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and were interred in the Maslak and Osmaniye Indian Cemeteries. In 1961, when those cemeteries could not be further maintained, the earth with the ashes of the cremated remains of these men was transferred here and scattered near the monument, and the remains of their
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Barracks) in Istanbul, which was converted into a military hospital. The graves of the dead, of which only a few are marked today, were placed at two separate plots on a hillside close to the
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or on the borders of Turkey, and whose burial grounds could not be maintained. The other memorial is dedicated to the servicemen of the
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Two other memorials of World War I are found in the cemetery, one bearing the names of a little over 200 soldiers of United Kingdom and
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Since 1867, more than 700 civilians are interred in a separate section within the cemetery. Among them is the grave of
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The cemetery was first established for British soldiers from the Crimean War, who died mostly as the result of a
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who died in the sultan’s mansion in Therapia, which had been converted into a military hospital.
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part of Istanbul), and later transferred here together with the graves of 18 personnel of the
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In addition to the burials of World War I, graves of 38 servicemen of the Royal Navy and
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Some military graves outside of the World War periods are also located in this section.
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who died between 1919 and 1920 in the prisoner-of-war camps in southern Turkey near
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next to the marshalling yard down on the street Tıbbiye Caddesi from Üsküdar to
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was directly responsible for the maintenance of the cemetery. From then on, the
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Other monuments in the cemetery include a symbolic broken column in memorial of
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epidemic in the first organized military hospital in modern history created by
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at the borders of then neutral Turkey, are found in the Haydarpaşa Cemetery.
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soldiers from the two World Wars, and civilians of British nationality.
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The cemetery is situated today between the military hospital and the
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Military graves in the front row with civil burials in the background
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Pedestal markers of First World War military graves in the cemetery
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next to the military hospital. The land, formerly owned by Sultan
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from 1898 to 1908, is another historic monument in this plot.
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Haidar Pasa cemetery Listing transcribed by Yollande Whittall
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has taken over the duty on behalf of the British Government.
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There are just over 400 graves of military personnel from
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between 1588 and 1596, who died in 1598 on the island of
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Turkey
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The cemetery holds also graves of 268:, 1954, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of 539: 432:(1827–1887), Polish military leader of the 350: 260:An obelisk was erected in 1857 by Queen 212: 197:military personnel who took part in the 410:, who were all killed in action in the 617: 412:Mediterranean Theatre of World War II 208: 121:Military and civil British nationals 655:Cemeteries established in the 1850s 346: 307: 13: 588:Commonwealth War Graves Commission 546:Understanding Gallipoli, Section 2 451:Commonwealth War Graves Commission 417: 134:Commonwealth War Graves Commission 14: 666: 594: 440: 640:World War I cemeteries in Turkey 24: 382:, who fell in various parts of 363:, who died in Turkey mostly as 159:Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Istanbul 567: 553: 525: 500: 479: 316:, British ambassador of Queen 233:according to the rites of the 1: 635:Anglican cemeteries in Turkey 472: 336:, British ambassador to the 167:Haydarpaşa İngiliz Mezarlığı 147:Haydarpaşa İngiliz Mezarlığı 19:Haydarpaşa İngiliz Mezarlığı 7: 456: 436:and later an Ottoman Pasha. 399:comrades were re-interred. 239:Lord Stratford de Redcliffe 10: 671: 193:established initially for 408:Australian Imperial Force 371:(1918 to 1923) after the 284:officers who fell in the 140: 125: 117: 78: 68: 52: 44: 39: 35: 23: 18: 334:Sir Nicholas O’Conor-Don 255:Suleiman the Magnificent 645:World War II cemeteries 532:Understanding Gallipoli 630:Cemeteries in Istanbul 574:Inside Out in Istanbul 369:occupation of Istanbul 356: 278: 218: 166: 606:Haidar Pasha Cemetery 406:and one pilot of the 354: 274: 237:, in the presence of 216: 102:41.00000°N 29.01944°E 486:Üsküdar Municipality 270:Florence Nightingale 227:Florence Nightingale 424:James Maurice Frost 373:Armistice of Mudros 367:or some during the 320:(1533–1603) to the 231:Bishop of Gibraltar 155:Haydarpaşa Cemetery 98: /  491:2007-09-28 at the 463:Port of Haydarpaşa 447:British Government 357: 219: 209:Crimean War graves 169:), located in the 107:41.00000; 29.01944 430:Marian Langiewicz 314:Sir Edward Barton 243:Selimiye Barracks 235:Church of England 152: 151: 662: 584:Cemetery details 576: 571: 565: 564: 557: 551: 550: 543: 537: 536: 529: 523: 522: 520: 519: 510:. 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Haydarpaşa
Istanbul
Turkey
Coordinates
41°00′00″N 29°01′10″E / 41.00000°N 29.01944°E / 41.00000; 29.01944
Cemetery details
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Find a Grave
Haydarpaşa İngiliz Mezarlığı
Turkish
Haydarpaşa
Üsküdar
Asian
Istanbul
Turkey
burial ground
British
Crimean War
Commonwealth

cholera
Florence Nightingale
Bishop of Gibraltar
Church of England
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe
Selimiye Barracks
Scutari
Sea of Marmara
Suleiman the Magnificent

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