What I can see

Muslim residents who were victims of the 1854 cholera were buried here. Later, Turkish soldiers who were killed or died as prisoners during the Balkan Wars, World War I and the Greco-Turkish War were buried here. The place is not open all the time. The title “Turkish Military Cemetery” is written in Greek and Turkish at the entrance. Inside the space, a votive column with the Turkish flag and an inscription in Turkish stands out.

What I can't see

The space was part of a Greek military school and was granted to the Ottoman Empire. With the establishment of modern Turkish state, the site was named as “Turkish Military Cemetery” and is its owner to this day. The names of the dead soldiers are not known, because they had not been recorded. It is considered a place of martyrdom by the Turks and wreaths are laid every year, while police is present in order to prevent any possible tension caused by Greek far-right extremists.

Info

• Address: Domokou St.

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