Turkish Military Cemetery

Marsa, Malta · built 1874

The Turkish Military Cemetery (Maltese: Iċ-Ċimiterju tat-Torok, Türk Şehitliği), also known as the Ottoman Military Cemetery (Osmanlı Şehitliği), is a cemetery in Marsa, Malta. Commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Abdul Aziz to replace an earlier Muslim cemetery, it was constructed between 1873 and 1874. The cemetery was designed by the Maltese architect Emanuele Luigi Galizia, and it is built in an exotic orientalist style. It is maintained by the Turkish government. Originally the cemetery was referred to as the Mahomedan Cemetery such as on documents, and also referred to as the Martyrs’ Cemetery in Turkey such as on a historic painting.

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