alışık and Bedia Muvahhit which were sculpted by

Gürdal Duyar Gürdal Duyar (20 August 1935 – 18 April 2004) was a Turkish sculptor who is known for his monuments to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Atatürk and his Bust (sculpture), busts of famous people. His art is characterized as having a Modern sculpture, ...

. The park also has a lot of green space and includes a 1500m2 running track and has other sports oriented areas. The park is free to enter. In July 2022 the park was renamed to

Cüneyt Arkın Fahrettin Cüreklibatır (7 September 1937 – 28 June 2022), better known by his stage name Cüneyt Arkın, was a Turkish film actor, director, producer and physician. Having starred in somewhere around 300 movies and TV series, he is widely co ...

Sanatçılar Parkı in memory of Arkın who died June 2022. The park was opened in 2003, is about 480 decare in size. There is a cafeteria located in the park that is operated by the

municipality. It is known as the ''Sanatçılar Kafe'' and is open from 8 A.M. to 11 P.M. On the 59th anniversary of the death of

Nâzım Hikmet Mehmed Nâzım Ran (17 January 1902 – 3 June 1963), Note: 403 Forbidden error received 10 October 2022. commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet (), was a Turkish people, Turkish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and memoirist. ...

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