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Revision as of 17:46, 9 September 2009
| Edirnekapı Şehitliği | |
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| Established | 1453 |
| Location | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Coordinates | 41°02′1.68″N 28°55′58.80″E / 41.0338000°N 28.9330000°E |
| Type | Military |
| Owned by | Türk Şehitlikleri İmar Vakfı |
| Website | Türk Şehitlikleri İmar Vakfı website |
The Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery (Turkish: Edirnekapı Şehitliği) is a military burial ground located in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey. It consists of an old, historical part and a modern one.
The cemetery was originally formed with the graves of the Ottoman soldiers, who fell in the battle during the Second Ottoman Siege and Fall of Constantinople in 1453, where the last Byzantine emperor Constantine XI established his command and the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II made his triumphal entry into the conquered city. The cemetery is situated in Edirnekapı (literally: Adrianople Gate), historically the Gate of Charisius of the city walls, on top of the sixth hill of the old city.
The old part of the cemetery, called "Mısır Tarlası" (literally: Corn Field), hosts graves of personalities from the 19th century and earlier. The other part of the cemetery consists of two grounds, Edirnekapı Cemetery and Sakızağacı Cemetery. Soldiers, who fought and were wounded in the Russo-Turkish Wars, Balkan Wars and the World War I, and died in Istanbul after hospitalization, were interred in Edirnekapı Cemetery. The General Command of Mapping denotes the number of such historical graves with around 13,000.
Military personnel of the Turkish Army, Navy and Air Force, personnel of the police force, firefighters and Turkish Airlines have all separate departments in the cemetery.
Notable burials
- Süleyman Nazif (1870-1927), poet
- Yusuf Akçura (1876-1935), Pan-Turkist activist
- Ahmed Tevfik Pasha (1845-1936), Grand Vizier
- Leyla Saz (1850-1936), female composer
- Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873-1936), poet
- Bruno Taut (1880-1938), German architect (the only non-Muslim)
- Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu (1878-1945), journalist
- Recep Peker (1889-1950), prime minister
- Cengiz Topel (1934-1964), fighter pilot
- Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903-1981), prime minister
- Ruhi Sarıalp (1924-2001), Olympic medalist track and field athlete