The Aşiyan Asri Cemetery (Turkish: Aşiyan Asri Mezarlığı) is a burial ground situated on Aşiyan between theBebek and Rumelihisarı neighborhoods of the European part of Istanbul, Turkey.

Many renowned intellectuals, writers and artists rest in this small cemetery, which has a panoramic view of theBosporus.

Notable burials

Listed in order of death years:

• Ahmet Vefik Paşa (1823-1891), grand vezir, historian, linguist
• Tevfik Fikret (1867-1915), poet
• Nigâr Hanım (1856-1918), female poet
• Ömer Fahreddin Pasha (1868-1948), Ottoman (then kemalist) military leader and governor of Medina
• Orhan Veli Kanık (1914-1950), poet
• Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884-1958), poet
• Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (1901-1962), novelist
• HH HIH Princess Rukiye Sabiha Sultan Hanım Efendi (1894-1971), third daughter of Ottoman Empire's last sultan Mehmed VI from his first wife
• HH HIH Princess Fatma Neslişah Sultan Hanım Efendi (1921-2002), daughter of Princess Rukiye.
• Tevfik Rüştü Aras (1883-1972) Minister of Foreign Affairs and diplomat
• Gündüz Kılıç (1919-1980) football player and coach
• Münir Nurettin Selçuk (1900-1981), musician, tenor singer
• Sadi Irmak (1904-1990), academician, prime minister (1974-1975)
• Tarık Zafer Tunaya (1916-1991), lawyer, academician
• Abidin Dino (1913-1993), painter (without headstone as wished by himself)
• Cihat Arman (1919-1994), football player
• Mehmet Ali Aybar (1908-1995), politician
• Onat Kutlar (1936-1995), writer, poet, founder of Turkish Sinematek
• Avni Arbaş (1919-2003), painter
• Attila İlhan (1925-2005), poet, journalist