Kanlıca Cemetery

Kanlıca Cemetery
File:KanlıcaCemetery (1).jpg Main entrance of Kanlıca Cemetery.
Details
Location	Kanlıca, Beykoz, Istanbul
Country	Turkey
Coordinates	41°05′51″N 29°03′57″E
Type	Public
Owned by	Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Find a Grave	Kanlıca Cemetery

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.

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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.
• Barış Manço (1943–1999), rock musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and television producer.
• Yaşar Nuri Öztürk (1945–2016), university professor of Islamic theology, Quranist Muslim, lawyer, columnist and a former member of Turkish parliament.
• Sedat Simavi (1896–1953), journalist, writer and film director.

Gallery

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