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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 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 Şi ...

Zincirlikuyu Zincirlikuyu is a quarter of the Şişli district on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. Part of Esentepe neighborhood, it is situated on a hilltop on the district border to Beşiktaş in the east. Having undergone redevelopment in recent year ...

, 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 cemetery a

verse Verse may refer to: Poetry * Verse, an occasional synonym for poetry * Verse, a metrical structure, a stanza * Blank verse, a type of poetry having regular meter but no rhyme * Free verse, a type of poetry written without the use of strict me ...

from the Qur'an reminds "''Her canlı ölümü tadacaktır''" (''Every living thing will taste death'').

Notable burials

Listed in alphabetical order of family names:

A

Makbule Abasıyanık Makbule Abasıyanık (1883 – 22 January 1963) was a Turkish female writer and philanthropist. Biography Makbule Abasıyanık was born in 1883. As the mother of the short story writer Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906 – 1954), she influenced hi ...

(1883–1963), writer and philanthropist * Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954), short story writer * Behiye Aksoy (1933–2015), singer *

Yıldırım Aktuna Yıldırım Aktuna (1930 – September 29, 2007) was a Turkish psychiatrist, politician, district mayor and government minister in a number of cabinets. Early years He was born 1930 in Istanbul. After completing the high school in Karşıyak ...

(1930–2007), psychiatrist and politician *

Zeki Alasya Zeki Alasya (18 April 1943 – 8 May 2015) was a Turkish actor and film director. Alasya was of Turkish Cypriot descent and was related to Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha. Biography Alasya was born in Istanbul. After studying at Robert College, ...

(1943–2015), actor and film director *

Sadri Alışık Sadri Alışık (born Mehmet Sadrettin Alışık; 5 April 1925 – 18 March 1995) was a Turkish stage and movie actor, and one of the most loved comedians in Turkey. He was the husband of Çolpan İlhan. Biography He was a prolific actor, ap ...

(1925–1995), film actor * Cahit Aral (1927–2011), engineer and former government minister * Oğuz Aral (1936–2004), political cartoonist *

Mübeccel Argun Mübeccel Argun Tek (190926 April 1982) was a Turkish sportswoman, teacher of physical education and radio presenter, who worked for the BBC Turkish in London, United Kingdom. Early years Mübeccel was born to Ottoman Army officer Hüsamettin ...

(1909-1982), sportswoman, teacher of physical education and radio presenter *

Duygu Asena Duygu Asena (19 April 1946 – 30 July 2006) was a Turkish journalist, best-selling author and activist for women's rights. Biography She was born in Istanbul as the daughter of Nihal and Muhtar Asena. His father was in the sesame business. His g ...

(1946–2006), columnist, best seller author and activist for women's rights *

Falih Rıfkı Atay Falih Rıfkı Atay (1894– 20 March 1971) was a Turkish journalist, writer and politician between 1923 and 1950. Biography Falih Rıfkı was the son of Halil Hilmi Efendi, an imam. He was educated in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Falih began his ...

(1894–1971), journalist, writer and politician

B

* Turhan Baytop (1920–2002), botanist * Refet Bele (1881–1963), general * Ekrem Bora (1934–2012), film actor *

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 co ...

(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

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 * Gürdal Duyar (1935-2004), sculptor

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, * Nihat Erim (1912–1980), jurist, politician and Prime minister * Muhsin Ertuğrul (1892–1979), actor and director * Suphi Ezgi (1869–1962), military physician and musicologist, componist

F

* Fahire Fersan (1900–1997), classical kemençe virtuosa * Defne Joy Foster (1975–2011), Afro-American actress, presenter, VJ

G

*Ayşen Gruda (1944–2019), actress, *Cemal Nadir Güler (1902–1947), cartoonist, * Aysel Gürel (1929–2008), actress and lyricist * Melahat Gürsel (1900–1975), 4th First Lady (1960–1966), * Müslüm Gürses (1953–2013), singer and actor

H

* Fikret Hakan (1934– 2017), actor * Vahit Melih Halefoğlu (1919–2017), politician and diplomat,

I–İ

* Rıfat Ilgaz (1911–1993), poet and story writer, * Ayhan Işık (1929–1979), film actor * Erdal İnönü (1926–2007), scientist and statesman * Abdi İpekçi (1929–1979), journalist and intellectual * İsmail Cem İpekçi (1940–2007), politician, journalist and statesman * Benal Nevzat İstar Arıman (1903–1990), poet, 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

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, * Ömer Kavur (1944–2005), film director, film producer and screenwriter * Orhan Kemal (1914–1970), novelist * Neriman Köksal (1928–1999), actress * Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015), novelist * Ali KılıçTürk 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, , p. 423. (1889–1971), officer of the Ottoman Army, politician and army officer of the Republic of Turkey * Dündar Kılıç (1935–1999), mob boss * Suna Kıraç (1941–2020), member of Koç family, businesswoman and museum founder, * 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 Vehbi Koç, Mustafa Koç (1960–2016), businessman and chairman of Turkey's largest congloromerate Koç Holding

M

* Şaziye Moral (1903–1985), stage, film and voice actress

N

* Behçet Necatigil (1916–1979), poet * Muhterem Nur (1932–2020), film actress and pop music singer

O–Ö

* Meral Okay (1959–2012), actress and screenwriter * Yaman Okay (1951–1993), actor * Ali Fethi Okyar (1880–1943), diplomat, politician, 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 * Timur Selçuk (1946–2020), singer, pianist, conductor and composer, * Müzeyyen Senar (1918–2015), Turkish classical music singer * Ömer Seyfettin (1884–1920), novelist * Aydan Siyavuş (1947–1998), basketball coach * Meriç Soylu (1973–2012), director * Mümtaz Soysal (1929–2019), professor of constitutional law, political scientist, politician, human rights activist, senior advisor, columnist and author, * Sevgi Soysal (1936–1976), female novelist * Ruhi Su (1912–1985), folk music singer * Kemal Sunal (1944–2000), film actor and comedian *Atıfet Sunay (1903–2002), fifth First Lady of Turkey, * Zati Sungur (1898–1984), stage magician * Ferhan Şensoy (1951–2021), actor, playwright, theatre director and writer, * Turgay Şeren (1932–2016), goalkeeper and football manager

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 * Necdet Tosun (1926–1975), actor * Erdal Tosun (1963–2016), actor * Gürdal Tosun (1967–2000), actor * Ahmet Kutsi Tecer (1901–1967), educator, poet and politician * Talat Tunçalp (1915–2017), Olympian road cyclist, * Yusuf Tunaoğlu (1946–2000), footballer * Reha Oğuz Türkkan (1920–2010), writer

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), business woman

Footnotes

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