A part of

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 ...

Vişnezade Park is oriented under the name "Şairler Sofası". ''Şairler Sofası'' is the 1998 sculpture 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, ...

whose name the park goes by. The depicted characters in the sculpture as well as the figures depicted in the other sculptures in the greater park are 19th and 20th century poets who have mostly lived in and around Beşiktaş. In the sculpture ''Şairler Sofası'', Duyar has composed it such that the poets are "hand in hand" and "shoulder to shoulder". It includes the poets Behçet Necatigil, Sabahattin Kudret Aksal, Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Oktay Rıfat, Orhan Veli, Neyzen Tevfik and

Nigâr Hanım Nigâr Hanım (1856 – 1 April 1918) (), also known as Nigar Bint-i Osman, was an Ottoman poet, who pioneered modern Western styles in a feminine mode. She is a major figure in post- Tanzimat Turkish poetry. Biography Nigâr was born in I ...

together in one composition. The Architectural design of the park was done by Erhan İşözen. The park was opened in 1998 together with the first sculptures. at the inauguration of the park the mayor of Beşiktaş, Ayfer Atay, said that the park will be a place where books will be signed and poems will be read. The park has become a place where more poets and other members of Turkish society were honored with monuments over the years.

The Sculptures

On the inauguration of the park in 1998, the park featured sculptures by

, Yunus Tonkuş and Namık Denizhan. Later on over the years new sculptures by them, and other sculptors, have been added to the park. Following the death of Necati Cumalı in 2001 a sculpture of Cumalı by

was added to the park in 2002. Since the initial opening of the park the sculptures of the poets

Süleyman Seba Süleyman Seba (; 5 April 1926 – 13 August 2014) was a Turkish football player of Abkhazian origin and was the longest presiding chairman of the Istanbul-based multisports club Beşiktaş. He was also an intelligence officer for National Int ...

Neslihan Pala Neslihan is a Turkish feminine given name that means 'noble'. Notable people with the name include: * Neslihan Arın (born 1994), Turkish badminton player * Neslihan Atagül (born 1992), Turkish actress * Neslihan Çalışkan (born 1997), Turkish ...

has also been added. On 13 April 2016 the sculpture of

Ataol Behramoğlu Ataol Behramoğlu (born April 13, 1942) is a prominent Turkish poet, author, and Russian-into-Turkish literary translator. Life Ataol Behramoğlu was born on April 13, 1942, in Istanbul. He wrote poems in honour of his father Hikmet Bahramoglu, ...

was inaugurated. It was sculpted by

Ali Yaldır Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until Assassination of Ali, his assassination in 661, as well as the first imamate in Shia doctrine, Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muha ...

Zafer Dağdeviren Zafer, Dhafer or Dhaffer ( ''ẓāfir'') is an Arabic masculine given name meaning "victorious, Conqueror, Triumphant or Victor". It is used in Arabic-speaking countries, the Balkans, and many countries that have come into contact with Islamic cu ...

and

Derya Ersoy Derya is a Turkish unisex given name. It is also used as a surname. The word is derived from the Persian دریا ("Daryā"), meaning ''sea''. In Old Persian it was pronounced 𐎭𐎼𐎹drayah-. In Turkish it is pronounced DER-Yaa and is used f ...

. In 2017 the sculpture of Alâeddin Yavaşça was erected. At some point a sculpture of

Cahit Külebi Cahit Külebi (20 December 1917, in Tokat – 20 June 1997, in Ankara) was a leading Turkish people, Turkish poet and author. He has an important place in contemporary Turkish poetry due to his attachment to folk poetry traditions. His poetry is ...

has also been added.

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