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From Stamboul (Istanbul) one can plainly see the forest of dark cypress trees that marks the spot. These, "the only constant mourners of the dead," have long been a distinguishing feature of Turkish cemeteries, where a new tree is supposed to be planted for each new tomb. Following the fall of the Ottoman Empire (after World War I). 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