Kerkük Osmanlı Subay Mezarlığı (Şehitliği)
Articles > Article · 2017
Authors: Vehbi GÜNAY, Saad F Oumar
Cihannüma Tarih ve Coğrafya Araştırmaları Dergisi, Refereed Journals of Other Institutions, International, Scopus, 2017, vol 3, pp 79-112
Summary
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:TR;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">THE KIRKUK WAR CEMETERY FOR THE MARTYRED OTTOMAN OFFICIERS</span></b><br></span></p><p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:EN; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">One of the most important parts of the Ottoman heritage in Kirkuk, a precious representative of the oldest Turkish native land, is the cemetery or martyrdom, which is located on the alongside of the Prophet Danyal Mosque in the Kirkuk Fortress. In the cemetery there are the Ottoman government officials who lost their lives in Kirkuk and graves belonging to distinguished persons of Kirkuk. There are a total of 27 burial places in the cemetery, as well as graves that do not have any stones, and broken or unreadable grevestones. As officers of the Ottoman State, there are officers in the positions of lieutenant general, brigadier general, colonel, majors and captains, as well as the tomb of Ömer Naci Bey, one of the prominent names of the Union and Progress Party. Ottoman tombstones in the cemetery belong to the period between 1887-1916.</span><br></p>