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Eyüp Cemetery
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Michelin Guide
Interesting
Religious monument
The Michelin Guide's review
The huge cemetery that developed around the mosque houses the tombs of ordinary people as well as those of Ottoman dignitaries. The men's steles bear a turban or a fez and the women's are carved with flowers, ornaments that Atatürk was to forbid from 1926. The luxurious mausolea of Mehmet V and Mehmet Sokollu Pasha are also here. A walk through this park punctuated with forgotten steles, covered in lichen and overgrown with wild grasses, makes for an enchanting experience.
Location
Silahtarağa Caddesi
Istanbul
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