The Ulus Sephardi Jewish Cemetery () or Arnavutköy Jewish Cemetery () is a

burial ground A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many dead people are buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ) implies th ...

of the

Sephardi Jewish Sephardic Jews, also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the historic Jewish communities of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and their descendant ...

community in Istanbul,

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. It was established in 1901 during the

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era in

Arnavutköy Arnavutköy ( ' Albanian village'; ) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Beşiktaş, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,574 (2022). It is renowned for its wooden Ottoman mansions and seafood restaurants, as well a ...

neighborhood of

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district on the city's European side. The cemetery is situated today in an area, which developed in the history from a countryside to an upscale neighborhood called Ulus. Its initial name Arnavutköy Jewish Cemetery is still in use today. It was reported that due to the location of the cemetery in the city's one of the most expensive quarters, only wealthy people are interred in the ultra-luxury Ulus Cemetery while people, who can not afford the very high amount of donation requested for a resting place, are transferred to the cemetery in

Kilyos Kilyos, also Kumköy, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Sarıyer, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,860 (2022). It is also a well-known seaside resort on the Black Sea coast of the European side of Istanbul Provinc ...

, which lies around far away from the city center in northern part of Istanbul. The religious burial service is provided at site by the

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Foundation, which also carries out the maintenance of the cemetery. There exist another Jewish cemetery in Ulus, the Ulus Ashkenazi Jewish Cemetery (), which is reserved for

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. It is about south of the Sephardi Jewish Cemetery on the same street. Some other Jewish cemeteries in Istanbul are: * Bağlarbaşı Jewish Cemetery (Bağlarbaşı Musevi Mezarlığı) * Hasköy

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Cemetery (Hasköy Karaim Musevi Mezarlığı) * Hasköy Sephardi Jews Cemetery (Hasköy Sefarad Musevi Mezarlığı) * Judeo-Italiano Community Cemetery (İtalyan Musevi Cemaati Mezarlığı *

Jewish Cemetery (Kilyos Musevi Mezarlığı) *

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Nakkaştepe Jewish Cemetery (Kuzguncuk Nakkaştepe Musevi Mezarlığı) *

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Jewish Cemetery (Ortaköy Musevi Mezarlığı)

Notable burials

* David Asseo (1914–2002),

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(or

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) of the

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from 1960 until his death * Monik Benardete (1950–2010), celebrity and philanthropist *

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(1929–2001), businessman and cofounder of

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(1913–2007), businessman and founder of the

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clothing business

References

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Notable burials

See also

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