Aşiyan Asri Cemetery

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Aşiyan Asri Cemetery is a historic hillside burial ground in Istanbul overlooking the Bosphorus, known as the resting place of many prominent Turkish writers, artists, and intellectuals.

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Aşiyan Asri Cemetery canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf burial ground
cemetery
historic site
access public
adjacentTo Aşiyan neighborhood
category Burials of writers and poets
Cemeteries in Istanbul
Tourist attractions in Istanbul
country Turkey
governedBy Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Republican-era Turkish intellectual history
Turkish literature
hasEnvironment sea-view terraces
trees and greenery
hasFeature tombstones with Ottoman Turkish inscriptions
tombstones with modern Turkish inscriptions
hasTypeOfBurials Muslim burials
hasViewOf Bosporus
surface form: Bosphorus Strait
heritage modern Turkish literary heritage
knownFor graves of Turkish artists
graves of Turkish intellectuals
graves of prominent Turkish poets
graves of prominent Turkish writers
languageOfName Turkish
locatedIn Beşiktaş district
Istanbul
locatedOn hillside
municipality Beşiktaş district
surface form: Beşiktaş Municipality
notableBurial Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
Behçet Necatigil
Cemal Süreya
Ercüment Ekrem Talu
Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek
Orhan Veli Kanık
Tevfik Fikret
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
overlooks Bosporus
surface form: Bosphorus
partOf Istanbul
surface form: Istanbul metropolitan area
region Marmara Region
significance important burial place for modern Turkish literary figures
terrain sloped
usedFor burials
commemoration of notable figures

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Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar burialPlace Aşiyan Asri Cemetery
Orhan Veli Kanık burialPlace Aşiyan Asri Cemetery
Sabiha Sultan burialPlace Aşiyan Asri Cemetery
Kanık burialPlace Aşiyan Asri Cemetery
subject surface form: Orhan Veli Kanık