Aşiyan Asri Cemetery

Aşiyan Asri Cemetery
Details
Bosporus from Aşiyan Asri Cemetery
Shown within Istanbul
Location	Bebek, Istanbul
Country	Turkey
Coordinates	41°04′57″N 29°03′19″E / 41.08250°N 29.05528°E / 41.08250; 29.05528Coordinates: 41°04′57″N 29°03′19″E / 41.08250°N 29.05528°E / 41.08250; 29.05528
Type	Public
Owned by	Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Website	İBB Mezarlıklar Md. website

The Aşiyan Asri Cemetery (Turkish: Aşiyan Asri Mezarlığı) is a burial ground situated on Aşiyan between the Bebek and Rumelihisarı neighborhoods of the European part of Istanbul, Turkey.

Many renowned intellectuals, writers and artists rest in this small cemetery, which has a panoramic view of the Bosporus.

Notable burials

Listed in order of death year:

Ahmet Vefik Paşa (1823–1891), grand vezir, historian, linguist
Tevfik Fikret (1867–1915), poet
Nigâr Hanım (1856–1918), poet
Ömer Fahreddin Pasha (1868–1948), Ottoman (then kemalist) military leader and governor of Medina
Orhan Veli Kanık (1914–1950), poet
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884–1958), poet
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (1901–1962), novelist
HH HIH Princess Rukiye Sabiha Sultan Hanım Efendi (1894–1971), third daughter of Ottoman Empire's last sultan Mehmed VI from his first wife
HH HIH Princess Fatma Neslişah Sultan Hanım Efendi (1921–2002), daughter of Princess Rukiye.
Tevfik Rüştü Aras (1883–1972) Minister of Foreign Affairs and diplomat
Gündüz Kılıç (1919–1980) football player and coach
Münir Nurettin Selçuk (1900–1981), musician, tenor singer
Tezer Özlü (1943–1986), writer
Sadi Irmak (1904–1990), academician, prime minister (1974–1975)
Tarık Zafer Tunaya (1916–1991), lawyer, academician
Abidin Dino (1913–1993), painter (without headstone as wished by himself)
Cihat Arman (1919–1994), football player
Mehmet Ali Aybar (1908–1995), politician
Onat Kutlar (1936–1995), writer, poet, founder of Turkish Sinematek
Mina Urgan (1916–2000), academic, translator, writer and politician
Avni Arbaş (1919–2003), painter
Attila İlhan (1925–2005), poet, journalist
Erdoğan Teziç (1936–2017), academic, jurist

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