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An interesting memorial ceremony was held on Sept. 7 in the Hungarian city of Szigetvar with the participation of Turkish, Hungarian and Croatian officials, as well as thousands of visitors.The Ottomans seized Szigetvar Castle 450 years ago on Sept. 7 but the head of the army, Süleyman the Magnificent (known in Turkish as Kanuni Sultan Süleyman), was not able to witness the success, having died the day previously.
In this place over the Danube River, meaning "Sziget (island) var (city)" in Hungarian, Grand Vizier Sokullu Mehmet Pasha concealed Süleyman's death from the army. He dressed up the sultan's dead body and placed him on his throne in a way to greet the parading Janissary after the fall of the castle. 

Later on, he had his body embalmed in his tent for transportation to Istanbul. To prevent any bad odor, the sultan's heart and inner organs were removed and buried there. His coffin was carried to Istanbul accompanied by 400 janissaries under the command of Ahmet Paşa and buried in an octagonal tomb built by the architect Sinan in Süleymaniye Mosque. 

In the place where the sultan's heart was buried, his son Selim II constructed a tomb and mosque in 1573. The Hungarians named the place "Turbek," but it collapsed in 1693 after falling into the hands of the Austrian Habsburg Dynasty. Hungarians have erected the monumental statues of the commander Miklos Zrinyi, who defended the castle, and Süleyman in the region next to each other in recent years. 

A statement reading "The heart and inner organs of Kanuni Sultan Süleyman are buried in this place and a monument was erected. Rest in peace," was hung in the Szüz Maria Church, which was built near the tomb. 
Turkish and Hungarian experts, however, failed to locate the sultan's tomb...