Feriköy Cemetery

Feriköy Cemetery

Details
Location	Feriköy, Şişli, Istanbul
Country	Turkey
Coordinates	41°02′54″N 28°58′18″E / 41.04833°N 28.97167°ECoordinates: 41°02′54″N 28°58′18″E / 41.04833°N 28.97167°E Feriköy Cemetery Feriköy Cemetery (Istanbul)
Type	Public
Owned by	Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

The Feriköy Cemetery (Turkish: Feriköy Mezarlığı) is a burial ground situated in Feriköy quarter of Şişli district on the European part of Istanbul, Turkey.^[1] It is administered by the Metropolitan Municipality. Many prominent figures from the world of politics, sports and arts rest here.

Notable burials

Listed in alphabetical order of surnames:

• Ahmet Ağaoğlu (1869–1939), Azerbaijani and Turkish publicist and journalist,^[2]
• Çetin Alp (1947—2004), pop music singer,^[3]
• Kadri Aytaç (1931–2003), football player and manager,^[4]
• Mihri Belli (1915–2011), leader of the socialist movement in Turkey,^[5]
• Ahmet Berman (1932-1980), footballer,^[6]
• Eylül Cansın (1992-2015), transgender woman,^[7]
• Keriman Halis Ece (1913–2012), beauty pageant titleholder, pianist, and fashion model,^[8]
• Berkin Elvan (1999–2014), a boy, who died after the June 2013 anti-government protests in Turkey,^[9]
• Feridun Buğeker (1933–2014), footballer,
• Sami Frashëri (1850–1904), Albanian writer, philosopher, playwright,
• Erol Günaydın (1933–2012), theater and film actor,^[10]
• Ahmet Mete Işıkara (1941–2013), geophysicist and earthquake scientist,^[11]
• Coşkun Kırca (1927–2005), diplomat, journalist and politician,^[12]
• Zafer Önen (1921–2013), film actor,^[13]
• Turgut Özatay (1927–2002), film actor,^[14]
• Süleyman Seba (1926-2014), football player and president of the football club Beşiktaş J.K.,^[15]
• Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862–1936), novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian,^[16]
• Ali Sami Yen (1886–1951), sports official, founder of the football club Galatasaray,^[17]

See also

• Feriköy Protestant Cemetery

References

1. "Ne kendi tarihimizi, ne de dünya tarihini koruyabiliyoruz". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2014-08-25. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
2. "Ahmet Ağaoğlu (1869 - 19 Mayıs 1939) Feriköy Mezarlığı" (in Turkish). Yazar Mezar. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
3. "Sanatçı Çetin Alp toprağa verildi". Zaman (in Turkish). 2004-05-20. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
4. "Kadri Aytaç toprağa verildi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2003-03-31. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
5. "Mihri Belli sonsuzluğa uğurlandı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2011-08-19. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
6. "Beşiktaş eski kalecisini uğurladı". Santra Haber (in Turkish). 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
7. "‘Artık yapamıyorum izin vermediler’". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
8. "'Çok mutlu bir yüz yıl yaşadı'". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
9. Dağlar, Ali & Eyüp Serbest, Fırat Alkaç, İpek Yezdani, Gülden Aydın (2014-03-15). "Beş buçuk saatte uğurlandı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2015-01-13.
10. "Erol Günaydın'a veda". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
11. "'Deprem Dede'ye son görev". Sabah (in Turkish). 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
12. "Kırca son yolculuğuna uğurlandı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2005-02-26. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
13. "Usta tiyatrocu Zafer Önen son yolculuğuna uğurlandı". Ihlas News Agency (in Turkish). 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
14. "Turgut Özatay toprağa verildi". NTV (in Turkish). 2002-06-27. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
15. "Efsane başkan sonsuzluğa uğurlandı". Ihlas News Agency (in Turkish). 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
16. "Fatma Aliye Hanım (9 Ekim 1862 - 13 Temmuz 1936) Feriköy Mezarlığı" (in Turkish). Yazar Mezar. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
17. "Şampiyonluk kupası Feriköy Mezarlığı'nda". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2015-01-13.