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Opened for construction in the 16th century and used as a cemetery for the Beyoğlu region now AKM and the Beşiktaş Vodafone Park stadium, the area where the buildings are located, until the early 20th century.
At the end of the 20th century, the cemeteries here began to be destroyed piece by piece and buildings were built in their place. Photographs taken between the 1890s and 1920s and the Istanbul Pervititch maps from the 1826s (maps known as documents showing the history and architectural structure of Istanbul) also reveal that the area was once a large cemetery. However, when the municipality of the time expropriated this area in 1934, buildings were built over them before moving the tombs to another location.
This situation caused a great controversy at that time. Ibrahim Şinasi, one of the greatest names in Turkish literature and who published the first Turkish private newspaper, was buried in the cemetery here when he died at the age of 45 in 1871. However, the burial place was not known with accuracy.
History researcher Mehmet Dilbaz found some documents and revealed the place where Şinasi’s grave was found. Dilbaz stated that the tomb of this important name was under the Ayaspaşa Palace, which is located right in front of the German Consulate.
“The area in front of the German Consulate was the place where the cemetery was intensively made in that period”
Claiming that they knew that Şinasi’s grave was in the Ayaspaşa cemetery, but it was not known exactly where he was buried until now, Mehmet Dilbaz, a history researcher, said:
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“Right now, we are right on top of one of the two great Beyoğlu cemeteries, outside the city wall. This is the Ayaspaşa cemetery. It is also known as Taksim Cemetery. With the opening of the region, the Beyoğlu region began to be used as a cemetery in the 16th century. From the 16th century to the beginning of the 20th century, burials were carried out here constantly and the area where this cemetery is located covers the entire area from AKM to the place where the Beşiktaş stadium is located, that is, the entire Gümüşsuyu. However, from time to time, towards the end of the 20th century, some pieces were removed from here and the area of the cemetery was reduced. The place right behind us, that is, the area in front of the German consulate, was the most intense burial place in the cemetery at that time. In 1871, Şinasi, one of the greatest names in Turkish literature, was buried here when he died at the age of 45. It is known that he was buried in Ayaspaşa Cemetery, but the exact location of his grave is unknown until now. However, from the document written by Ebüzziya Tevfik Bey, we get the following conclusion; He was the person who took the funeral of Şair Şinasi and during the funeral ceremony, there is a mansion of Tevfik Bey, the Foreign Minister, in the place where the old Park Hotel stands today. And it is said that the corpse passed through the street where that mansion was located, and was buried next to the grave of Şinasi’s mother, where that cemetery is located opposite. In fact, as an anecdote, he says: “The spirit of the poet is definitely watching us from where the German Consulate is located.” Therefore, we have determined exactly where he was buried in this way. He was buried in the place where there are two buildings known as Ayaspaşa and Park Palas “.
“BUILDINGS ARE BUILT BEFORE TRANSPORTING THE TOMBS”
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Noting that the Ayaspaşa cemetery was expropriated in 1934 with the decision made by the Istanbul municipality, Dilbaz said: “Because this place then becomes a high-income area. And buildings are required to be built here. Unfortunately, the buildings you see behind are built on the graves without any means of transportation. During this construction, those precious Ottoman tombstones are broken and placed as foundation stones in the buildings behind. Those stones appeared during demolition or renovation on some of the buildings here. Therefore, although we now know where Şinasi’s grave is, we know that his grave was not moved and that the Ayaspaşa Palas building at the back was built over the grave.
Stating that the records that the graves were not moved were in the newspapers of the time, Dilbaz said: “So there is a lot of discussion on this issue. Why weren’t these tombs transported? Why are the martyrs here? There are serious and disrespectful discussions, but this place was expropriated very quickly, the tombs were destroyed and the buildings were built immediately afterwards ”. said.
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WHO IS ŞİNASİ?
Journalist and writer Özca Ünlü said that Şinasi was a very important name in westernization movements after the Tanzimat period, “Şinasi was born in 1826 and, according to another record, in 1829. It is already the fastest period of westernization. Born in Istanbul. He is the son of a Bolu family. At a young age, the palace attracts a lot of attention and is sent to Paris by Abdülmecit with the special request of Mustafa Reşat Pasha. He is going to study finance, but the main intellectuals in the area are very close to their intellectuals. We know that he stayed in Paris for about 5-6 years. He lived for 45 years, and the last 10 years of his 45 years of life are passing quickly. He returns to Istanbul at the end of 1850. They want to reject some of his opinions and positions. Şinasi is assigned as a financial inspector on the Belgrade side, but on one side he writes poems. The elegy he wrote to Mustafa Reşit Pasha is already very important. He wants to work as a journalist and returns to Istanbul. He publishes the Tercuman-ı Ahval newspaper with Agah Efendi, whom he met while in Paris. “They are establishing the newspaper, but it doesn’t stand out too much in the newspaper,” he said.
BRINGING THE SUBSCRIPTION SYSTEM TO THE TURKISH MATBUAT, TEFRIKA STARTED WRITING
Stating that Şinasi are the concepts that he brought to the Turkish Press from the West, Ünlü said:
“For example, it brings the ‘Subscriber’ system to the Turkish printing company. It establishes both the first private newspaper and the newspaper subscription system. Tefrika writes first himself. You know, our first play in the Western style is ‘The Poet’s Marriage’. Şinasi begins publishing The Poet’s Marriage without using his signature, Tercüman-ı Ahvalde. However, after a while he left Agah Efendi because he wanted to establish his own newspaper and founded Tasvir-i Efkar. Some intellectuals who enjoyed journalism when Tercüman-ı Ahval came out founded the newspapers Ceride-i Havadis and Takvim-i Vekayi, but Tasvir-i Efkar is located elsewhere. You know, it’s the period that begins in modern-style journalism in Turkey. He sets up his own printing press, for example, he has calligraphers prepare special cliches. He has been decreasing the Ottoman letters in his last period and systematizing them according to journalistic terminology. The newspaper starts open opposition and criticism. His name is involved in an important event related to the dethronement of Abdülmecit. There was an event known as the Kuleli incident at the time. In Kuleli’s case, his name is not mentioned, but he is removed from office because his name goes to the palace. Meanwhile, Namık Kemal is with him. He handed over the newspaper to Namık Kemal and returned to Paris in 1860, and after a time he returned to Istanbul to establish a printing press and start publishing activities. “
“THE MONUMENT OF ŞİNASİ WILL BE VERY PLACE TO BUILD NEAR THE BUILDING ON ITS BONES”
Ünlü continued as follows:
“He passed away in 1871 due to a brain tumor. According to the sources I investigated, it is said that he was buried in the Ayaspaşa Cemetery. As you know, Ayaspaşa Cemetery is in the middle of Taksim. It is a huge cemetery. In this cemetery, our soldiers, who were wounded in the Russian and Balkan wars and were martyred while being treated at the Gümüşsuyu Military Hospital, also sleep. Unfortunately, while the cemetery was being removed at that time, no graves were transferred. There are several symbolic tombs and they are currently in the garden of the German consulate. Here is some new information, which we know from Ayaspaşa cemetery, the tomb of Şinasi, the important name of the Turkish printing press. Now we know where its place is from Ebüziyya Tevfik’s notes. My wish as a writer and journalist is not only Şinasi, but there are hundreds of graves like him. We think it would be very appropriate to dig them up again as soon as possible, at least to build a monument of Şinasi in a suitable place near the building built on the bones of Şinasi in 1936, when Şinasi’s tomb was located on the famous Gümüşsuyu street.
