Feriköy Cemetery

This article is about the Muslim cemetery. For the Christian cemetery, see Feriköy Protestant Cemetery.

The Feriköy Cemetery (Turkish: Feriköy Mezarlığı) is a burial ground situated in Feriköy quarter of Şişli district in 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.

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

Notable burials

Listed in alphabetical order of surnames:

• Albay Mehmet Şefik Aker (1877/1888-1964
• Ahmet Ağaoğlu (1869–1939), Azerbaijani and Turkish publicist and journalist,^[2]
• Ayseli Göksoy (1935–2022), painter, women's rights activist and politician,^[3]
• Çetin Alp (1947–2004), pop music singer,^[4]
• Kadri Aytaç (1931–2003), football player and manager,^[5]
• Mihri Belli (1915–2011), leader of the socialist movement in Turkey,^[6]
• Ahmet Berman (1932–1980), footballer,^[7]
• Eylül Cansın (1992–2015), transgender woman,^[8]
• Suat Derviş (1905–1972), female novelist, journalist, and political activist,^[9]
• Keriman Halis Ece (1913–2012), beauty pageant titleholder, pianist, and fashion model,^[10]
• Berkin Elvan (1999–2014), a boy, who was killed by police with a tear-gas can during the June 2013 anti-government protests in Turkey,^[11]
• Faize Ergin (1894–1954), Tanbur player and composer of Ottoman classical music,
• Feridun Buğeker (1933–2014), footballer,
• Sami Frashëri (1850–1904), Albanian writer, philosopher, playwright,
• Erol Günaydın (1933–2012), theater and film actor,^[12]
• Oya Kayacık (1938–2020), Turkish philanthropist, orphanage woman nurse,^[13]
• Ahmet Mete Işıkara (1941–2013), geophysicist and earthquake scientist,^[14]
• Coşkun Kırca (1927–2005), diplomat, journalist and politician,^[15]
• Zafer Önen (1921–2013), film actor,^[16]
• Turgut Özatay (1927–2002), film actor,^[17]
• Süleyman Seba (1926–2014), football player and president of the football club Beşiktaş J.K.,^[18]
• Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862–1936), novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian,^[19]
• Ali Sami Yen (1886–1951), sports official, founder of the football club Galatasaray,^[20]
• Khalil bey Khasmammadov, (1873–1947) Azerbaijani politician and diplomat.^[21]
• Aydemir Akbaş (1936 - 2024) Turkish screenwriter and a actor

Latin quarter

• Leon Walerian Ostroróg (1867–1932), international jurist of Polish descent who died in London^[22]

See also

• Feriköy Protestant Cemetery

References

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3. "Sözcü Bugünkü Vefat (Ölüm) – Başsağlığı – Anma – Teşekkür – Mevlit İlanları-27 Kasım 2022". Sözcü (in Turkish). 27 November 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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19. "Fatma Aliye Hanım (9 Ekim 1862 – 13 Temmuz 1936) Feriköy Mezarlığı" (in Turkish). Yazar Mezar. Archived from the original on 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
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21. "AZƏRBAYCAN ƏDLİYYƏSİNİN TARİXİ MUZEYİ". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2022-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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