Notable interments at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery

338 notable figures are documented at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.

• A. Kadir (1917–1985), writer, poet, translator
• Abdi İpekçi (1929–1979), writer, human rights defender, journalist
• Abdülhak Hâmit Tarhan (1852–1937), writer, poet, politician
• Adile Ayda (1913–1992), writer, diplomat
• Adile Ayda (1913–1992), writer, diplomat
• Adnan Şenses (1935–2013), actor, singer, musician
• Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907–1991), composer, conductor, choreographer
• Ahmet Danyal Topatan (1916–1975), actor, film director
• Ahmet Danyal Topatan (1916–1975), actor, film director
• Ahmet Kutsi Tecer (1901–1967), writer, poet, politician
• Ahmet Nuri Diriker (1876–1951), military officer, statesperson, military leader
• Ahu Tuğba (1955–2024), actor
• Akagündüz Kutbay (1934–1979), musician
• Ali Ekrem Bolayır (1867–1937), teacher, poet, politician
• Ali Fethi Okyar (1880–1943), politician, diplomat
• Ali İhsan Karayiğit (1928–2013), association football player
• Ali İhsan Sâbis (1882–1957), politician, military personnel
• Ali Kılıç (1890–1971), politician
• Ali Kılıç (1890–1971), politician
• Ali Naci Karacan (1896–1955), journalist
• Ali Sait Akbaytogan (1872–1950), politician, military personnel
• Ali Şen (1918–1989), actor, film actor
• Ali Tanrıyar (1914–2017), politician, sports official
• Ali Tutal (1950–2026), actor, film actor
• Ali Uras (1923–2012), basketball player
• Altan Öymen (1932–2025), writer, politician, journalist
• Asaf İlbay (1882–1957), politician
• Asım Bezirci (1927–1993), writer, poet, critic
• Âsım Gündüz (1880–1942), politician
• Atıf Yılmaz (1925–2006), screenwriter, film director, film producer
• Atıfet Sunay (1908–2002), politician
• Attila Özdemiroğlu (1943–2016), composer
• Aydan Siyavuş (1947–1998), basketball player, basketball coach
• Aydın Aybay (1929–2013), scientist, writer, lawyer
• Ayhan Işık (1929–1979), film actor
• Ayhan Songar (1926–1997), physician, psychiatrist
• Aykut Barka (1951–2002), geologist
• Ayla Erduran (1934–2025), violinist
• Aysel Gürel (1929–2008), lyricist
• Ayşen Gruda (1944–2019), actor, comedian
• Aytekin Kotil (1934–1992), lawyer, politician
• Ayten Gökçer (1940–2024), actor
• Bahadır Akkuzu (1955–2009), composer, singer, songwriter
• Bahadır Demir (1942–1973), diplomat
• Banu Kırbağ (1951–2025), composer
• Bedia Güleryüz (1903–1991), painter
• Bedri Karafakıoğlu (1915–1978), scientist
• Behçet Kemal Çağlar (1908–1969), poet, politician, playwright
• Behçet Necatigil (1916–1979), writer, poet, translator
• Behice Boran (1910–1987), politician, sociologist
• Behiye Aksoy (1933–2015), singer
• Belgin Doruk (1936–1995), actor, film actor, beauty pageant contestant
• Benal Nevzat Arıman (1903–1990), politician
• Beria Onger (1921–2015), lawyer
• Bilge Olgaç (1940–1994), screenwriter, film director
• Bilge Olgaç (1940–1994), screenwriter, film director
• Bilge Olgaç (1940–1994), screenwriter, film director
• Bilge Olgaç (1940–1994), screenwriter, film director
• Billur Kalkavan (1962–2022), actor
• Bülent Oran (1924–2004), screenwriter, actor
• Bülent Ulusu (1923–2015), military personnel, politician, naval officer
• Burhanettin Bigalı (1927–2016), military personnel
• Cahide Sonku (1919–1981), screenwriter, actor, film director
• Cahit Aral (1927–2011), politician, engineer
• Cahit Arf (1910–1997), mathematician, topologist
• Cahit Irgat (1915–1971), actor, poet, voice actor
• Cahit Önel (1927–1970), athletics competitor
• Candan Tarhan (1942–1989), association football coach, association football player
• Cavit Orhan Tütengil (1921–1979), writer, university teacher, journalist
