Turkish State Cemetery
The Turkish State Cemetery ( Devlet Mezarlığı in Turkish ) is an important cemetery for high-ranking generals of the Turkish War of Independence and statesmen of the Republic in Ankara . At the same time, it is a monument and a park open to visitors with an area of 536,000 m² in western Ankara, which is embedded in Ataturk's forest farm .
history
The Ministry of Defense , which now manages the facility, announced an architectural competition in 1981. The proposal by architects Özgür Ecevit and Ekrem Gürenli won the bid, and after six years of construction, the cemetery was opened with a state ceremony in August 1988.
The cemetery is not only a resting place, but is also equipped with monuments to the (pre) history of the republic. Following the design, these are kept relatively abstract and pompous as an Islamic interpretation. They surround the actual facility, which consists of a street, the so-called Straße der Republik , which leads to a ceremonial square. This is provided with a pillar-supported roof structure to protect against the weather and solar radiation. The complex also contains a small museum with souvenirs of the deceased.
While previously only presidents were allowed to be buried, in 2006, following a change in the law, the burial of prime ministers and parliamentary speakers was also permitted. So far, Bülent Ecevit has been buried there as the only Prime Minister in 2006.
Buried personalities
All persons who died before the construction of the grave complex were reburied in the state cemetery with the consent of the families and according to a list of criteria. Not all graves contain the dead, and in some cases they were not reburied. These symbolic graves are marked “empty” in the list below.
President
- Cemal Gürsel , 4th President
- Cevdet Sunay , 5th President
- Fahri Korutürk , 6th President
Prime Minister
Personalities of the War of Independence
- 1 Fevzi Çakmak , Marshal 1922 (empty, his remains are in the doorway of the Hüseyin Şeyh at the Eyup Sultan Mosque )
- 2 Ali Fuat Cebesoy , General 1926 (symbolic, his remains are in the courtyard of the Alifuatpaşa Merkez mosque in Geybe )
- 3 Cevat Çobanlı , General 1926
- 4 Yakup Şevki Subaşı , General 1926
- 5 Fahrettin Altay , General 1926
- 6 Kâzım Özalp , General 1926
- 7 Kâzım Karabekir , General 1927
- 8 İzzettin Çalışlar , General 1930 - General
- 9 Kâzım Orbay , General 1935
- 10 Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman , General 1940
- 11 Salih Omurtak , general 1940
- 12 Mustafa Muğlalı , General 1942 (empty)
- 13 Cemil Cahit Toydemir , General 1942
- 14 Sabit Noyan , General 1945
- 15 Kâzım İnanç , Lieutenant General, 1924
- 16 Şükrü Naili Gökberk , Lieutenant General 1926
- 17 Ali Hikmet Ayerdem , Lieutenant General 1926
- 18 Kemalettin Sami Gökçen , Lieutenant General 1926
- 19 Naci Eldeniz , Lieutenant General 1927
- 20 Nihat Anılmış , Lieutenant General 1928
- 21 Mehmet Kâzım Dirik , Lieutenant General 1928
- 22 Nazmi Solok , Lieutenant General 1930
- 23 Ahmet Naci Tınaz , Lieutenant General 1930
- 24 Ahmet Derviş , Lieutenant General 1930 (empty)
- 25 Mehmet Kenan Dalbaşar , Lieutenant General 1931
- 26 Ömer Halis Bıyıktay , Lieutenant General 1934 - Co- General
- 27 Yusuf İzzet Met , Major General 1915 (empty)
- 28 Refet Bele , Major General 1922 (empty, he is buried in Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı )
- 29 Rüştü Sakarya , major general in 1921
- 30 Selâhattin Âdil , major general 1923
- 31 Kâzım Sevüktekin , major general 1922
- 32 Osman Nuri Koptagel , Major General 1922
- 33 Hüseyin Nurettin Özsu , major general 1922
- 34 Mehmet Sabri Erçetin , major general 1922
- 35 Mürsel Bakû , Major General 1922
- 36 Halit Karsıalan , Major General 1922
- 37 Âşir Atlı , major general 1925
- 38 Akif Erdemgil , major general 1927
- 39 Sıtkı Üke , major general in 1927
- 40 Mehmet Suphi Kula , Major General 1927 (empty)
- 41 Cavit Erdel , major general 1927
- 42 Alâattin Koval , major general 1927
- 43 Osman Zati Koral , major general 1926
- 44 Ahmet Zeki Soydemir , Major General 1927
- 45 Nazif Kayacık , major general 1928
- 46 Mehmet Hayri Tarhan , major general 1929
- 47 Münip Özsoy , Colonel (historical German term for the English senior colonel ) 1921
- 48 Veysel Özgür , Colonel 1921 (empty)
- 49 Mehmet Arif Örgüç , Colonel 1921
- 50 Serif Yaçağaz , Colonel 1921 (empty)
- 51 Ethem Servet Boral , Colonel 1921 (empty)
- 52 Ahmet Nuri Öztekin , Colonel 1921 (empty)
- 53 Mehmet Nâzım Bey , Colonel 1921
- 54 Hasan Mümtaz Çeçen , Colonel 1921
- 55 Reşat Çiğiltepe , Colonel 1922
- 56 İbrahim Çolak , Colonel 1922
- 57 Mehmet Hulusi Conk , Colonel 1922
- 58 Halit Akmansü , Colonel 1922
- 59 Mehmet Nuri Conker , Colonel 1920
- 60 Ahmet Fuat Bulca , Colonel 1924
- 61 Mahmut Nedim Hendek , 1922
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Şamil Tayyar, Ecevit'e komşu 11 boş mezar , Star, November 9, 2006
- ↑ a b Derya Sazak, Devlet Mezarlığı'nda yatan ve yatmayanlar , Milliyet , November 19, 2006
Coordinates: 39 ° 56 ′ 12.7 " N , 32 ° 48 ′ 26.9" E