Feriköy Protestant Cemetery

The Feriköy Protestant Cemetery (Feriköy Protestan Mezarlığı), officially called Evangelicorum Commune Coemeterium, is an international Christian cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey. As its name indicates, it is the final resting place for Protestants in Istanbul. The cemetery is in the Feriköy neighborhood of Istanbul's Şişli district, roughly 3 km (1.9 mi) north of Taksim Square. It is an official member of the Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe (ASCE). The cemetery is managed by a governing board composed of the consulates general of Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, Sweden, Hungary and Switzerland, which exchange the presidency on an annual basis. In 2018, the Feriköy Protestant Cemetery Initiative formed to help preserve the cemetery as a burial place, historic landmark, and urban green spot, and in 2021 it was recognized by the governing board as its official partner in caring for the site. In 1857, by order of Sultan Abdülmecid I, the Ottoman government gifted the land for the cemetery to the leading Protestant powers of the time: the United Kingdom, Prussia, the United States, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the Federated Cities of the Hanseatic League together with the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. Since then, about 5,000 individuals have been interred here. Members of the Reformed Churches, as well as Lutherans an

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