• Celâl Şahin (1925–2018), actor, musician, basketball player
• Cemal Nadir Güler (1902–1947), cartoonist, journalist, comics artist
• Cemal Tural (1905–1981), military officer
• Cemil Topuzlu (1868–1958), mayor, physician, politician
• Çetin Altan (1927–2015), writer, politician, journalist
• Çetin Emeç (1935–1990), journalist
• Civan Canova (1955–2022), actor
• Çolpan İlhan (1936–2014), actor
• Çolpan İlhan (1936–2014), actor
• Coşkun Özarı (1931–2011), association football coach, association football player
• Defne Joy Foster (1975–2011), actor, disc jockey, television presenter
• Dündar Kılıç (1935–1999), crime boss
• Duygu Asena (1946–2006), actor, writer, pedagogue
• Ecmel Kutay (1927–1998), politician
• Ekrem Bora (1932–2012), actor, television actor, film actor
• Emel Gazimihal (1912–1998), civil servant
• Emel Korutürk (1915–2013), painter
• Emel Say (1927–2011), painter
• Emin Onat (1908–1961), architect, politician
• Engin Çağlar (1940–2025), film actor
• Engin Çağlar (1940–2025), film actor
• Enver Yetiker (1875–1955), pedagogue
• Ercüment Ekrem Talû (1886–1956), writer, teacher, poet
• Erdal İnönü (1926–2007), politician, physicist, diplomat
• Erdal Tosun (1963–2016), musician, television actor, film actor
• Erden Kıral (1942–2022), screenwriter, film director
• Erol Büyükburç (1936–2015), actor, composer, singer
• Erol Güngör (1938–1983), psychologist, sociologist, social scientist
• Erol Togay (1950–2012), association football coach, association football player
• Eşfak Aykaç (1918–2003), association football coach, association football player, sports commentator
• Esin Engin (1945–1997), actor, composer
• Esmeray (1949–2002), singer
• Fahire Fersan (1900–1997), musician
• Fâik Âli Ozansoy (1876–1950), writer, poet, politician
• Fakir Baykurt (1929–1999), writer, teacher, trade unionist
• Fakir Baykurt (1929–1999), writer, teacher, trade unionist
• Falih Rıfkı Atay (1894–1971), writer, politician, journalist
• Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (1898–1973), screenwriter, writer, poet
• Ferdi Statzer (1906–1974), pianist
• Ferhan Şensoy (1951–2021), screenwriter, actor, writer
• Feridun Karakaya (1928–2004), actor
• Fethi Naci (1927–2008), author
• Fikret Hakan (1934–2017), actor, film director
• Fikret Şeneş (1921–2015), lyricist
• Fuat Balkan (1887–1970), politician, fencer
• Fuat Sirmen (1899–1981), politician, jurist
• Füruzan (1932–2024), actor, writer, filmmaker
• Genco Erkal (1938–2024), actor, director
• Gündüz Tekin Onay (1942–2008), association football coach, association football player
• Gürdal Duyar (1935–2004), sculptor
• Gürdal Tosun (1967–2000), stage actor, dub actor, television actor
• Halil Kaya (1920–2000), amateur wrestler
• Halis Toprak (1938–2016), businessperson, entrepreneur, manager
• Halit Kıvanç (1925–2022), judge, writer, television presenter
• Halit Refiğ (1934–2009), screenwriter, film director, director
• Halit Ziya Konuralp (1904–2005), physician, surgeon, plastic surgeon
• Hamid Notghi (1920–1999), writer, poet, university teacher
• Hasan Saka (1885–1960), politician, diplomat
• Haşim İşcan (1898–1968), politician
• Hayri Kozakçıoğlu (1938–2013), politician
• Hikmet İşmen (1918–2006), engineer, politician
• Hıfzı Oğuz Bekata (1911–1995), lawyer, politician
• Hıncal Uluç (1939–2022), writer, journalist, sports commentator
• Hüsamettin Cindoruk (1933–2026), lawyer, politician
• İbrahim Safi (1898–1983), painter
• İclal Ar (1904–2007), opera singer
• İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1908–1993), politician, diplomat
• İlham Gencer (1926–2023), musician, pianist
• İlhan Usmanbaş (1921–2025), composer
