Talaat Pasha in Public Places of Turkey: Full List

Vartan Matiossian

As usual, the Turkish press and online media were filled with articles and news related to the Armenian Genocide in the days before April 24. A long piece appeared in the website "Aykırı  Doğrular" (www.aykiridogrular.com) about Mehmet Talaat Pasha, Ministry of Interior of the Ottoman Empire and architect of the genocide.

The article, entitled "Ermenilere uygulanan soykırımın Dâhiliye Nazırı" (The Interior Minister of the genocide of the Armenians), revolves around the central idea that Talaat, despite having been condemned to death in absentia by the Ottoman martial court in July 1919, fled to Germany; in March 1921, he was located and killed by Soghomon Tehlirian in Berlin, where he was buried. In 1926 a special law allocated a pension for life to his wife, Hayriye Hanım, and the building which had previously belonged to an Armenian, Aram Fındıklıyan, as her residence.

On February 20, 1943, the remnants of Talaat Pasha were taken out from a Muslim cemetery in Berlin and brought to Istanbul. Five days later, they were interred in Şişli with an official ceremony.

The website has also published a lengthy list of neighborhoods, streets and avenues, mosques and schools, and other buildings and institutions which today have been named after Talaat. The list includes some 50 neighborhoods, avenues, schools, mosques, and so on, which today bear the name of Talaat Pasha as an unforgettable statesman who deserves the gratitude of generations of Turkish citizens.

Here's the list:

I. Neighborhoods (Talat Paşa Mahallesi / Talatpaşa Mahallesi)

Edirne-Merkez, Balıkpazarı
İstanbul-Esenyurt, Saadetdere
İstanbul-Kağıthane, Gültepe
İstanbul-Okmeydanı
İzmir-Bergama
Kayseri-Kocasinan, Argıncık
Tekirdağ-Çorlu, Şeyh Sinan

II. Streets, Avenues, and Boulevards

(Talat Paşa Caddesi / Talatpaşa Caddesi)
Ankara-Polatlı, Merkez, Fatih Mahallesi
Balıkesir-Ayvalık
Bursa-Orhangazi, Merkez, Hürriyet Mahallesi
Edirne-Merkez, İstasyon Mahallesi
İstanbul-Arnavutköy
İstanbul-Avcılar, Ambarlı Semti / Cihangir Mahallesi
Istanbul-Bahçelievler
İstanbul-Beşiktaş, Levent Mahallesi
İstanbul-Büyükçekmece
İstanbul-Esenyurt, Esenkent, Bahçeşehir Semti
İstanbul-Güngören
İstanbul-Kağıthane, Harmantepe Mahallesi
İstanbul-Maltepe, Cevizli Mahallesi
İstanbul-Sarıyer, Yeniköy Mahallesi
İstanbul-Şişli, Zincirliklikuyu, Esentepe Semti
İstanbul-Ümraniye, Esenevler Mahallesi
İzmir-Alsancak / Konak
Konya-Sarayönü
Sakarya-Pamukova, Cumhuriyet Mahallesi
Tekirdağ-Çorlu, Şeyh Sinan Mahallesi
Yozgat-Yerköy, Merkez

(Talat Paşa Sokağı / Talatpaşa Sokağı / Talat Paşa Sokak / Talatpaşa Sokak)
İstanbul-Güngören, Merkez Mahallesi
İstanbul-Maltepe, Cevizli / Küçükyalı
İstanbul-Üsküdar, Burhaniye
Eskişehir-Tepebaşı, Eskibağlar Mahallesi
Muğla-Marmaris
Tekirdağ-Merkez, Aydoğdu mahallesi
Yalova-Merkez, Bahçelievler Mahallesi

(Talat Paşa Bulvarı)
Ankara-Çankaya / Sıhhiye / Ulus / Altındağ / Gündoğdu /Cebeci-Mamak
Edirne-Merkez
İzmir- Konak / Alsancak

(Talatpaşa Çıkmazı)
İstanbul-Fatih
İstanbul-Maltepe, Küçükyalı
İstanbul-Ümraniye, Hekimbaşı

III. Mosques:

(Talatpaşa Camii)
Ankara-Dikmen, Gökkuşağı Mahallesi, 8. Sokak, No. 9
İstanbul-Kağıthane, Talatpaşa Mahallesi, Aslangazi Caddesi, No. 22
İstanbul-Maltepe, Cevizli Mahallesi, Talatpaşa Caddesi, No. 22


IV. Schools:

(Talatpaşa İlköğretim Okulu)
Ankara-Çankaya
İstanbul-Şişli
İzmir-Karşıyaka, Bayraklı
Konya-Ereği
Tekirdağ-Muratlı

(Talatpaşa Lisesi)
Konya-Ereğli

V. Residences and public places:

Talat Paşa Apartmanı, İstanbul-Bahçelievler
Talat Paşa Cafe, İstanbul-Maltepe, Cevizli Mahallesi
Talat Paşa Sağlık Ocağı, İstanbul-Kağıthane

VI. Organizations and Projects
Talat Paşa Komitesi: İstanbul-Taksim, İstiklal Caddesi, Deva Çıkmazı No: 7/2
Talatpaşa Cami Yaptırma ve Yaşatma Derneği: Ankara-Dikmen
İstanbul-Esenyurt Belediyesi Talatpaşa Camii Projesi