Turkish State Cemetery

The Turkish State Cemetery is the national cemetery of Turkey. It is in the capital, Ankara. The Turkish government made a law to create a national cemetery in a historic memorial park. It opened in 1988. The bodies of Turkish soldiers were moved here. Also, the bodies of some members of the Turkish government who had died were moved here. Burials Presidents Cemal Gürsel, 4th president Cevdet Sunay, 5th president Fahri Korutürk, 6th president Prime Ministers Bülent Ecevit Commanders 1 Mareşal (Field marshal), 11 Birinci Feriks, 14 Feriks, 20 Mirlivas, 14 Miralay (Colonel)s and 1 Kaymakam (Lieutenant Colonel), who were selected from companion-in-arms of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the Turkish War of Independence, in total 61 commanders rest here. But tombs of 11 commanders are empty and only symbolic monument. 1 Fevzi Çakmak, Müşir 1922 - Mareşal (Empty, his body lies in the of Türbe of Hüseyin Şeyh, Eyüp Sultan Mezarlığı 2 Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Birinci Ferik 1926 (Empty, his body lies in an atrium of Alifuatpaşa Merkez Camii of Geybe 3 Cevat Çobanlı, Birinci Ferik 1926 4 Yakup Şevki Subaşı, Birinci Ferik 1926 5 Fahrettin Altay, Birinci Ferik 1926 6 Kâzım Özalp, Birinci Ferik 1926 7 Kâzım Karabekir, Birinci Ferik 1927 8 İzzettin Çalışlar, Birinci Ferik 1930 - Orgeneral 9 Kâzım Orbay, Orgeneral 1935 10 Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman, Orgeneral 1940 11 Salih Omurtak, Orgeneral 1940 12 Mustafa Muğlalı, Orgeneral 1942 (Empty) 13 Cemil Cahit Toydemir, Orgeneral 1942 14 Sabit Noyan, Orgeneral 1945 15 Kâzım İnanç, Ferik 1924 16 Şükrü Naili Gökberk, Ferik 1926 17 Ali Hikmet Ayerdem, Ferik 1926 18 Kemalettin Sami Gökçen, Ferik 1926 19 Naci Eldeniz, Ferik 1927 20 Nihat Anılmış, Ferik 1928 21 Mehmet Kâzım Dirik, Ferik 1928 22 Nazmi Solok, Ferik 1930 23 Ahmet Naci Tınaz, Ferik 1930 24 Ahmet Derviş, Ferik 1930 (Empty) 25 Mehmet Kenan Dalbaşar, Ferik 1931 26 Ömer Halis Bıyıktay, Ferik 1934 - Korgeneral 27 Yusuf İzzet Met, Mirliva 1915 (Empty) 28 Refet Bele, Mirliva 1922 (Empty, his body lies in Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı) 29 Rüştü Sakarya, Mirliva 1921 30 Selâhattin Âdil, Mirliva 1923 31 Kâzım Sevüktekin, Mirliva 1922 32 Osman Nuri Koptagel, Mirliva 1922 33 Hüseyin Nurettin Özsu, Mirliva 1922 34 Mehmet Sabri Erçetin, Mirliva 1922 35 Mürsel Bakû, Mirliva 1922 36 Halit Karsıalan, Mirliva 1922 37 Âşir Atlı, Mirliva 1925 38 Akif Erdemgil, Mirliva 1927 39 Sıtkı Üke, Mirliva 1927 40 Mehmet Suphi Kula, Mirliva 1927 (Empty) 41 Cavit Erdel, Mirliva 1927 42 Alâattin Koval, Mirliva 1927 43 Osman Zati Koral, Mirliva 1926 44 Ahmet Zeki Soydemir, Mirliva 1927 45 Nazif Kayacık, Mirliva 1928 46 Mehmet Hayri Tarhan, Mirliva 1929 47 Münip Özsoy, Miralay 1921 48 Veysel Özgür, Miralay 1921 (Empty) 49 Mehmet Arif Örgüç, Miralay 1921 50 Şerif Yaçağaz, Miralay 1921 (Empty) 51 Ethem Servet Boral, Miralay 1921 (Empty) 52 Ahmet Nuri Öztekin, Miralay 1921 (Empty) 53 Mehmet Nâzım Bey, Şehit Miralay 1921 54 Hasan Mümtaz Çeçen, Miralay 1921 55 Reşat Çiğiltepe, Miralay 1922 56 İbrahim Çolak, Miralay 1922 57 Mehmet Hulusi Conk, Miralay 1922 58 Halit Akmansü, Miralay 1922 59 Mehmet Nuri Conker, Miralay 1920 60 Ahmet Fuat Bulca, Miralay 1924 61 Mahmut Nedim Hendek, Kaymakam 1922 Gallery Sculptures of Turkish history in the memorial park Other websites Turkish State Cemetery official website Archived 2006-11-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)