• İlter Türkmen (1927–2022), diplomat, politician
• İnal Batu (1936–2013), politician, diplomat
• İsmail Cem (1940–2007), photographer, writer, politician
• İsmail Erez (1919–1975), diplomat
• İsmail Müştak Mayakon (1882–1938), politician, journalist
• İsmail Rüştü Aksal (1911–1989), lawyer, politician
• İsmet Uluğ (1901–1975), association football player
• İsmet Uluğ (1901–1975), association football player
• Jale İnan (1914–2001), university teacher, archaeologist, classical archaeologist
• Kamuran Gürün (1924–2004), diplomat
• Kanbolat Görkem Arslan (1980–2026), actor, film actor
• Kartal Tibet (1939–2021), actor, screenwriter, film producer
• Kazım Ergin (1915–2002), academic, geophysicist
• Kâzım Orbay (1886–1964), military personnel
• Kemal Bilbaşar (1910–1983), writer
• Kemal Sunal (1944–2000), screenwriter, actor, comedian
• Kerem Yılmazer (1945–2003), actor, film actor, television actor
• Kerim Tekin (1975–1998), singer
• Küçük İskender (1964–2019), poet
• Kuzgun Acar (1928–1976), sculptor
• Lale Oraloğlu (1924–2007), actor, screenwriter, film director
• Lerzan Bengisu (1906–1978), sculptor, music educator
• Levent Kırca (1950–2015), actor, politician, comedian
• Leyla Erbil (1931–2013), writer, novelist, short story writer
• Leyla Gamsız Sarptürk (1921–2010), painter
• Lütfi Kırdar (1887–1961), politician, diplomat, military physician
• Macide Tanır (1922–2013), actor
• Mahpeyker Hanımsultan (1917–2000)
• Makbule Abasıyanık (1883–1963), writer, literary scholar, patron of the arts
• Manolya Onur (1955–2017), beauty pageant contestant
• Mazhar Osman Usman (1884–1951), writer, physician, psychiatrist
• Mehmet Baydar (1924–1973), diplomat
• Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (1869–1944), writer, poet, politician
• Mehmet Leblebi (1908–1972), association football player, athletics competitor
• Mehmet Sabancı (1963–2004), businessperson
• Mehmet Ubeydullah Hatipoğlu (1858–1937), politician, journalist
• Mehmet Uluğ (1959–2013), businessperson
• Mehtap Ar (1956–2021), actor, film actor
• Melahat Gürsel (1900–1975), politician
• Memduh Tağmaç (1904–1978), military officer
• Mengü Ertel (1931–2000), graphic designer, scenographer, designer
• Meral Okay (1959–2012), actor, screenwriter
• Metin Serezli (1934–2013), actor, television actor
• Metin Türel (1937–2018), association football coach, association football player
• Muhsin Batur (1920–1999), politician, soldier
• Muhsin Ertuğrul (1892–1979), screenwriter, actor, playwright
• Muhterem Nur (1932–2020), actor, singer
• Mümtaz Soysal (1929–2019), politician, jurist, diplomat
• Mürsel Bakü (1881–1945), politician
• Müslüm Gürses (1953–2013), actor, singer, television actor
• Mustafa İnan (1911–1967), civil engineer
• Mustafa Kandıralı (1930–2020), clarinetist, musician
• Mustafa Koç (1960–2016), businessperson, entrepreneur
• Mustafa Necdet Uğur (1923–2004), politician
• Muzaffer Göksenin (1899–1965), diplomat
• Muzaffer Göksenin (1899–1965), diplomat
• Müzeyyen Senar (1918–2015), singer, film actor, recording artist
• Naci Özkaya (1922–2007), association football player, association football coach
• Nafiz Gürman (1882–1966), soldier
• Naile Akıncı (1923–2014), painter
• Naim Talu (1919–1998), politician, economist, statesperson
• Nazmi Bilge (1934–2013), association football coach, association football player
• Nazmi Solok (1876–1956), soldier
• Necati Cumalı (1921–2001), writer, lawyer, poet
• Necdet Kent (1911–2002), diplomat
• Necdet Mahfi Ayral (1908–2004), screenwriter, actor, stage actor
• Necdet Mahfi Ayral (1908–2004), screenwriter, actor, stage actor
• Necdet Menzir (1945–2013), politician
• Necdet Tosun (1926–1975), actor
