Karacaahmet Cemetery
Üsküdar, Turkey
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Karacaahmet Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Üsküdar, on the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey. Believed to have been founded in the mid-14th century and named after a warrior companion of Orhan, the second Ottoman sultan, it is the largest cemetery in Istanbul and the largest in Turkey by number of interred. Its Ottoman-era tombs and mosques stand beneath high cypress trees, and the shrine of Karaca Ahmet Sultan, a saint of the Bektashi order, lies within it.
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