michaeldr Posted 2 March , 2020 Share Posted 2 March , 2020 HAIDAR PASHA CEMETERY I have now visited Turkey several times, however this May I hope to make my very first visit to this cemetery. Others GWF members may be in a similar position and have not yet got around to Haidar Pasha. If that is the case, and someone has an urgent need for a photograph of a particular headstone or memorial here, then I will do my best to help. Please let me have exact details of what you require. Regretably, I can offer no firm guarantee of fulfilment, but I will do my best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_hughes Posted 2 March , 2020 Share Posted 2 March , 2020 Michaeldr, if you have the good fortune to get there, might I please have a reasonable file size image of the Haidar Pasha Memorial itself? Many thanks, Clive Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 3 March , 2020 Author Share Posted 3 March , 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, clive_hughes said: might I please have a reasonable file size image of the Haidar Pasha Memorial itself? I shall certainly do my best for you Clive Just to be absolutely clear; it's the Haidar Pasha Memorial (in the same cemetery there is also the Haidar Pasha Cremation Memorial) that you require a photograph of? regards Michael Edited 3 March , 2020 by michaeldr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_hughes Posted 3 March , 2020 Share Posted 3 March , 2020 Yes Michael, a general shot of the HP Memorial itself if possible. Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedley Malloch Posted 4 March , 2020 Share Posted 4 March , 2020 Note that cemetery is in a militarily sensitive zone where photography is forbidden. A few years ago I was stopped from taking photographs there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 4 March , 2020 Author Share Posted 4 March , 2020 Thanks Hedley. We are aware of that problem and it is hoped that our contacts there will be able to safely navigate us through; we have been advised to bring our passports along as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 5 March , 2020 Author Share Posted 5 March , 2020 (edited) Overnight I have had the opportunity to double check the subject of photography at this site with our contact in Istanbul and I have been assured that usually he does not have any problems here. He will also be accompanying us on these visits. The sensitive area is No.1 Army Command and that building is certainly out of bounds, however the CWGC cemetery (and the Nightingale museum) should be OK. So I shall continue taking requests and work on the presumption that everything will be plain sailing in this instance too. Edited 5 March , 2020 by michaeldr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 6 March , 2020 Share Posted 6 March , 2020 Michael - although it's a long time ago now (!) - we had no problems when there in 2012 (also with a local guide) I have photos of all the headstones of Aussie soldiers buried there, if anyone is interested... Cheers, Frev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 6 March , 2020 Author Share Posted 6 March , 2020 Thanks Frev That's reassuring regards Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eceabat Posted 7 March , 2020 Share Posted 7 March , 2020 Do keep in mind that at the rear or east of the cemetery area is a military hospital, which also should not be photographed. That said, I have never encountered any difficulties in taking photos of individual military or civilian graves or the memorials in the cemetery. Technically, the adjacent Haidar Pasa railway station is also considered a strategic facility and in theory should not be photographed (and yes I was stopped from photographing rolling stock there, though that was some 30 years ago). Cheers Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 7 March , 2020 Author Share Posted 7 March , 2020 Thanks Bill, Good to have your in-put here best regards Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 8 March , 2020 Share Posted 8 March , 2020 A blog about the cemetery "Haydarpasa Cemetery as an indicator of British-Ottoman Relations" http://travelmind-idilka.blogspot.com/2011/10/haydarpasa-cemetery-as-indicator-of.html From levantineheritage.com Haidar Pasa cemetery Listings transcribed by Yolande Whittall http://www.levantineheritage.com/pdf/haidarpashacem.pdf Photos of Haydarpaşa British military cemetery http://www.levantineheritage.com/cem.htm http://www.levantineheritage.com/cemetery.htm There is a previous topic about Brevet Colonel Geoffrey Davis Pike MC, British Military Agent in the Caucasus, killed by Bolsheviks in Vladikavkaz, now in Northern Ossetia, on 15th August 1918, and is remembered on the Haidar Pasha Memorial https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/188176-col-gd-pike-mc-9th-gurkhas-kia-caucasus-15-august-1918/?tab=comments#comment-2458361 Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 17 April , 2020 Author Share Posted 17 April , 2020 I'm sorry to disappoint Clive and Alan but this visit has now been postponed sine die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_hughes Posted 17 April , 2020 Share Posted 17 April , 2020 That's OK Michael and understood. Keep safe Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alantwo Posted 17 April , 2020 Share Posted 17 April , 2020 Thanks Michael Perfectly understandable. Kind regards Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3rn Posted 17 April , 2020 Share Posted 17 April , 2020 Clive, here are a few photos taken in 2017 and 2018. If there are any you want, I can send you the originals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_hughes Posted 18 April , 2020 Share Posted 18 April , 2020 b3rn, Thanks very much, I'll send you a pm Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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