• Necdet Uran (1910–1973), diplomat
• Necdet Yaşar (1930–2017), musician
• Nejat Eczacıbaşı (1913–1993), businessperson, entrepreneur, chemist
• Nejat Tümer (1924–2011), politician, soldier
• Nejat Uygur (1927–2013), actor, television actor
• Neriman Köksal (1928–1999), actor
• Neriman Köksal (1928–1999), actor
• Nermin Abadan Unat (1921–2025), jurist, political scientist, university teacher
• Nevzat Ayaz (1930–2020), politician
• Neyyire Neyir (1902–1943), actor, film actor
• Nezihe Muhiddin (1889–1958), writer, politician, journalist
• Nida Tüfekçi (1929–1993), singer, musician, academic
• Nihat Erim (1912–1980), politician, diplomat, university teacher
• Nihat Nikerel (1950–2009), actor, television actor
• Nijat Sirel (1898–1959), sculptor
• Numan Okumuş (1939–2022), association football player
• Nuray Hafiftaş (1962–2018), singer
• Nureddin Vergin (1908–1994), diplomat
• Nurettin Baransel (1897–1967), military personnel
• Nuri Berköz (1889–1975), military officer
• Nuri Demirağ (1886–1957), businessperson, politician
• Nuri Yamut (1890–1961), politician, soldier
• Nüzhet Gökdoğan (1910–2003), astronomer, teacher, mathematician
• Oğuz Aral (1936–2004), cartoonist, caricaturist
• Okan Demiriş (1942–2010), composer
• Ömer Kavur (1944–2005), screenwriter, film director, director
• Ömer Lütfü Topal (1942–1996), businessperson, drug trafficker
• Ömer Seyfettin (1884–1920), writer, teacher, military officer
• Orhan Aksoy (1930–2008), screenwriter, film director, director
• Orhan Arda (1911–2003), architect
• Orhan Boran (1928–2012), actor, comedian, television presenter
• Orhan Hançerlioğlu (1916–1991), writer, jurist, lexicographer
• Orhan Kemal (1914–1970), screenwriter, writer, poet
• Orhan Kemal (1914–1970), screenwriter, writer, poet
• Osman F. Seden (1924–1998), screenwriter, film director, film producer
• Pakize Tarzi (1910–2004), physician, gynecologist
• Peride Celal (1916–2013), writer
• Ragıp Gümüşpala (1897–1964), politician
• Rasim Öztekin (1959–2021), screenwriter, journalist, stage actor
• Refik Erduran (1928–2017), writer, playwright, columnist
• Refik Halit Karay (1888–1965), writer, teacher, politician
• Reha Oğuz Türkkan (1920–2010), writer, jurist, translator
• Reşit Rahmeti Arat (1900–1964), Turkologist, philologist, linguist
• resul yörük (1910–1989), association football coach, association football player, boxer
• resul yörük (1910–1989), association football coach, association football player, boxer
• Rıfat Ilgaz (1911–1993), writer, poet, playwright
• Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı (1869–1949), writer, poet, physician
• Rüçhan Çamay (1931–2025), singer
• Ruhi Su (1912–1985), composer, singer, musician
• Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil (1907–1968), poet, translator, psychologist
• Sadi Gülçelik (1930–1980), businessperson, engineer, basketball player
• Sadi Koçaş (1919–1998), writer, politician, historian
• Sadık Altıncan (1898–1963), politician
• Sadri Alışık (1925–1995), actor, voice actor, television actor
• Sadri Maksudi Arsal (1878–1957), lawyer, politician, jurist
• Safa Giray (1931–2011), politician, engineer, diplomat
• Safiye Ayla (1907–1998), actor, singer, musician
• Şahap Kocatopçu (1916–2012), politician
• Saim Bugay (1934–2008), sculptor
• Saim Polatkan (1908–1991), equestrian
• Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954), writer, poet, novelist
• Şakir Eczacıbaşı (1929–2010), photographer, businessperson
• Sakıp Sabancı (1933–2004), businessperson, entrepreneur
• Sami Hoştan (1947–2015), criminal
• Savaş Dinçel (1942–2007), actor, caricaturist, television actor
• Şaziye Moral (1903–1985), actor, voice actor
