▁the ▁city ' s ▁resident ial ▁area . ▁Later ▁the ▁grounds ▁were ▁expanded . ▁Tor o ğ lu ▁initi ated ▁a ▁project ▁of ▁transfer ring ▁corps es ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁c emetery , ▁which ▁was ▁used ▁up ▁until ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 s . ▁There ▁are ▁now ▁about ▁ 7 5 , 0 0 0 ▁gra ves ▁in ▁the ▁c emetery . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁c emetery ▁is ▁completely ▁filled ▁and ▁new ▁qu arters ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁have ▁been ▁established ▁around ▁the ▁c emetery . ▁The ▁municipality ▁has ▁established ▁new ▁c em eter ies ▁that ▁are ▁farther ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁city ▁center . ▁ ▁Inter fa ith ▁characteristics ▁In ▁Turkey ▁all ▁relig ions ▁tradition ally ▁use ▁many ▁different ▁c em eter ies ▁for ▁their ▁bur ial s . ▁▁ ▁M ers in ▁City ▁C emetery ▁is ▁an ▁exception . ▁While ▁different ▁relig ions ▁were ▁initially ▁separated ▁by ▁section , ▁sp ous al ▁bur ial s ▁brought ▁different ▁relig ions ▁into ▁the ▁same ▁plot ▁( new sp aper ▁column ist ▁Ö z dem ir ▁ İ n ce ▁notes ▁that ▁one ▁family ▁plot ▁has ▁a ▁Muslim ▁man ▁and ▁Jewish ▁woman ) ▁and ▁gradually ▁the ▁sections ▁opened ▁to ▁all ▁relig ions . ▁Appro xim ately ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁of ▁the ▁gra ves ▁in ▁the ▁c emetery ▁are ▁of ▁Christians ▁and ▁Jews . ▁On ▁ 2 6 ▁February ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁the ▁c emetery ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁List ▁of ▁Cultural ▁Property ▁of