Turkish Military Cemetery

Turkish Military Cemetery
Iċ-Ċimiterju tat-Torok
The Turkish Military Cemetery in 2017
Map
Details
Established1874
Location
Coordinates35°52′24″N 14°29′38″E / 35.87333°N 14.49389°E / 35.87333; 14.49389
StyleNeo-Ottoman
(Indo-MughalOriental Eclecticism)[1]
Owned byGovernment of Turkey
Size2,372 m2 (25,530 sq ft)[2]

The Turkish Military Cemetery (Maltese: Iċ-Ċimiterju tat-Torok; Turkish: Türk Şehitliği), also known as the Ottoman Military Cemetery (Turkish: 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.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference muqaras was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Micallef, Keith (7 November 2016). "New book sheds light on Galizia's Turkish delight". Times of Malta. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018.