• Sedad Hakkı Eldem (1908–1988), architect, university teacher
• Şefika Gaspıralı (1886–1975), public figure, editor, journalist
• Selahattin Beyazıt (1931–2022), businessperson
• Selahattin Çetiner (1922–2023), politician
• Selahattin Ülkümen (1914–2003), diplomat
• Selahattin Ülkümen (1914–2003), diplomat
• Selçuk Alagöz (1944–2025), musician
• Selçuk Uluergüven (1941–2014), actor, television actor
• Semiha Es (1912–2012), photographer, photojournalist, journalist
• Sennur Sezer (1943–2015), writer
• Şeref Görkey (1914–2004), association football player, association football coach
• Şeref Görkey (1914–2004), association football player, association football coach
• Şeref Görkey (1914–2004), association football player, association football coach
• Şerif Muhiddin Targan (1892–1967), composer
• Sevgi Soysal (1936–1976), writer, translator
• Sevim Tanürek (1934–1998), singer
• Şevket Yorulmaz (1926–1997), association football player
• Seyfi Dursunoğlu (1932–2020), singer, showman, drag queen
• Seyhan Erözçelik (1962–2011), poet
• Sinan Erdem (1927–2003), volleyball player
• Sırrı Süreyya Önder (1962–2025), screenwriter, politician, columnist
• Şükrü Saracoğlu (1887–1953), politician, diplomat, foreign minister
• Sünuhi Arsan (1899–1970), judge
• Suphi Ezgi (1869–1962), composer, physician, musicologist
• Talat Tuncalp (1917–2017), sport cyclist
• Tanju Gürsu (1938–2016), screenwriter, actor, film producer
• Tanju Korel (1944–2005), actor, film producer, film director
• Tayfur Sökmen (1892–1980), writer, politician
• Timur Selçuk (1946–2020), composer, singer, pianist
• Tomris Uyar (1941–2003), writer, translator, journalist
• Tosun Terzioğlu (1942–2016), mathematician
• Tülay Özer (1946–2026), singer, musician
• Tuncay Mataracı (1935–2020), politician
• Turan Güneş (1921–1982), politician, university teacher
• Turgay Şeren (1932–2016), association football coach, association football player
• Turgut Atakol (1915–1988), basketball player
• Turgut Demirağ (1921–1987), screenwriter, film director, film producer
• Turhan Baytop (1920–2002), writer, university teacher, botanist
• Türkan Rado (1915–2007), jurist, university teacher
• Türkan Saylan (1935–2009), writer, teacher, physician
• Ülkü Adatepe (1932–2012), politician
• Ulvi Yenal (1908–1993), association football coach, association football player
• Ümit Kaftancıoğlu (1934–1980), writer, journalist, school teacher
• Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan (1926–1984), poet, banker
• Uzay Heparı (1969–1994), actor, composer, record producer
• Vahit Melih Halefoğlu (1919–2017), politician, diplomat, foreign minister
• Vedat Okyar (1945–2009), association football player, journalist
• Vedat Türkali (1919–2016), screenwriter, writer, film director
• Vehbi Koç (1901–1996), businessperson, entrepreneur, philanthropist
• Yaman Okay (1951–1993), actor, television actor, film actor
• Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015), screenwriter, writer, poet
• Yavuz Özkan (1942–2019), screenwriter, film director, director
• Yavuz Özkan (1942–2019), screenwriter, film director, director
• Yıldırım Aktuna (1930–2007), politician, psychiatrist, military physician
• Yılmaz Karakoyunlu (1936–2024), politician
• Yılmaz Öztuna (1930–2012), politician, historian, journalist
• Yorgo Bacanos (1900–1977), musician
• Yusuf Tunaoğlu (1946–2000), association football player
• Yusuf Ziya Ortaç (1895–1967), writer, poet, politician
• Zati Sungur (1898–1984), magician
• Zehra Bilir (1913–2007), singer
• Zekeriya Sertel (1890–1980), journalist
• Zeki Alasya (1943–2015), screenwriter, comedian, stage actor
• Zeki Ökten (1941–2009), film director, director
• Zerrin Bölükbaşı (1919–2010), sculptor