Headstone

It was discovered in the summer of 2017: a marble slab with an inscription in Greek, embedded in the concrete floor, beneath the old tiles being replaced by two cousins in their grandparents' home in Karacakoy, northwest of Istanbul. "All we could make out was the date," one of the cousins, Kerem Soyyilmaz, tells Kathimerini. He took a photo of the slab and sent it to a Greek friend.

During ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Aizanoi, in the western province of Kütahya's Çavdarhisar district, some poems of sorrow and grief inscribed to tombstones from the Roman era have been found.

A man in the Central Anatolian province of Konya has invented a solar-powered gravestone that recites prayers and provides an audio epitaph of the deceased person, as he was questing to build a one-of-a-kind tombstone for his late sister.

The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) expressed on Monday its abhorrence over the vandalism of tombstones at the Jewish cemetery of Athens, calling on Greek society to condemn the action.

According to police, around 10 marble tombstones were smashed at the 3rd Cemetery of Nikaia in Athens on Friday.

A gravestone dating back almost 2,000 years, which a Roman-era man named Claudius Amiantus made for himself and the memory of his wife Iphigenia, is currently drawing great interest at the Archaeology Museum in the eastern province of Malatya. 

Gravestones from other periods in the region are also on display in the museum's garden. 

There is a Turkish proverb, "The sheikh doesn't fly, his followers make him fly." The meaning is clear. People often attribute such extraordinary virtues, values and capabilities to religious or political leaders, or their bosses at work, that are hard to take seriously on sober or intellectual consideration. They may do this for religious or political reasons, or for some other reason.

‘Ashes to ashes dust to dust’…These words bring a chilling effect to us. And rightly so, because they are the words uttered at a funeral. But these photos of inscriptions on tombstones might put a smile on our face, because they are hilarious. What were they thinking…

1. George W. Jr. Tombstone

SUBOTICA - Several headstones were vandalized at the Jewish cemetery in Subotica on the night of February 10-11.

According to Jewish Community Subotica, nine headstones have been damaged, including two of greater value belonging to prominent citizens.