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This is list of cemeteries in Turkey sorted after provinces.

Ankara

There are a total of 191 cemeteries within the metropolitan city limits of Ankara.

• Cebeci Asri Cemetery: The cemetery for high-ranked public and military officials in Ankara
• Turkish State Cemetery: Cemetery in Ankara reserved for presidents, prime ministers and high-ranked military officials fought at the Turkish War of Independence
• Karşıyaka Cemetery: Largest public cemetery in Ankara

İstanbul

In Istanbul Province, there exist a total of 333 cemeteries, of which 268 are for Muslims and the remaining for non-Muslims like Christians of different denominations and Jews.

• Aşiyan Asri Cemetery: Burial ground at Bosporus, where mostly renowned intellectuals, writers and artists rest
• Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery: Military cemetery, where also high-ranked civil servants and renowned personalities are buried
• Haydarpaşa Cemetery: Cemetery for British soldiers, who died during the Crimean War and British Commonwealth soldiers of the two World Wars
• Eyüp Cemetery: one of the largest cemeteries of Istanbul hosting graves of Ottoman sultans and court members, grand viziers, high-ranked religious authorities, civil servants and commanders as well as intellectuals, scientists, artists and poets
• Feriköy Cemetery, Muslim cemetery
• Feriköy Protestant Cemetery, Istanbul: Christian cemetery in Istanbul dating back to 1858
• Karacaahmet Cemetery: 700-year-old cemetery in Üsküdar
• Merkezefendi Cemetery: 16th century burial ground in Zeytinburnu
• Pangaltı Catholic Cemetery, Istanbul: The largest Roman Catholic Cemetery in Istanbul
• Şişli Armenian Cemetery: Armenian cemetery in the Şişli district of Istanbul, Turkey
• Şişli Greek Orthodox Cemetery: Christian Orthodox cemetery, mostly consisting of Greek graves
• Zincirlikuyu Cemetery: Istanbul's first modern structured cemetery located in Şişli
• Ulus Ashkenazi Jewish Cemetery
• Ulus Sephardi Jewish Cemetery

İzmir

The country's third biggest city has 267 cemeteries within the metropolitan city limits.

• Yeni Buca Cemetery
• Doğançay Cemetery
• Bornova Cemetery

Mersin

• Mersin Interfaith Cemetery

References

1. ^ "Villa fiyatına mezarlık". Sabah (in Turkish). 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2013-10-26.

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