Deaths in the 1940s

Salâh Cimcoz

1875–1947 (age 72)

Sahrayıcedid Cemetery

Salâh Cimcoz was a distinguished politician of the early 20th century.

Muhammed Hamdi Yazır

1878–1942 (age 64)

Sahrayıcedid Cemetery

Mehmet Atıf Ateşdağlı

1876–1947 (age 71)

Sahrayıcedid Cemetery

Turkish military officer who served during the Ottoman and early Republican periods.

Ebubekir Hâzım Tepeyran

1863–1947 (age 84)

Sahrayıcedid Cemetery

Süleyman İzzet Yeğin

1881–1944 (age 63)

Sahrayıcedid Cemetery

Turkish military officer whose career spanned the late Ottoman and early Republican periods.

Mustafa Asım Yörük

1859–1942 (age 83)

Sahrayıcedid Cemetery

Bimen Şen

1873–1943 (age 70)

Feriköy Protestant Cemetery

Turkish composer who contributed to the development of modern Ottoman and Republican musical traditions.

Zekai Apaydın

1884–1947 (age 63)

Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery

Naki Yücekök

1866–1947 (age 81)

Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery

Turkish politician who served during the formative years of the Turkish Republic.

Vedat Tek

1873–1942 (age 69)

Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery

Abdülaziz Mecdi Tolun

1865–1941 (age 76)

Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery

Turkish writer whose literary contributions shaped intellectual discourse in early twentieth-century Ottoman and Republi...

Hamâmîzâde İhsan Bey

1885–1948 (age 63)

Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery

Suat Davaz

1881–1941 (age 60)

Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery

Turkish diplomat whose career advanced his nation's international relations during the early Republican period.

Yusuf Şetvan

1868–1949 (age 81)

Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery

Kazım Uz

1873–1943 (age 70)

Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery

Turkish writer whose literary works contributed to intellectual discourse in early twentieth-century Turkey.

Rıza Nur

1879–1942 (age 63)

Merkezefendi Cemetery

Zeynel Abidin Cümbüş

1881–1947 (age 66)

Merkezefendi Cemetery

Turkish musician whose performances and artistry contributed to the development of modern Turkish musical traditions.

Zati Arca

1864–1943 (age 79)

Merkezefendi Cemetery

Hulusi Yazgan

1869–1940 (age 71)

Merkezefendi Cemetery

Turkish writer whose literary works engaged with the social and cultural transformations of early twentieth-century Turk...

Naşit Özcan

1886–1943 (age 57)

Merkezefendi Cemetery

Selim Nüzhet Gerçek

1891–1945 (age 54)

Merkezefendi Cemetery

Turkish writer whose literary and intellectual contributions advanced cultural discourse during the early Republican per...

Sait Köknar

1901–1944 (age 43)

Merkezefendi Cemetery

Ahmet Refet Efendi

1873–1949 (age 76)

Merkezefendi Cemetery

Ahmet Refet Efendi was a Turkish artist of the late Ottoman and early Republican periods.

Mari Gerekmezyan

1913–1947 (age 34)

Şişli Armenian Cemetery

Savarş Boğos Karakaş

1874–1941 (age 67)

Şişli Armenian Cemetery

Savarş Boğos Karakaş was an Armenian actor of the early 20th century.

Vehbi Demirel

1882–1942 (age 60)

Karşıyaka Cemetery

Khosrov bey Sultanov

1879–1943 (age 64)

Feriköy Cemetery

Khosrov bey Sultanov was an Azerbaijani politician of the early 20th century.

Khalil bey Khasmammadov

1873–1945 (age 72)

Feriköy Cemetery

Abdulali Bey Emircanov

1874–1948 (age 74)

Feriköy Cemetery

Abdulali Bey Emircanov was a politician active in the late Ottoman and early Republican era.

Şevki Savaşçı

1875–1942 (age 67)

Feriköy Cemetery

Hüseyin Suat Yalçın

1867–1942 (age 75)

Feriköy Cemetery

Hüseyin Suat Yalçın was a Turkish poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Mir Yagub Mehdiyev

1891–1949 (age 58)

Feriköy Cemetery

Ali Refioğlu

1889–1948 (age 59)

Feriköy Cemetery

Ali Refioğlu was a Turkish politician of the early Republican period.

Halit Asım

1918–1941 (age 23)

Feriköy Cemetery

Mithat Özer

1902–1940 (age 38)

Feriköy Cemetery

Mithat Özer was a Turkish figure of the early 20th century.

Mustafa Neyyir

1890–1948 (age 58)

Feriköy Cemetery

Valiye Kazımbeyli

1900–1947 (age 47)

Feriköy Cemetery

Valiye Kazımbeyli was a political activist of the early 20th century.

Faik Nüzhet Terem

1874–1944 (age 70)

Feriköy Cemetery

Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil

1865–1945 (age 80)

Bakırköy Cemetery

Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil was a preeminent Turkish writer and literary figure of the late Ottoman and early Republican peri...

Ethem Necdet Karabudak

1882–1946 (age 64)

Bakırköy Cemetery

İsmail Safa Özler

1885–1940 (age 55)

Adana Asri Cemetery

İsmail Safa Özler was a Turkish politician of the early Republican era.

Rakım Elkutlu

1869–1948 (age 79)

Kokluca Cemetery

Garbis Cancikyan

1920–1946 (age 26)

Balıklı Armenian Cemetery

Armenian poet of the early twentieth century whose work contributed to Armenian cultural expression in Istanbul.

Abdülhakîm Arvâsî

1865–1943 (age 78)

Bağlum Cemetery

Üryanizade Cemil Molla

1864–1941 (age 77)

Nakkaş Baba Cemetery

Ottoman and Turkish jurist who contributed to legal scholarship during the late Ottoman and early Republican periods.

Rüştü Onur

1920–1942 (age 22)

Ortaköy Cemetery

Hasan Âtıf Karadereli

1874–1945 (age 71)

Nakkaş Baba Cemetery

Turkish poet of the late Ottoman period whose literary works contributed to Turkish poetic traditions.

Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar

1864–1944 (age 80)

Heybeliada Cemetery

Lütfi Müfit Özdeş

1874–1940 (age 66)

Heybeliada Cemetery

Turkish politician who served during the early Republican period and contributed to the development of the Turkish state...

Yi U

1912–1945 (age 33)

Namyangju

Korean military personnel who served during the mid-20th century period of Korean conflict.