Kanlıca Cemetery

Kanlıca Cemetery

Main entrance of Kanlıca Cemetery.
Location of Kanlıca Cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey
Details
Location	Kanlıca, Beykoz, Istanbul
Country	Turkey
Coordinates	41°05′51″N 29°03′57″E / 41.09743°N 29.06575°ECoordinates: 41°05′51″N 29°03′57″E / 41.09743°N 29.06575°E
Type	Public
Owned by	Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

The Kanlıca Cemetery (Turkish: Kanlıca Mezarlığı) is a burial ground located on the Asian part of Istanbul, Turkey. It is administered by the Metropolitan Municipality. Many prominent figures from the world of media and music rest here.

Kanlıca Cemetery overlooking the Bosphorus with the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in the background.

Situated on a hillside east of Kanlıca neighborhood of Beykoz district overlooking Bosphorus, it is also known as the "Mihrimah Sultan Cemetery" (Turkish: Mihrimah Sultan Mezarlığı) after Mihrimah Sultan (1522–1578), the daughter of Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (reigned 1520–1566).

Notable burials

Listed in alphabetical order of family names:

• Kayahan Açar (1949–2015), pop music singer-songwriter.^[1]
• Barış Manço (1943–1999), rock musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and television producer.^[2]
• Yaşar Nuri Öztürk (1945–2016), university professor of Islamic theology, Quranist Muslim, lawyer, columnist and a former member of Turkish parliament.^[3]
• Sedat Simavi (1896–1953), journalist, writer and film director.^[4]

Gallery

• 
  The grave of Barış Manço.
• 
  The grave od Kayahan Açar.
• 
  Ottoman Empire era gravestones.

References

1. "Kayahan Kanlıca Mezarlığı'nda toprağa verilidi". Sabah (in Turkish). 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
2. Eşit, Elif (2016-01-31). "Barış Manço, mezarı başında dualarla anıldı". Cihan News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-06-13.
3. Erat, Turgut (2016-06-24). "Yaşar Nuri Öztürk son yolculuğuna uğurlandı". Ünlü İlahiyat Profesörü Yaşar Nuri Öztürk hayatını kaybetti! Ölümündeki acı tesadüf...Sözcü (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-06-24.
4. "Sedat Simavi mezarı başında anıldı". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2016-06-13.