The Aşiyan Asri Cemetery () is a burial ground situated on Aşiyan between the Bebek and Rumelihisarı neighborhoods of the European part of Istanbul, Turkey.
This small cemetery, which has a panoramic view of the Bosporus, is the final resting place of many renowned intellectuals, writers and artists.
Notable burials Listed in ascending order:
19th century Ahmet Vefik Paşa (1823–1891), grand vezir, historian, linguist
20th century Tevfik Fikret (1867–1915), poet Nigâr Hanım (1856–1918), poet Ziya Songülen (1886–1936), founder and first president of Fenerbahçe Sports Club Ömer Fahreddin Pasha (1868–1948), Ottoman military leader and governor of Medina Orhan Veli Kanık (1914–1950), poet Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884–1958), poet Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (1901–1962), novelist Ulviye Sultan (1892–1967), Ottoman princess Rukiye Sabiha Sultan (1894–1971), third daughter of Ottoman Empire's last sultan Mehmed VI and his first wife Nazikeda Kadın Adalet Cimcoz (1910–1970), voice actress, art curator, critic, translator, gossip columnist Hilmi Ziya Ülken (1901–1974), scholar and writer Tevfik Rüştü Aras (1883–1972) Minister of Foreign Affairs and diplomat Gündüz Kılıç (1919–1980) football player and coach Münir Nurettin Selçuk (1900–1981), musician, tenor singer Curt Kosswig (1903–1982), German zoology and genetics professor Tezer Özlü (1943–1986), writer Sadi Irmak (1904–1990), academician, prime minister (1974–1975) Tarık Zafer Tunaya (1916–1991), lawyer, academician Abidin Dino (1913–1993), painter (without headstone as wished by himself) Bedia Muvahhit (1896–1994), actress Cihat Arman (1919–1994), football player Mehmet Ali Aybar (1908–1995), politician Onat Kutlar (1936–1995), writer, poet, founder of Turkish Sinematek Hanzade Sultan (1923–1998), Ottoman princess
21st century Mîna Urgan (1916–2000), academic, translator, writer and politician, Fatma Neslişah Sultan (1921–2012), daughter of Princess Sabiha, Avni Arbaş (1919–2003), painter, Attila İlhan (1925–2005), poet, journalist, Necla Sultan (1926–2006), Ottoman princess, Feyyaz Berker (1925–2017), businessman, Erdoğan Teziç (1936–2017), academic, jurist,
Güngör Uras (1933–2018), economist, journalist and author, Yıldız Kenter (1928–2019), actress, Doğan Cüceloğlu (1938–2021), psychologist, nonfiction writer, Tarhan Erdem (1933–2022), politician, İlhan İrem (1955–2022), singer, Ziya Şengül (1944–2023), footballer, Ayla Algan (1937–2024), actress, Filiz Akın (1943-2025), film actress
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