Monument

Sivas martyrs

Erection date: 1997

Inscription

These trees were donated and planted by members of Kurdish and Turkish (Alevi) communities in Hackney to commemorate the thirty five martyrs burned alive in Sivas (Madimak) Turkey, on July 2nd, 1993.

{The top surfaces of the monument carry photographs of named individuals. Exposure to the sun has caused some of the photographs and names to degrade.}

This area has a large Turkish community.

From Architectural Memorialization at Turkey’s › Witness Sites ‹: The Case of the Madimak Hotel by Eray Çaylı (accessed in 2021, but 2023: a dead link): "There are various elements of the built environment where this martyrology can be traced. Foremost among these is a group of › Sivas martyrs memorials dedicated to individual Alevi victims of the Sivas Massacre, and built by associations in the respective village from which each victim hails. Also among these elements is an example from outside Turkey: the London memorial to the Sivas Massacre. Situated in Stoke Newington Common in the Borough of Hackney, which also hosts a significant Alevi population, this memorial was built in 1997 but fell into neglect for many years only to be discovered in September 2011. Upon their discovery, directors of the London Alevi Cultural Centre immediately reinaugurated the memorial under the new name › The Memorial to Pir Sultan Abdal {poet executed c. 1560} and the Sivas Martyrs ‹. It is not only this new name which bears the lineage of martyrs and incorporates the massacre victims into that lineage, but also the London Alevi Cultural Centre’s proposed extensions to the memorial, which include a sculpture depicting Pir Sultan, the prominent figure of Alevi martyrology."

2024: The 31st anniversary of the massacre was commemorated with an event at this memorial.

Site: Sivas martyrs monument & Anna Price tree (2 memorials)

N16, Stoke Newington Common

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sivas martyrs

Subjects commemorated i

Sivas massacre

2 July 1993 at the Hotel Madimak in Sivas, Turkey, people had gathered for th...

Read More

Muhibe Akarsu

35 years old, guest

Read More

Muhlis Akarsu

45 years old, artist

Read More

Gülender Akça

25 years old, artist

Read More

Ahmet Alan

22 years old, artist

Read More

Show all 37

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Sivas martyrs

Also at this site i

Anna Louise Price tree

Anna Louise Price tree

Anna Louise Price, 21.01.1967 - 27.07.2019. The goddess is dancing, magic is ...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Ladbroke Grove rail disaster - monument

Ladbroke Grove rail disaster - monument

W10, Canal Way

The Sainsbury's plaques are on the wall to the right of the large bush in the centre of the photograph.

32 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Chelsea war monument

Chelsea war monument

SW1, Sloane Square

From the typefaces one can tell that the two inscriptions were done at different times, and the WW2 dates don't look squeezed in.  From t...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Magna Carta monument - Runnymede

Magna Carta monument - Runnymede

TW20, Windsor Road

Interesting that this monument shares some design features with the nearby Air Forces Memorial, from the same decade - the sky blue lette...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Louis-Napoleon, Prince Imperial

Louis-Napoleon, Prince Imperial

BR7, Prince Imperial Road

Ao. Di. instead of A.D. is very unusual. Fecit is Latin: 'he made it'.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
George Webster fountain

George Webster fountain

SE21, Dulwich Village

See the George Sparkes fountain in Chelsea for another manifestation of this design.

2 subjects commemorated, 4 creators

Previously viewed

Chelsea Bridge

Chelsea Bridge

At the same time that Battersea Park was created the first bridge at its eastern corner was built (shown in the image). This was opened in 1858, as Victoria Bridge, by Queen Victoria on her way to ...

Building, Transport

1 memorial
Sidney Leader Cramer

Sidney Leader Cramer

For many years Chairman of the Fitzroy Park Association. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly carried our some research on this man: Sidney Leadercramer was born on 10 May 1912, the son of Israel...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Faryner's shop

Faryner's shop

EC3, Monument Street

The Hooke plaque is the gray square laid into the pavement in front of the strange modern hut-like structure. The Faryner plaque is on t...

4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono

Avant-garde artist, misician, peace activist, feminist. Born Japan. Met John Lennon when he visited a preview of her exhibition at the Indica Gallery at 6 Masons Yard, on 9 November 9, 1966.

Person, Art, Music / songs

1 memorial
Sir Hans Sloane

Sir Hans Sloane

Physician, benefactor of the British Museum and an early benefactor to the Chelsea Physic Garden. Responsible for the addition of milk to chocolate to produce a palatable drink. Born Killyleagh, Ir...

Person, Benefactor, Medicine, Museums / Libraries, Race Issues, Science, Ireland

7 memorials