Death is an inevitable end for mankind so every one will die one day. Each nation in earth has a different burial tradition to bury the dead bodies so all cultures have various styles of graves and gravestones. www.turkeygravestones.com aims to give you the detailed information about Turkish burial systems showing the pre-islamic, Seljuk, Ottoman and at present. Anyone who may visit this web site will also see unique graves, sarcophagus, tombstones, graveyards and cemeteries. We kindly invite you to have a look at what we have done.
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DEATH & BURIAL
Death is an inevitable end for mankind. How natural is subject to birth so death is the normal and natural . Birth makes us happy but death makes upset. Turkish people never cut their relations with dead people who are buried in a grave and they always live with the dead people so the graveyards and cemeteries are located inside the towns, in public squares, in mosques’ backyards, in the road sides and in the down towns. When the dead person is put in a tomb, two stones are planted according to the Turkish traditions, one at the head and the other at the footstep. When people die , or in other words when they are born into eternity, is buried in a pit that we call grave. The visited place is called “ kabir “ in Turkish language that means tomb. Turkey is a special country which is full of endengared gravetones showing all kinds of the tombs with unique epitaphs, symbols, calligraphy, inscriptions and so on from the beginning of the history and so far. |
As are www.turkeygravestones.com website, we would like to provide all necessity information with original pictures taken in different grave yards & cemeteries and backyards of famous mosques throughout Turkey. Any traveler or any explorer who is really fond of searching endengared Turkish gravestones but has the difficulty to obtain real knowledge about them can search in our website freely. Our aim is to give the preliminary information to those who interested in planning a visit to Turkey before their arrival by using internet connection. www.turkeygravestones.com also is the web site which helps to the foreign guests coming to Turkey from all over the world to find skilled & well-qualified unique Turkish gravestone guides in English language authorized by Turkish government. Never hesitate to get in touch with us either by sending an e-mail or filling the form in contact page. Wishing your unique dream expedition come true in Turkey with us.